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Asking Senator Sanders to Help Adjunct Faculty

Academe Blog

BY CAPRICE LAWLESS Most community college faculty are paid poverty-level wages and so can’t afford the laptops they need to teach, especially when they teach remotely. Even so, neither state lawmakers nor college administrators budget for them.

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Hoke’s Notes – The Plight of Small Colleges

Edu Alliance Journal

The Plight of Small Colleges If youve followed my journey, you know that I earned my undergraduate degree from Urbana University, a small private college in Urbana, Ohioa city with a current population of 11,161. During my senior year, I also completed a year-long internship in admissions.

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3 reasons administrators are stalling on upgrading edtech

University Business

Education and how professors, administrators and their institutions can deliver content are bristling with innovation thanks to cutting-edge technology. Unfortunately for higher education, college administrators still seem ill-prepared for the disruption such technologies are bound to generate.

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US university presidents to testify before Congress over claims of antisemitic protests on campuses

The Guardian - Higher Education

Over the past several weeks, we’ve seen countless examples of antisemitic demonstrations on college campuses. Next Tuesday, Harvard’s Claudine Gay, Penn’s Liz Magill and MIT’s Sally Kornbluth will stand before the House education and workforce committee, a body chaired by Virginia Foxx, a Republican from North Carolina.

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GPT-4 is here. But most faculty lack AI policies.

Inside Higher Ed

Primary Research Group’s survey considered the views of 954 instructors from colleges that grant associate, bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral and specialized degrees. Smaller colleges and public colleges were less likely to have developed guidelines than larger or private colleges. “Talk to students!”

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The Evolution of Instruction 

Faculty Focus

To tap into the full potential of AI-driven education, schools and institutions must prioritize building solid technological infrastructure. Moreover, with the surge of technology, ensuring that every student, regardless of their socioeconomic background, has equal access to AI-powered education becomes an imperative. Burke, D.

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The Evolution of Instruction 

Faculty Focus

To tap into the full potential of AI-driven education, schools and institutions must prioritize building solid technological infrastructure. Moreover, with the surge of technology, ensuring that every student, regardless of their socioeconomic background, has equal access to AI-powered education becomes an imperative. Burke, D.