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U.S. News escalates battle over rankings, saying ‘elite’ colleges don’t speak for higher ed

Higher Ed Dive

The magazine also wrote to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, a rankings critic, suggesting he require more data from institutions.

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A 40th Anniversary Love Story: About My Favorite Magazine

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I didn’t have enough money at that time to become a subscriber, so I would either sit and read the magazine wherever I found it, or I would take it, read it from cover-to-cover, and then return it to its rightful owner. I grew up reading more magazines than newspapers. The latter plays itself out most powerfully on the front cover.

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Insight Into Diversity Magazine Announces 2024 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

Today, Insight Into Diversity magazine, the largest and oldest diversity and inclusion publication in higher education, announced the 83 recipients of its 2024 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award. The 2024 recipients will be featured in the September 2024 issue of Insight Into Diversity magazine.

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Morehouse College Unveils AI Teaching Assistants

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

In what is being hailed as a significant technological leap forward, Morehouse College is offering 3D avatars that can stand in for teaching assistants. These humanlike figures can answer student questions 24 hours a day.

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Why Is Gettysburg College Giving Up on ‘The Gettysburg Review’?

The Chronicle of Higher Education

The literary magazine put the college on the cultural map. By Evan Kindley The Gettysburg Review The literary magazine put the college on the cultural map. Now its institutional home is shutting it down. Now its institutional home is shutting it down.

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Can a College ‘Rating’ — Instead of a Ranking — Really Work?

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Francie Diep Last year, Money magazine switched from a college ranking to a rating system with colleges divided into just a handful of tiers. Rankings critics liked the change, but did rankings users?

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Reimagining Computer Labs for Today’s College Students

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

The term “computer lab” might bring to mind a room filled with rows of 1990s-era PCs, keyboards and mice, all networked to a shared printer constantly running low on paper as undergrads desperately print their end-of-term papers.

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