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Surviving and thriving in HE professional services

SRHE

CUA traced its history back to the Meeting of University Academic Administrative Staff, founded in 1961. These are overseen by the Chief Financial and Operating Officer and variously serving Technology; Estates and Facilities; Human Resources; Research and Enterprise; Planning and Risk; External Relations; student needs etc.

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Sustained DEI Efforts Lead to Greater Overall Outcomes for MUSC

Insight Into Diversity

While we definitely haven’t gotten to perfection, we’re way past checking a box,” says Willette Burnham-Williams, PhD, chief equity officer at MUSC. We now have more [underrepresented] scholarship funding available through The Duke Endowment Fund than we’ve ever had in the history of MUSC,” says Burnham-Williams. .

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AI: A Brilliant but Biased Tool for Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Now almost a year since its release, Brown says CSU faculty and administration are coming to terms with the fact that “policing students’ use [of ChatGPT] is probably impossible, usually ineffective, and definitely inefficient.” I teach business law, and I know about areas of law where there is structured bias built into that law.

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UK visitor visas scrapped for Colombians in ELT boost

The PIE News

The fact other destinations are taking longer than expected to issue visas for language students means the UK will also become a competitive and stronger market among agents in Colombia, due to its facilities, great quality of educators and variety of great locations in the UK,” Magalhaes explained.

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Capital Funding Strategies in Higher Education: How Universities Are Solving Infrastructure and Student Housing Challenges: Changing Higher Ed podcast 256 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Brent Miller of HED

The Change Leader, Inc.

Corporate Sponsorships: Companies like Ford Motor Company are entering into collaborative research and facility-sharing agreements with universities, creating mutual value while funding new infrastructure. They continue to do those profound transformations in their history to electrification, connectivity, and automation, right?

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Students and the Renters (Reform) Bill: the government has listened but it needs to listen some more, part I

HEPI

The history of joint contracts in student accommodation is probably based on accident as much as design – partly as a result of legislation (the Rent Act 1977) that made residential letting less attractive for landlords. Note that the definition is not tenure-specific: it is the fact of occupation that matters.

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The Post-Pandemic College Campus as a Design Challenge

Inside Higher Ed

Outmoded facilities are overloaded with lecture halls and small fixed-seat classrooms, plus a scattering of seminar rooms, and provide few spaces suitable for active or team-based or technology-enhanced learning. Within 20 minutes, one should be able to reach every basic service needed – from medical facilities to groceries.

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