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Lawmakers Sought to Mandate Class on Founding Documents. What Were Professors to Do?

Inside Higher Ed

Lawmakers Sought to Mandate Class on Founding Documents. Ryan Quinn Fri, 05/24/2024 - 03:00 AM Conservative groups are pushing civics requirements in higher education, not just K-12. In North Carolina, undergraduates now must study the founding documents. What Were Professors to Do? Will other states follow?

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House Committee Seeks Documents From UCLA Over Antisemitism

Inside Higher Ed

House Education and Workforce Committee wants the University of California, Los Angeles, to turn over a batch of documents ahead of next week’s hearing about campus antisemitism.

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HK institution “enhances verification” after document forgery arrests

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According to multiple sources in the Chinese press, police arrested two women aged 24 and 34 while they were trying to leave Hong Kong – one has been charged with forging documents, while the other is “still being detained under investigation”.

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Education Department: Common medical conditions have disability protections

Higher Ed Dive

The documents explain colleges and K-12 schools' Section 504 responsibilities for students with asthma, diabetes, food allergies or GERD.

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Epson Intros Wireless Document Camera with 4K

Campus Technology

Epson has unveiled its newest education camera, the DC-30 Wireless Document Camera with 4K video resolution, a 13-megapixel camera, 10x optical zoom, and 23x digital zoom, the company said in a news announcement.

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Report Documents Accountability, Culture in Northwestern Athletics

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Many of the student-athletes who participated in a recent review of athletics accountability and culture expressed appreciation for the resources made available to them at Northwestern University, according to a university report by law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.

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How Project 2025’s War on Higher Education Diversity Threatens Our Global Competitiveness

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The recently released "Project 2025: The Conservative Promise" paints a dystopian picture of American higher education, overrun by a "woke" ideology that supposedly threatens our nation's very foundations. The document's authors misrepresent the origins of progressive thought in education.