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A People's History of Higher Education in the US?

Higher Education Inquirer

The History of Higher Education in the US over the last 4 centuries is worse than horrible--from a People's perspective. Some of it has been documented. No one has documented the full-length of the terrain. To make history, it's helpful to know history. In many cases it has been horrifying. Let's be clear.

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Education Department Revises Restrictions on Race Initiatives

Insight Into Diversity

Department of Education has modified its previous directives on race in hiring, scholarships, student programs, and other educational policies. Since coming into power, the new administration has focused on enforcing conservative legal principles in education, particularly regarding race and gender policies.

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How will technology change education in the future?

HEPI

There is a long history of people getting their predictions about the future of technology, including the future of technology in education, wrong. Just ten years ago, in the words of Wired magazine, Sebastian Thrun declared that ‘ In 50 years … there will be only ten institutions in the world delivering higher education ’.

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Surviving and thriving in HE professional services

SRHE

The resulting Association of University Administrators (AUA) became the Association of Higher Education Professionals (AHEP) in 2023. CUA traced its history back to the Meeting of University Academic Administrative Staff, founded in 1961. Its golden jubilees was celebrated in 2011 in response to the changing UK higher education sector.

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Decolonizing Higher Education Syllabi: Beyond the Aesthetics of the Syllabus

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The purpose of the age-old course syllabus remains the same — a crucial document that sets the foundation for a course by providing students with essential information, outlining expectations, and serving as a reference point throughout the semester. Dr. tavis d. Dr. Donna Y. Ford is a distinguished professor at The Ohio State University.

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10 points to note on today’s report on student accommodation costs – By Nick Hillman

HEPI

I am delighted that the organisation I work for, the Higher Education Policy Institute, is publishing today’s report with Unipol. It is in a long line of HEPI papers on the issue of where students live. The Robbins Report is as interesting on student accommodation as it is on almost everything else.

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UVA students speak out against new board member

Inside Higher Ed

Youngkin has dismissed reporting by the student-run newspaper, The Cavalier Daily , that documented how Ellis helped to bring eugenicist William Shockley to campus in February 1975 for an academic debate while Ellis was a student and a chairman of the University Union, the group that organized events for students.

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