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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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HK institution “enhances verification” after document forgery arrests

The PIE News

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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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.

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Paul LeBlanc’s Students-First Approach to Higher Education

MindMax

This blog post was written based on a conversation between Lee Maxey and Paul LeBlanc , author of Students First: Equity, Access, and Opportunity in Higher Education. This small but significant change reflects a larger commitment to making education more accessible and removing obstacles that can stand in the way of success.

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News Report Documents Conservatives’ Plan to Undermine DEI in Higher Ed

Inside Higher Ed

Conservative academics and politicians started organizing a campaign in 2022 to undermine efforts to increase racial diversity in American universities and turn public opinion against these initiatives by convincing policymakers that the efforts are corrupting higher education, according to a New York Times investigation.

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Report calls on UK to review higher education funding

The PIE News

The UK government must review higher education funding so that institutions can “plan for the long-term and set sustainable funding and delivery models”, a new report has said. “Further funding shortfalls will lead to risks for the breadth and quality of higher education provision,” it concludes.

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Strategic Blended Learning in Higher Education

Faculty Focus

As we look to the future of higher education, blended learning might be the model students need as they navigate an ever-changing and ever-challenging world. But, what does the strategic combination of online and in-person instruction really look like in higher education? 2019; Vallée et al.,