Economics and Change in Higher Education

MAY 4, 2024

Colleges and universities are getting some harsh lessons in economics, as financial and demographic realities collide with the loftier ambitions of academia. This problem isn't specific to Northeast Ohio, but it's hitting the region hard. Schools including Baldwin Wallace University, Cleveland State University, Lake Erie College and Lakeland Community College are facing financial challenges of varying degrees of severity.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

MAY 4, 2024

While semesters at other schools speed toward a violent close, several universities have sought a more amicable solution For about a week, the cluster of tents raised by students at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, stood in solidarity with Palestinian civilians in Gaza and with students protesting at other campuses across the US. Then, on Tuesday, the tents quietly vanished from the grassy quad at the heart of campus.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

MAY 4, 2024

When evaluating the historical evolution of the ICT sector, there is one important aspect that stands out. Prices have come down in substantial segments of the sector. This especially holds true for hardware such as phones and PCs but also for prices of mobile communication. One of the other notable aspects in this context is the provision of free services, through open-source projects or advertising driven models.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

MAY 4, 2024

Staff offer support to protesters as locals donate food, drink, bedding and books The collection of 12 tents pitched in a soggy garden at the heart of Bristol university’s campus is on a much smaller scale than the Palestine solidarity encampments sweeping the US. But the outrage at what this new generation of student activists regard as the complicity of education institutions in Israel’s assault on Gaza is just as raw.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

MAY 4, 2024

More than 1,400 people have been arrested as police dismantle campus encampments – but are the tactics used too brutal? More than 1,400 people have been arrested across the US during a week of intense police crackdowns on a sprawling campus movement of pro-Palestine student demonstrations. As Joe Biden defended students’ free speech rights but warned them that “dissent must never lead to disorder”, colleges across the country brought law enforcement to campus to arrest dozens or even hundreds of

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