Fri.Dec 29, 2023

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Academic paper based on Uyghur genetic data retracted over ethical concerns

The Guardian - Higher Education

Exclusive: Study published in 2019 used blood and saliva samples from 203 Uyghur and Kazakh people living in Xinjiang capital Concerns have been raised that academic publishers may not be doing enough to vet the ethical standards of research they publish, after a paper based on genetic data from China’s Uyghur population was retracted and questions were raised about several others including one that is currently published by Oxford University Press.

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Our 10 most popular blog posts of 2023

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From AI and Google Snippets to YouTube, esports, and accessibility, we stayed across all the emerging trends, topics, and technologies in higher education marketing in our blog in 2023. These were your favorite articles of the year.

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International education’s winners and losers of 2023

The PIE News

Each year, some countries and sub-sectors of international education have a banner year – and others find themselves in hot water. We explore some of the positive and negative aspects of the sector in 2023. WINNERS The US The US seems to have been the only major destination not to introduce a sector-rocking migration policy in the last 12 months.

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Questions over campus security, repairs linger in wake of UNLV shooting - Jacob Solis, the Nevada Independent

Economics and Change in Higher Education

University officials have not publicly released information on how much structural damage has been done across campus. That includes not only the cleanup of Frank and Estella Beam Hall — the site of the shooting — but also what multiple faculty and administrative sources described as at least “hundreds” of broken doors in every building on campus. Those doors were, in many cases, damaged by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department SWAT teams utilizing small battering rams to quickly enter rooms

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Understanding the Social Change Model of Leadership (SCM): Igniting Students’ Academic Development P

The article addresses the Social Change Model of Leadership Development. It elucidates the SMC background, key assumptions, and the main pillars of the model to form a a change agent who could be helpful with institutional in-service delivery.

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A Chancellor Is Fired for Porn Videos, Harvard's Plagiarism Saga Continues, and Other News From the Break

The Chronicle of Higher Education

The top story comes from the University of Wisconsin system, which fired the longtime leader of its La Crosse campus. The now-former chancellor says his free-speech rights were violated.

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New UW deal does not affect already-announced layoffs, potential majors and minors cuts - Megan Carpenter, Spectrum 1 News

Economics and Change in Higher Education

The deal calls for a hiring freeze of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) positions through 2026, among other concessions. Republicans will release already-approved money for a 6% raise for 34,000 UW employees and for capital projects, including a new UW-Madison engineering building. The Board of Regents initially rejected the deal in a vote of nine to eight on Saturday.