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6 major academic publishers face antitrust lawsuit

Higher Ed Dive

The defendants, including Elsevier and Wiley, have done "tremendous damage to science and the public interest,” the complaint alleged.

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Staff are working dangerously long hours, and their employers should be concerned

Wonkhe

Alastair Smith argues that widespread expectations that people work long hours in higher education may be in conflict with UK working time regulations

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VICTORY: Federal appeals court rules tweeting about Cardi B shouldn’t get a graduate student expelled

FIRE

Ruling reverses an earlier decision from a district court that erroneously dismissed Diei’s lawsuit claiming her posts were not protected by the First Amendment.

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Study: The 7 Competencies Presidents Need

Inside Higher Ed

Study: The 7 Competencies Presidents Need Josh Moody Mon, 09/16/2024 - 03:00 AM A new study aimed to identify the competencies college leaders need. Current college presidents emphasized trust building, resilience and communication skills.

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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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Hartwick College to slash sticker price to $22,000

Higher Ed Dive

Leaders at the private liberal arts college said the move is part of a broader goal to decrease student stress and improve campus well-being.

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Preventing staff burnout makes financial as well as compassionate sense

Wonkhe

Staff burnout, through stress and overwork, is a huge problem in higher education.

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Female Law Faculty, Students Across the Country Are Getting Unsettling Texts

Inside Higher Ed

Female Law Faculty, Students Across the Country Are Getting Unsettling Texts Ryan Quinn Tue, 09/17/2024 - 03:00 AM Since the start of the year, women law professors, deans and students have received messages on their personal cellphones saying things like, “Law school isn’t fair for us men.” The FBI is reportedly investigating.

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Gannon University and Ursuline College eye a combination

Higher Ed Dive

The two private Catholic institutions signed a letter of intent that would bring the Ohio-based Ursuline under the umbrella of Gannon, in Pennsylvania.

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“Unexplained” grade inflation in 2024

Wonkhe

The latest OfS data on grade inflation is out - but what does it mean?

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Dartmouth earns FIRE’s top rating for free speech

FIRE

After aligning its written policies with First Amendment principles, Dartmouth officially reclaimed the overall “green light” speech code rating from FIRE.

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Ed Blum Puts Colleges ‘On Notice’ Over Diversity

Inside Higher Ed

The affirmative action foe threatened to sue three colleges for allegedly defying the Supreme Court’s race-conscious admissions ban. Should others prepare for the worst? Selective colleges began unveiling demographic data for the Class of 2028, the first admitted after the 2023 affirmative action ban, just a few weeks ago, and already legal threats are flying.

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University of the Arts files for bankruptcy

Higher Ed Dive

The Philadelphia institution’s Chapter 7 comes after it abruptly closed this summer and its merger talks with Temple University fell through.

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Why are international PGRs so far off the policy radar?

Wonkhe

The contributions of international postgraduate research students can be seen throughout the UK’s research ecosystem.

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Brazil bans X — and threatens daily $9,000 fine for those still trying to use it

FIRE

The Free Speech Dispatch is a regular series covering new and continuing censorship trends and challenges around the world.

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BREAKING: Canada further limits international student numbers

The PIE News

“We have allowed certain aspects of the market to get overheated, and for too long” said Immigration Minister – pointing to growing size of temporary resident population Further reduction of 10% this year on cap allocation while next year, Masters and PhD students will be included in the cap. Access to Canada’s Post-graduate Work Program to be controlled via language competency tests The Canadian government has announced new international student study permits will be red

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Dartmouth College to pour $500M into student housing

Higher Ed Dive

The Ivy League institution is building its first new residences in 20 years and modernizing others, with help from a big donation.

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Why do we all work such long hours?

Wonkhe

It's easy to understand why we get sucked in to working long hours.

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Colleges in Springfield Rocked By Trump’s Lie

Inside Higher Ed

Colleges in Springfield Rocked By Trump’s Lie jessica.blake@… Tue, 09/17/2024 - 03:00 AM Wittenberg University and Clark State College have moved classes online for the week as dishonest rumors about migrants circulate and bomb threats reach campus.

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An Equity Avenger Continues to Advocate for Social Justice

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When it comes to equity in higher education, Dr. Tammeil Gilkerson has been a leader. Her work around students’ basic needs, supporting undocumented and mixed-status students, and achieving social justice through focused racial equity efforts has made her a rising star in community college leadership. It is no surprise then that Gilkerson, who was appointed chancellor of the Peralta Community College District (PCCD) earlier this year, has been part of The Equity Avengers, an initiative started b

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Disney to limit college tuition benefit, cut master’s degree programs

Higher Ed Dive

The company is setting a per-employee annual funding cap of $5,250, equal to the IRS limit on tax-free benefits for educational assistance programs.

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Higher education postcard: Balliol College, Oxford

Wonkhe

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag tells of an ancient Oxford establishment, and a college with which it is associated

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U of Maryland President Accused of Plagiarism

Inside Higher Ed

College Park president Darryll Pines has requested an independent review into allegations that he lifted a portion of a tutorial website for two papers. The University of Maryland at College Park will review the scholarship of President Darryll Pines—at his request—following allegations that he plagiarized portions of two papers.

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Berkeley Talks: Legal scholars on free speech challenges facing universities today

The Berkeley Blog

Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and Nadine Strossen, professor emerita of the New York School of Law and former national president of the ACLU, discuss a range of topics, from First Amendment rights to what steps universities can take to avoid free speech controversies. The post Berkeley Talks: Legal scholars on free speech challenges facing universities today appeared first on Berkeley News.

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University of California faces unfair labor charge alleging free speech supression

Higher Ed Dive

Several faculty groups accuse the system of chilling academic instruction and retaliating against those who participated in pro-Palestinian protests.

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To deliver on its missions, the government must support institutional diversity

Wonkhe

With Labour’s first spending review drawing ever closer, GuildHE chief executive Brooke Storer-Church stresses the importance of a diverse and distinctive sector

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Scientists File Antitrust Lawsuit Against Journal Publishers

Inside Higher Ed

A group of scientists and scholars are accusing six academic journal publishers of working together to exploit their labor, in violation of federal antitrust laws.

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Paul LeBlanc Wants Higher Ed to Put Students First

MindMax

In a conversation with MindMax’s Lee Maxey, Paul LeBlanc, former president of Southern New Hampshire University, shares his transformative approach to higher education. Dr. LeBlanc emphasizes the importance of putting students at the heart of all institutional decisions, reflecting on how his own experience as a student shaped his leadership. Dr. LeBlanc recalls this about his teachers: “They really made me feel like I mattered.

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Temple University strikes tentative deal with faculty union

Higher Ed Dive

The five-year contract would give full-time union employees $10,000 across-the-board raises, the Temple Association of University Professionals said.

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What we learned about undergraduate admissions this cycle

Wonkhe

28 days after level 3 results day, UCAS’ Ben Jordan goes through the key admissions trends of 2024

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Group Threatens to Sue Colleges Whose Diversity Hasn’t Changed

Inside Higher Ed

Students for Fair Admissions, the group whose lawsuits against Harvard and the University of North Carolina led the Supreme Court to strike down race-conscious admissions, wrote letters Tuesday to the general counsels of three other universities—Yale, Princeton and Duke Universities—asking for details about their admissions processes.

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U. of California Faculty File Free Expression Unfair Labor Practice

Academe Blog

BY HANK REICHMAN Today, as the UC Regents were completing their meeting at the UCLA campus, the Council of University of California Faculty Associations (CUCFA), a partner of the AAUP, and the faculty associations at UC Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Santa Cruz filed an amended unfair labor practice (ULP) complaint against…

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UMGC sued over Coursera payments

Higher Ed Dive

National Student Legal Defense Network took aim at “enrollment-based” compensation the university gives the company — and the guidance allowing for it.

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How to actually learn from student appeals

Wonkhe

Students tend to overcome the barriers to complaint-making when they fail - but what happens when they do?

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How Are Pandemic-Era Students Faring Now?

Inside Higher Ed

A large-scale federal study shows how the challenges of COVID-19—including job loss and difficulty paying for food and housing—affected various groups of students. Emerging federal data offers a nuanced portrait of the challenges the COVID-19 pandemic created for the generation of students who entered higher education at the onset of the public health crisis.

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What good is free speech if no one’s listening?

The Berkeley Blog

“The deeper purpose of speech is not to weed out bad ideas or surface the best ideas, but it is to lead to deeper understanding,” says UC Berkeley’s Stephen Menendian The post What good is free speech if no one’s listening? appeared first on Berkeley News.

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This week in 5 numbers: Academic publishers hit with antitrust lawsuit

Higher Ed Dive

We’re rounding up top recent stories, from a legal complaint targeting free peer review to a Chicago college looking to cut academic programs.

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