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How Professors Scrambled to Deal With ChatGPT

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Professors scrambled to react to ChatGPT this spring — and started planning for the fall. Beth McMurtrie and Beckie Supiano They were caught off guard this spring. They're already planning for the fall.

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The shift to majority contingent faculty is more harmful to tenure than GOP attacks

Higher Ed Dive

Political attacks on tenure won’t matter if it’s effectively eliminated to save money with contingent positions, one professor emeritus argues.

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How to create an access and participation plan

Wonkhe

As universities get to grips with a new access and participation regime, Elizabeth Garnham says that with commitment and collaboration inequality can be meaningfully addressed The post How to create an access and participation plan appeared first on Wonkhe.

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CAT 6 and CAT 6A Cabling for the Transition to Wi-Fi 6 in Higher Education

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

If there’s any place that can take advantage of the higher speeds and increased frequencies that Wi-Fi 6 provides, it’s a college campus. Thousands of students need reliable Wi-Fi to take notes and study or to kick back with video games or Netflix. Meanwhile, researchers and professors use wireless for devices such as test equipment and drones, and the athletic department uses tablets during practices and games.

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Navigating Higher Ed’s Tech & Budget Crunch: Yes, You Can Survive

As Higher Ed institutions continue struggling with budget constraints and enrollment pressures, making smart decisions about technology is crucial. How do institutions enhance data security, optimize their tech stack and engage students effectively…all while managing limited resources? Bret Ingerman, former Vice President for Information Technology at Tallahassee State College, digs into these conundrums, exploring how Pathify offers solutions to enhance student engagement while giving instituti

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A Weird Research-Misconduct Scandal About Dishonesty Just Got Weirder

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Stephanie M. Lee Illustration by The Chronicle; iStock images An already-retracted study by some of the world's most prominent behavioral economists may be even more flawed than previously known.

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Freezes on tuition gain popularity, SHEEO finds

Higher Ed Dive

Two-year and four-year colleges alike have increasingly been asked to hold the line on their listed prices, according to a periodic survey.

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Australia ‘risks losing students’ amid rent crisis

The PIE News

The number of international students studying in Australia in 2023 is predicted to top the pre-Covid record set in 2019. In what appears to be a long-awaited recovery for the Australian education sector, local press has however been awash with commentary about how the increase in numbers of international students contributes to the deepening rental crisis in the nation’s major cities.

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A Governor Tells Public Colleges: The Drag Show Must Not Go On

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Kate Hidalgo Bellows In South Dakota and elsewhere, conservative politicians are decrying the performances, an LGBTQ tradition, as inappropriate.

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Texas bans public colleges’ diversity, equity and inclusion programs

Higher Ed Dive

The state’s Republican governor signed legislation Wednesday that its sponsor calls the “most significant ban” on higher ed DEI in the country.

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Reports of English studies’ demise have been greatly exaggerated

Wonkhe

Undergraduate numbers in English studies may be declining across the UK as a whole. But Sarah Cowan argues that a closer look at the landscape shows resilience – and excellence The post Reports of English studies’ demise have been greatly exaggerated appeared first on Wonkhe.

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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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Mayo Threatens Firing Professor for Interviews—and Idioms

Inside Higher Ed

Mayo Threatens Firing Professor for Interviews—and Idioms Featured Image at Top of Article 2023-06-12-Mayo-Letter.

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University of Arkansas to Dissolve DEI Office

Insight Into Diversity

On Tuesday, University of Arkansas (UA) Chancellor Charles Robinson announced the school will begin redistributing staff and resources from the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) into other campus units. Starting this fall semester, employees currently assigned to the DEI office will be relocated to Student Success, Student Affairs, Human Resources, Office of Equal Opportunity and Compliance, and University Advancement positions, the nonprofit news source Arkansas Advocate report

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Inflation-adjusted salaries for full-time faculty fell 7.5% during the pandemic

Higher Ed Dive

The AAUP also documented stark pay differences by gender in its annual compensation report.

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Rejection of legal duty of care marks a bad day for students’ rights

Wonkhe

Campaigner Robert Abrahart expresses his disappointment in the government's decision not to pursue a statutory duty of care for universities The post Rejection of legal duty of care marks a bad day for students’ rights appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Hampton University Establishes School of Religion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Hampton University has established a School of Religion. “Given that we’ve hosted the [Hampton University Ministers’ Conference] for over a century – in terms of timing, I think this is long overdue,” said Hampton President Darrell K. Williams. “Although we are not a religious institution, it is certainly a part of our fabric and our foundation. We see the development of the School of Religion as a natural progression.

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Juneteenth is a chance to celebrate progress and continue the movement toward equality

UW Presidential Blog

Next week we will honor Juneteenth, a commemoration of Black liberation and the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans 158 years ago. Now a federal holiday, Juneteenth has long been celebrated by Black communities as the anniversary of the order that proclaimed emancipation for enslaved people in Texas. In her memoir, “ On Juneteenth ,” historian Annette Gordon-Reed recalls growing up as a Black girl in Texas in the 1960s.

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West Virginia University to merge two colleges in the face of deep budget deficit

Higher Ed Dive

The state public flagship will fuse its colleges of creative arts and media as it braces for continued enrollment declines.

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Commuter students should be the centre of the campus

Wonkhe

Jules Singh says that the issues commuters faced pre-pandemic have become prevalent again - and should be returned to The post Commuter students should be the centre of the campus appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Report Describes Pandemic Impact on College Choices of the COVID Cohort

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The high school class of 2023 had an experience that was inevitably shaped by COVID-19. The pandemic hit when they were freshmen and many students endured over a year of remote learning, with limited access to school counseling services and extracurricular activities. Now, as the COVID cohort graduates and gets ready for higher education, a new report shows how the pandemic affected their college and career choices, both positively and negatively.

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Wisconsin Republicans Take Aim at Funding for Diversity

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Megan Zahneis While other states have sought to outlaw diversity, equity, and inclusion offices, legislators in the Badger State want to starve them through the budget process.

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Colleges must take ‘student-centered approach’ to prison education, report says

Higher Ed Dive

Incarcerated students will be eligible for federal Pell Grants in less than a month.

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How to support disabled staff to thrive

Wonkhe

Meredith Wilkinson identifies the ways in which universities can foster a more inclusive environments for staff with disabilities, chronic illness, or mental health conditions The post How to support disabled staff to thrive appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Berkeley pushes AI innovation, research with ‘Woodstock of Hackathons’

The Berkeley Blog

We're at a fascinating 'epi-inflection point' in generative AI. There are so many valid concerns surrounding it, but if events like this, and others, help set a strong cultural orientation toward AI innovation that is ethical and responsible, there is much room for advancement that improves our lives in ways we can’t begin to fathom.

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Leaving Academe? You Need More Than ‘Transferable Skills’

The Chronicle of Higher Education

To be a viable candidate beyond the campus, you have to get over your academic self. By William Pannapacker To be a viable candidate beyond the campus, you have to get over your academic self.

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Texas enacts law restricting transgender athletes at public colleges

Higher Ed Dive

Transgender players can’t participate in sports aligned with their gender identities, potentially clashing with a proposed federal regulation.

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Are we witnessing the return of the cashpoint college?

Wonkhe

A New York Times investigation raises real questions about subcontracting courses and sales agents in HE. Jim Dickinson tries to follow the money The post Are we witnessing the return of the cashpoint college? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Report Suggests Reforms if Supreme Court Strikes Down Affirmative Action

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In as little as two days, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to deliver a devastating verdict to advocates of affirmative action. Although the exact scope of the decision can’t be known, it seems clear that the court’s conservative majority will strike down the consideration of race in admissions. Now, Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce has released a report on the potential impacts of the decision and how higher ed and governments can react.

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A Visiting Professor at New College of Florida Drew the Ire of a Trustee. Now He's Out of a Job.

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Megan Zahneis Douglas R. Clifford, Tampa Bay Times, AP Protesters rally last month at New College of Florida after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation there banning spending on diversity programs at public colleges. Erik Wallenberg, who taught U.S. history, had written an opinion essay criticizing the administration and invited a critic of Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, as a guest speaker.

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House committee votes to yank federal funding from colleges, schools used as migrant shelters

Higher Ed Dive

Supporters say sheltering migrants puts students in danger. Opponents call the measure hurtful and a distraction.

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REF 2028 could revolutionise research culture

Wonkhe

An outline of REF 2028 has been published and James Coe asks what it means for research culture The post REF 2028 could revolutionise research culture appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Republicans Unveil Sweeping Higher Education Legislation

Inside Higher Ed

Republicans Unveil Sweeping Higher Education Legislation Featured Image at Top of Article GettyImages-1498491545.

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Study explores students’ ‘sense of home’ in UK

The PIE News

A study has explored how international PhD students construct a sense of home in Britain – finding that students have different selves in “diverse social locations” rather than assimilating in an “expected sense” Researchers focused on the experience of a small number of PhD students, sponsored by the Algerian government, as they “learnt to be themselves” in their everyday lives in the UK.

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An Ohio experiment boosted graduation rates and earnings for community college students. Here’s how.

Higher Ed Dive

Three of the state’s public two-year colleges successfully replicated a college completion program developed in New York, a six-year analysis found.

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More tailored approaches are needed to tackle the ethnicity degree awarding gap

Wonkhe

With access and participation targets on ending awarding gaps set to be missed, Omar Khan suggests less dragging and dropping of approaches and more consideration of context The post More tailored approaches are needed to tackle the ethnicity degree awarding gap appeared first on Wonkhe.

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DEI Standoff Derails a State Budget

Inside Higher Ed

Wisconsin Republicans want to slash funding to the University of Wisconsin over DEI efforts, but Democrats are defiant. The stalemate has put the entire state budget on ice. A fierce battle over diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education is being waged in the Wisconsin State Assembly, where it has temporarily paralyzed the state budget vote.

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