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Education Department faces freedom of information lawsuit over campus protests

Higher Ed Dive

Columbia University's Knight First Amendment Institute alleges the department failed to turn over communications en masse as required by law.

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Embracing trauma-informed approaches in higher education: more than just a passing trend

HEPI

This blog was kindly authored by Joanna McCloughry , freelance consultant and trainer in trauma-informed approaches. Prevalence in higher education A ground-breaking study conducted by the University of East London (UEL), has revealed significant insights into the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences among its undergraduate students.

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Teaching Information Literacy in an Age of Misinformation 

Faculty Focus

I don’t recall exactly how I responded in the moment, but with the benefit of hindsight I now know it was a tremor in what would become a seismic shift in our educational landscape. Students who are in their late teens or early twenties have spent their educational experiences navigating misinformation, fake news, and alternative facts.

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Information Literacy Beyond Fact-Checking

ACRLog

More specifically, it’s been bothering me ever since I first engaged with the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education (referred to here on as the Framework). As a society we are both getting more educated and (it seems) getting more spiritual. Surely, it can’t be so simple.

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UKCISA calls for more evidence-informed policies

The PIE News

Sustainable growth in international education in the UK will not be possible if the government does not “commit to a suite of evidence-informed policies” to allow for an equitable and inclusive sector, a new paper has said.

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Teaching Information Literacy in an Age of Misinformation 

Faculty Focus

I don’t recall exactly how I responded in the moment, but with the benefit of hindsight I now know it was a tremor in what would become a seismic shift in our educational landscape. Students who are in their late teens or early twenties have spent their educational experiences navigating misinformation, fake news, and alternative facts.

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Discussing the 4 Pillars of Immersion: Information Literacy

ACRLog

” The ACRL Information Literacy Immersion Program, usually referred to as Immersion, has been on hiatus since March 2020, when our facilitator team canceled the summer 2020 Immersion program because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This first post in the series focuses on the pillar of information literacy.