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2024-2025 CGDSD Award Recipients Announced

ACPA

Laura Vaughn , Doctoral Student & Graduate Assistant – Florida State University Service to the International Community This award recognizes an individual for outstanding service to the international community.

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Student Substance Use: Keele University’s Journey from Zero Tolerance to Harm Reduction

HEPI

Keele University and Keele Students’ Union has been working with Students Organising for Sustainability (SOS-UK) since 2015, when we first started to look at alcohol use on campus, and how we could promote a productive, healthy, and inclusive student culture surrounding drinking. You can read the first blog, an overview of the pilot, here.

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“Transformative” program for refugees in US

The PIE News

A targeted sponsorship initiative for refugee students has launched in the US seeking to enable colleges and universities to “play a leading role” in their resettlement. ” The Community Sponsorship Hub, a consortium of nonprofit organisations, is implementing the program. .”

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Be bolder about your mental health offer if you want to convert – and retain – more of this year’s applicants

HEPI

About a third of applicants think it likely that they will not take up their place at university. This year, guided by previous findings on school absence and levels of confidence, we wanted to know how many applicants think that they may not, after all, take up their place at university.

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Overseas students “treated as cash cows” in UK

The PIE News

“This news will be very disappointing to the international students and global talent that choose to live, work and study in the UK – they make an invaluable contribution to our universities and to our communities,” Jamie Arrowsmith, chief executive of Universities UK International, told The PIE News in a statement. “The

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CHLOE 7: Centralization vs. Distribution of Online Student Services

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Learning Innovation The report I'm drawing from and sharing around most enthusiastically this summer is the recently released CHLOE 7: Tracking Online Learning From Mainstream Acceptance to Universal Adoptio n. 1 - Figure 5 gives a good list of the critical services a university must provide for online programs.

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UC San Diego suspends instructor for racist comments

Inside Higher Ed

Image: The University of California, San Diego, removed an instructor from the classroom for the term, following racist remarks he made during an organic chemistry lecture last week. “We sincerely apologize to those who have been impacted, including the university service workers and Spanish-speaking communities.”