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[ad_1] University of California, Berkeley, graduate student researchers have received around $600,000 in back pay, their union announced Wednesday. The payouts, which go as high as $10,000 for individual workers, came in response to a union grievance about the university’s “arbitrary” appointment levels for employees, UAW 2865 said in its news release. This allowed administrators …

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[ad_1] Occidental College is the second private institution to end legacy preferences in admissions following the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling. Occidental College will no longer give admissions preference to children of alumni, citing the Supreme Court’s ruling against affirmative action. “In the past, an applicant’s familial relationship to the College’s alumni could be considered …

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[ad_1] This piece is the last blog post I will write for Inside Higher Ed that Scott Jaschik will edit. As was announced earlier this month, Scott’s last day at IHE is today. I’ve been working with (and for) Scott for 14 years. He has been a near-daily constant in my professional life. I can …

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[ad_1] The National Association for College Admission Counseling is acquiring the Character Collaborative, a nonprofit that encourages the use of character attributes in prospective college students’ applications.  NACAC will use the collaborative’s resources and membership to launch a new “Character Focus” initiative to “support college admission counseling professionals as they advance their practice of elevating …

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[ad_1] Inside Higher Ed is pleased to release “The Talent Equation: 2023 HR Best Practices for Higher Education Leaders,” a compilation of opinion pieces on hiring and recruiting talent. You may download the booklet, free, here. Most Popular Stories Most Popular [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Washington senator Patty Murray (left), the Democrat who chairs the appropriations committee, said the draft budget that includes money for the Education Department will make Pell Grants go further for students. Jemal Countess/Stringer/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images Senate appropriators, in drafting the budget for the Education Department and other agencies, say they made the most …

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[ad_1] Facing a $25 million budget gap, Virginia Commonwealth University is cutting 14 jobs in the Department of Focused Inquiry, according to The Richmond Times-Dispatch. Departmental faculty had been bracing for the cuts since earlier this year. The 14 affected faculty members will lose their jobs in 2024 or 2025, the newspaper reported, noting that the …

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[ad_1] Faced with the possibility of closure since January, the King’s College’s chances of survival took another blow Thursday when its accreditor announced that it has asked the small evangelical college in New York City to “submit a substantive change request for institutional closure” by Aug. 11. The accreditor, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, …

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[ad_1] From left, Stephanie Cellini, a professor of public policy, public administration and economics at George Washington University; Andrew Gillen, senior policy analyst at Texas Public Policy Foundation; Michael Horn, a co-founder of the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation; and Stig Leschly, president of Postsecondary Commission, testified at a House subcommittee hearing July 27, 2023. …

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[ad_1] The Stock Market’s Impact on Tipping: Academic Minute Doug Lederman Fri, 07/28/2023 – 03:00 AM [ad_2] Source link