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Stanford graduate student workers vote to unionize

[ad_1] Stanford University graduate student workers who teach and research have unionized, the new Stanford Graduate Workers Union announced Thursday. The National Labor Relations Board said Thursday that, “Of approximately 3,410 eligible voters, 1,639 voted for the union and 38 voted against. Parties have five business days to file objections to the election. If no …

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Online learning still in high demand at community colleges

[ad_1] East Los Angeles College, the most populous campus in the California Community College system, offered 60 percent of its courses in a hybrid or online format this past spring, most of them asynchronous. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, fewer than a quarter of courses were offered online. Miguel Duenas, vice president of student services at …

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Florida Democrats question suspension of search for Florida Atlantic president

[ad_1] Florida Atlantic University thought its presidential search was near the finish line, when three finalists were named. But The Tallahassee Democrat reported that the search was suspended. State University System Chancellor Ray Rodrigues order the search suspension, citing “concerning information” and “anomalies” in a letter to the FAU trustee board chair. But Democrats charge …

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Northwestern president unsure about punishment of football coach

[ad_1] Northwestern University President Michael Schill suspended the head football coach for two weeks, without pay, but now he says he isn’t sure about the punishment. The punishment of Pat Fitzgerald, the coach, was immediate and is still going on. The suspension followed an investigation of hazing on the football team. “While the investigation did …

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Twitter Reportedly Threatens to Sue Meta Over Threads App

[ad_1] A day after Facebook parent company Meta went live with its Twitter-like social media app Threads, Twitter has reportedly threatened to sue Meta. Twitter lawyer Alex Spiro sent a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg accusing the company of intentionally stealing “Twitter’s trade secrets and other intellectual property,” according to a report by Semafor. …

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Google, Facebook to Restrict Canadian News. What to Know and How to Find News in Canada

[ad_1] Google and Meta, parent company to Facebook, will block links to Canadian journalism later this year for people in Canada in response to a new law that forces technology companies to compensate publishers for linking articles.  With Australia passing a similar measure in 2021, more countries are looking toward compensatory legislation as news outlets continue to layoff journalists …

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Spotify Drops All Payments Via Apple App Store. Here Are Other Ways to Pay

[ad_1] Spotify Premium subscribers paying through Apple’s App Store will need to use another payment method to continue listening without ads.  Spotify hasn’t offered new Premium subscribers the chance to pay using in-app purchases via the App Store for quite a while, but now it’s pulling the plug for legacy subscribers using that payment method, …

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