[ad_1] Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee are planning to limit new spending to fiscal year 2022 levels—a move that could mean cuts to the Education Department and other nondefense agencies, Roll Call reported. Texas representative Kay Granger, the Republican who chairs the committee, said in a statement that the spending gaps in the recently …
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[ad_1] Many people with disabilities see entrepreneurship as the most feasible pathway toward a successful career. According to recent data, one in five enrolled undergraduate students (and 12 percent of enrolled graduate students) in the United States reports having a disability. However, that number is likely higher, as a 2022 report from the National Center for …
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[ad_1] Institutions’ contributions to full-time faculty members’ health and retirement benefits significantly declined in real dollars over the pandemic and still haven’t returned to their pre-2020 levels, the American Association of University Professors says in a new report. “There were big differences between public and private institutions dealing with, say, medical insurance,” said Glenn Colby, …
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[ad_1] Months after announcing plans to explore an affiliation, Drexel University and Salus University will move forward with a merger, scheduled to be completed by next summer, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. Governing boards for both universities have already signed off on the proposal, and now the two institutions are awaiting regulatory approvals that will allow …
[ad_1] An associate professor of math at Morgan State University is being investigated by the historically Black university after he asked Jeffrey Epstein, the late sex offender and financier, for $5 million to endow a chair for women in mathematics at the university, The Baltimore Sun reported. Jonathan Farley, the professor, reached out to Epstein in …
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[ad_1] How to Talk About Differences: Academic Minute Doug Lederman Wed, 06/14/2023 – 12:00 AM [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Binghamton University, part of the State University of New York system, and six historically Black colleges and universities have launched a research alliance in collaboration with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, a membership organization representing public HBCUs, according to a press release from Binghamton. The participating HBCUs are Alabama A&M University, Central State University, …
[ad_1] A recent Title IX case at King’s College in Pennsylvania has highlighted what experts say is a new legal strategy for sexual assault victims whose alleged attackers take the aggressive approach of filing a counterclaim. The strategy hinges on the argument that a malicious Title IX counterclaim can qualify as “abuse of process,” a term that …
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[ad_1] North Carolina governor Roy Cooper formed the Commission on the Governance of Public Universities last November to study “instability and political interference” in governance at both the institutional and system levels. Concerns about partisanship at University of North Carolina campuses have increased in recent years, reaching a peak in February when the system’s Board …
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[ad_1] Dozens of states have passed laws in recent years, according to a tracker maintained by Education Week, that require schools to use materials in line with the long-standing body of evidence on how children learn to read, often called the “science of reading.” Many of these laws also aim to improve teacher training. To …
