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[ad_1] Marcus Hotaling, director of Union College’s Eppler-Wolff Counseling Center and president of the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors, toured campuses this year with his precollege daughter and noticed something interesting. Tour guides, he recalls, “were actively talking about counseling services, letting people know of the services and sessions” available to students. …

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[ad_1] Some new trustees at the University of Virginia are pushing for the university to collect information about the political views of the faculty and students, The Daily Progress reported. At a Board of Visitors meeting Friday, Douglas Wetmore, who was appointed to the board by Governor Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, last year, questioned why the university’s …

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[ad_1] Nuthawut Somsuk/iStock/Getty Images Plus When I began writing recently for Inside Higher Ed about career opportunities beyond academe, my first essay mentioned a sentiment that is pervasive among Ph.D. students: “I don’t know how to pick a new career path.” The following is an elaboration on the perspectives I have encountered on the topic, …

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[ad_1] An Exaggerated Death of DEI at UNC’s Med School Featured Image at Top of Article Bondurant-Hall.jpeg Ryan Quinn Tue, 06/06/2023 – 12:00 AM [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Today on the Academic Minute, part of University of California, Irvine, Week: Jung In Park, assistant professor in the Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing at the University of California, Irvine, finds a way to tackle biases in machine learning and make a difference for vulnerable populations. Learn more about the Academic Minute …

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[ad_1] The faculty union at Owens Community College in Toledo, Ohio, recently voted no confidence in the college’s president, Board of Trustees, chief financial officer and vice president of business affairs, The Toledo Blade reported. The majority of union members, 86 percent, signaled their lack of support for campus leadership, said Paul Adams, president of the …

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[ad_1] A visiting history professor at New College of Florida who criticized NCF’s Board of Trustees and interim president—as well as Governor Ron DeSantis’s efforts to reshape higher education in the state—is out after the administration decided not to renew his contract, Miami New Times reported. The decision reportedly leaves NCF without a faculty member …

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[ad_1] A proposed ban to limit when colleges and universities can withhold a student’s transcript could help thousands of students, if not more than a million, access their credits and resume their college education, experts and advocates say. “It’s a modest but important step,” said Martin Kurzweil, vice president of educational transformation at Ithaka S+R, …

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[ad_1] A jury has awarded $240,000 in damages to two blind students who sued the Los Angeles Community College District. The jury concluded that the district violated the Americans With Disabilities Act in 14 different ways, according to a press release from Brown, Goldstein & Levy, the law firm representing the students. The students, Portia …

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