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[ad_1] At the University of Utah campus store, traditional sports team merchandise is interspersed with hoodies, key chains and hats emblazoned with rainbow letter U’s, celebrating LGBTQ+ pride. To acknowledge Pride Month, the store’s website is promoting these items on the homepage, calling on shoppers to “celebrate equality” by shopping the pride collection. Ien Zielinski, …

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[ad_1] Admissions News in Recent Weeks Scott Jaschik Mon, 06/05/2023 – 12:00 AM [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] On Thursday, when the U.S. Supreme Court issued rulings in three cases, colleges were watching for two cases, one on President Biden’s loan-forgiveness plan and one on affirmative action. Neither decision has landed yet. The case that is drawing the most attention from college leaders is the one on affirmative action, and they fear …

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[ad_1] Capital Campaign Watch: Drury, North Central Missouri, Stonehill Scott Jaschik Mon, 06/05/2023 – 12:00 AM [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Glasgow Caledonian University, which created a New York City campus in 2013 and won the right to award degrees four years later, is selling its campus in New York City, the BBC reported. The university said the campus had “not reached its potential” and that the university would look to exit New York. A university statement said, “Following a …

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[ad_1] About 20 percent of applicants to California community colleges are scams, just designed to obtain student aid without enrolling, The San Francisco Chronicle reported. The scams grew during the COVID-19 pandemic. California community colleges are particularly vulnerable to the scams because they are required to accept any student in the state with a high school …

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[ad_1] Today on the Academic Minute, part of University of California, Irvine, Week: Saurabh Chatterjee, professor of environmental and occupational health, examines one of the many effects of climate change we may not be aware of. Learn more about the Academic Minute here. Most Popular Stories Most Popular [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Edward Gutting, a former Missouri State University instructor, was found not guilty, by reason of insanity, in the murder of a retired professor of history at the university, Marc Cooper, KY3 News reported. Prosecutors said that despite Gutting being diagnosed with schizophrenia, he knew exactly what he was doing when he took two knives …

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[ad_1] Last week’s IHE piece about flagship universities recruiting out-of-state students for the tuition premium hit a bit close to home. Having sent both kids to out-of-state flagships (at substantially higher tuition than Rutgers, our state’s flagship), I am part of the problem. Having said that, the piece leaves out the obvious solution, so I’ll …

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[ad_1] What would you say are the biggest challenges facing the U.S. today? Possible answers might be rising inequality, persistent poverty, inflation or crime. Perhaps you might answer political polarization. Anyone who reads Bryan Alexander’s extraordinary book Universities on Fire might nominate climate change. While most of us would undoubtedly include those issues on any …

Labor shortages, the housing crisis and higher ed Read More »