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[ad_1] A man was arrested last week for second-degree threatening, second-degree breach of peace and second-degree failure to appear, and he had visited Brown University and the University of Connecticut to plan mass shootings there, authorities said, according to The Hartford Courant. The failure to appear charge against Dennis “D.J.” Hernandez relates to a charge …

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[ad_1] Photo illustration by Justin Morrison/Inside Higher Ed | Photo: Princeton University | Paper: American Economic Review American Economic Review this month retracted a paper that concluded that tax increases on French dividends also increased firms’ investment. The retraction note says the authors didn’t tell editors about changes they made between when the journal conditionally …

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[ad_1] International students from African nations and the Global South are much more likely to have their visas rejected, according to a new report from the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration and the Shorelight Education.  The data, collected through public records requests, show that African students faced a visa rejection rate of over …

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[ad_1] Hacking attacks against higher education institutions are on the rise as other industries battered by cybersecurity threats tighten their defenses and many in education remain unprepared, experts warn. The ransomware group called Cl0p appeared on the radar for many educational institutions in May after it took credit for a massive cyberattack against hundreds of …

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[ad_1] Credit loss and lack of transparency around transfer policies and credit applicability can stymie a student’s journey to degree completion, prolonging graduation and increasing college costs. Often, students learn after transfer that many of the courses earned at one college are not accepted at their new institution, forcing them to repeat courses and limiting …

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[ad_1] More than three-quarters of students who entered college for the first time in fall 2021 continued their education (at their original institution or another college) in fall 2022, returning the so-called persistence rate to the average level seen before the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center said in a report today. The …

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[ad_1] Ruth J. Simmons will deliver the 2023 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities. The National Endowment for the Humanities’ Jefferson Lecture is the highest honor the federal government bestows for distinguished intellectual achievement in the humanities. Simmons is currently president emerita of three colleges: Smith College, Brown University and Prairie View A&M University. Simmons was …

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[ad_1] Catherine Lhamon, assistant secretary in the Office for Civil Rights, in 2018. On Wednesday she told summit attendees that they should await federal guidance on affirmative action and disregard third-party assertions like those made by Students for Fair Admissions. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images WASHINGTON, D.C.—Speaking at an affirmative action summit hosted by the Department of …

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[ad_1] Today on the Academic Minute: Rachel Savage, assistant professor at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto, examines how we might best care for an aging population. Learn more about the Academic Minute here. Most Popular Stories Most Popular [ad_2] Source link