Education

[ad_1] How Economics Research Grew During the Pandemic: Academic Minute Doug Lederman Wed, 07/19/2023 – 03:00 AM [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] sorbetto/Digitalvision Vectors/Getty images Post-pandemic student disengagement and the troubling impact of new technologies have added pressing and unexpected dimensions to the more perennial concerns of those of us who teach college students. As two instructors in two different disciplines, one way we were able to meet some of these challenges in our daily work …

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[ad_1] Texas A&M University’s attempt to revive its journalism program has become a public relations nightmare. On June 13, the university announced, “A veteran journalist with more than 40 years of experience has been hired to direct Texas A&M University’s new journalism program.” The journalist was Kathleen McElroy, an A&M alumna and former New York …

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[ad_1] Clarkson University administrators were none too pleased about a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed that took a swipe at the New York institution for having a position opening for a “sustainability coordinator/Alpine ski coach.” The author of the article described the position as the epitome of “the overgrowth in ESG and DEI jobs” that …

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[ad_1] One might ask, why should we bend to the latest fad in our field? Let me be clear that AI is not a fad. It will not fade quietly away in a few months or years. It is, rather, an effective tool that is seen broadly as money-saving, creative and competitively necessary in the …

Productively and painlessly integrating AI into classes Read More »

[ad_1] Nearly a year after President Biden first pledged to forgive up to $20,000 in student loans per borrower and less than a month after the Supreme Court struck down that plan, the Education Department is again trying to provide relief. But this second attempt will take longer—at least 12 months—several experts said, and involves …

Biden’s backup for student loan relief will be long, risky Read More »

[ad_1] A new analysis by Excelencia in Education, an organization dedicated to Latino student success, found degree-completion rates among Latino students have stagnated in recent years while white students’ graduation rates have risen, creating a widening gap. The analysis drew on 2021 data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, or IPEDS. It found that …

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[ad_1] Ohio is spending $24 million to create “intellectual diversity centers” at five of the state’s public institutions of higher education, according to The Ohio Capital Journal. The centers will be independent academic units all centered on the U.S. Constitution, law and history. State lawmakers had earlier proposed the centers at just Ohio State University and …

Ohio passes bill creating “intellectual diversity centers” Read More »