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Kentucky Supreme Court allows COVID-19 case to proceed

[ad_1] The Kentucky Supreme Court has sided with students, allowing their suit to proceed. They are seeking more than $200 million from the University of Kentucky over its COVID-19 policies, The Louisville Courier Journal reported. The students want a portion of their spring 2020 tuition and fees refunded because the university did not offer classes in …

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Academe should address biases about nonbinary students and faculty (opinion)

[ad_1] The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is considering tracking workforce data on nonbinary employees, and last year, it announced an updated discrimination charge intake form that includes a gender option for nonbinary people. Yet gestures like censusing have not necessarily improved the overall state of nonbinary people within academe. Despite gay men having the highest …

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With enrollment prospects dim, Fitch predicts lower ratings

[ad_1] Fitch Ratings’ 2024 outlook for higher education enrollment is fairly bleak, according to data offered during an online presentation Thursday. Emily Wadhwani, Fitch’s senior director for U.S. higher education, cited demographic declines as a primary factor, especially in the Northeast and Midwest; she said certain states, including Maine and Pennsylvania, have been particularly hard …

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How college can prepare students for a data-driven world

[ad_1] Pinkypills/iStock/Getty Images Plus The ability to collect, organize, interrogate and make sense of data is an essential job skill in the 21st-century marketplace. A Harvard Business Review analytic services report notes that nearly 90 percent of organizations say success depends on data-driven decisions made by front-line employees. To ensure students can succeed in this market, …

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Professor and two students stabbed at Canadian university

[ad_1] A professor and two students were stabbed Wednesday in a philosophy class on gender issues at the University of Waterloo, in Canada, the Associated Press reported. A suspect in the stabbings is a member of the “university community,” a spokesman said. The suspect is being questioned. The three who were stabbed were being treated at a …

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Advocates celebrate ruling striking down race-conscious admissions, others pledge to fight

[ad_1] Supporters and detractors of affirmative action faced off Thursday near the Supreme Court after the justices said the use of race-conscious admissions violated the U.S. Constitution. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images For Yukong Zhao, the Supreme Court’s decision on Thursday to strike down the use of race in college admissions was a “sweet and long-overdue victory.” …

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