[ad_1] Sarah Lawrence College released a new essay prompt for applicants on Tuesday, just ahead of the launch of this year’s Common App. It directly quotes language used in the Supreme Court’s June 29 ruling striking down affirmative action in college admissions. “In a 2023 majority decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, Chief …
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[ad_1] I think I have a new mantra for how faculty should think about approaching student writing assignments and assessment in this new ChatGPT era. It’s a bit of a throwback idea, borrowed from MTV’s seminal reality show, The Real World, the tagline used at the end of the opening title and credits: “It’s time …
[ad_1] Stanford president Marc Tessier-Lavigne, pictured here at a 2021 commencement ceremony, is stepping down. Stanford University/Facebook Marc Tessier-Lavigne is stepping down as president of Stanford University following the release of a months-long investigation into research misconduct allegations that found he left mistakes in scientific papers uncorrected amid allegations of data manipulation. News of his …
[ad_1] The University of Minnesota–Twin Cities will no longer consider applicants’ ties to alumni in admissions decisions, The Star Tribune reported. The decision came in “an exceptionally deep review of our context factors,” said Keri Risic, executive director of admissions. The university will also no longer favor applicants who are the children of faculty members. …
[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 …
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[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 …
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[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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