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[ad_1] Student Perceptions of ChatGPT: Academic Minute Doug Lederman Wed, 07/05/2023 – 12:00 AM [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Although the Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard came as no surprise, its mandate to exclude the consideration of race in college admissions feels like a gut punch, especially to those of us who have been longtime advocates for educational equity. Even more upsetting is that the court justified its …

Affirmative action and the myth of merit (opinion) Read More »

[ad_1] Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/Getty Images News In a 6-to-3 ruling finding race-conscious admissions practices at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to be unconstitutional, the Supreme Court essentially ended affirmative action, upending the elite college admissions landscape. At the heart of the case against Harvard was the argument that Asian …

SCOTUS decision not a win for Asian Americans (opinion) Read More »

[ad_1] I have a chronic autoimmune illness, an invisible disability, and my institution took its responsibility to the Americans With Disabilities Act seriously, so my COVID-related online teaching time was longer than that of most of my colleagues—I taught online from spring 2020 to spring 2022. Throughout that period, I had the opportunity to work …

The benefits of using Montessori principles in college classes (opinion) Read More »

[ad_1] To the Editor: Like Michael Barnett and Nathan Brown (“Biden Administration Punts on Defining Antisemitism,” June 23, 2023), I share critique of the IHRA definition of anti-Jewish discrimination and bigotry, although for different reasons. I believe that the definition has significant value and merit even as it is imperfect, imprecise,  and incomplete — as …

Palestinians’ and Jews’ rights to self-determination (letter) Read More »

[ad_1] To the Editor: A June 26 IHE news article on Executive Leadership asks “Should College Presidents Criticize Political Candidates?” This is the wrong question to ask. The right question is, “Should college presidents defend the mission and values of their institution?” The answer depends, of course, on what one believes the mission and values …

The wrong question on presidential leadership (letter) Read More »

[ad_1] President Biden does not have the authority to forgive student loans, the Supreme Court said in a 6-to-3 decision that dooms the administration’s debt-relief plans. The court’s conservative justices sided with six Republican attorneys general who argued that the administration didn’t have the authority to forgive federal student loans under a 2003 law. The …

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[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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[ad_1] New Mexico State University has settled a lawsuit brought by two former basketball players who alleged that they were sexually assaulted by their teammates, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. The university agreed to pay the plaintiffs a total of $8 million. The settlement releases the university, as well as two coaches and three other basketball …

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[ad_1] Hope College made headlines two years ago when it announced it was launching a pilot program of a tuition-free model that let a small group of students attend for free. The students only had to commit to return the favor by donating money to the institution after they graduate. The plan came with an …

Hope College bets on tuition-free program Read More »