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Accreditor requests closure of the King’s College

[ad_1] Faced with the possibility of closure since January, the King’s College’s chances of survival took another blow Thursday when its accreditor announced that it has asked the small evangelical college in New York City to “submit a substantive change request for institutional closure” by Aug. 11. The accreditor, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, …

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House subcommittee explores how to lower cost of college

[ad_1] From left, Stephanie Cellini, a professor of public policy, public administration and economics at George Washington University; Andrew Gillen, senior policy analyst at Texas Public Policy Foundation; Michael Horn, a co-founder of the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation; and Stig Leschly, president of Postsecondary Commission, testified at a House subcommittee hearing July 27, 2023. …

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Man arrested for planning mass shootings at Brown and UConn

[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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Reimagining aging in place: Academic Minute

[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

Visa denials disproportionately affect African students

[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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MOVEit attack signals growing cyberthreats for higher ed

[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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Frustration and uncertainty at the affirmative action summit

[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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Shifting culture to promote collaborative mind-sets about data (opinion)

[ad_1] For marine ecologists, late-night work doesn’t just happen in the office. Squid come to the surface when it’s dark. To research them during my Ph.D., I worked on ships from sunset to sunrise, attracting squid with glow-in-the dark lures. After two years in grad school and many late nights catching and releasing Humboldt squid …

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Princeton professor objects to retraction of economics paper

[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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