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Scottish university will close New York City campus

[ad_1] Glasgow Caledonian University, which created a New York City campus in 2013 and won the right to award degrees four years later, is selling its campus in New York City, the BBC reported. The university said the campus had “not reached its potential” and that the university would look to exit New York. A university statement said, “Following a …

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20 percent of California community college applicants are scams

[ad_1] About 20 percent of applicants to California community colleges are scams, just designed to obtain student aid without enrolling, The San Francisco Chronicle reported. The scams grew during the COVID-19 pandemic. California community colleges are particularly vulnerable to the scams because they are required to accept any student in the state with a high school …

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Instructor found not guilty in murder of professor

[ad_1] Edward Gutting, a former Missouri State University instructor, was found not guilty, by reason of insanity, in the murder of a retired professor of history at the university, Marc Cooper, KY3 News reported. Prosecutors said that despite Gutting being diagnosed with schizophrenia, he knew exactly what he was doing when he took two knives …

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An argument to repeal out-of-state tuition premiums

[ad_1] Last week’s IHE piece about flagship universities recruiting out-of-state students for the tuition premium hit a bit close to home. Having sent both kids to out-of-state flagships (at substantially higher tuition than Rutgers, our state’s flagship), I am part of the problem. Having said that, the piece leaves out the obvious solution, so I’ll …

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Never take teaching advice from an administrator (letter)

[ad_1] To the editor: I think we need to start a new adage: never take teaching advice from an administrator. Whatever expertise they had in teaching has been buried under their administrative goals, and whatever humility they had as faculty about the limitations of their own understanding has disappeared now that they’ve been chosen to …

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Texas expected to adopt new community college funding model

[ad_1] Texas is on the brink of instituting a new funding model for community colleges that would base most state funding on student outcomes. State lawmakers sent the bipartisan legislation, House Bill 8, to Governor Greg Abbott’s desk last week, where it awaits his signature. Advocates of the new model expect him to approve it in …

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