[ad_1] The Georgia Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that five professors’ challenge to a law allowing guns on public college and university campuses is moot because the University System of Georgia Board of Regents passed a compliant policy. The ruling upheld a lower court’s dismissal of the professors’ lawsuit. “After the governor approved HB 280,” the …
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[ad_1] The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has ruled that Speech First, an organization devoted to promoting free speech and other civil rights on U.S. college campuses, did not have standing to challenge Virginia Tech on its bias-incident policies. In Speech First v. Sands, et al., the organization took issue specifically with …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON, D.C.—This week’s conference of NAFSA, an association of international educators, marked the 75th anniversary of the organization, and the mood was celebratory. Attendance was much higher than last year’s conference in Denver—the first since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic—jumping from about 6,000 to over 8,500. Many countries that had been unable to …
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[ad_1] Louisiana senator Bill Cassidy, the top Republican on the Senate education committee, proposed the resolution to block the Biden administration’s plan for student loan forgiveness. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The Senate voted Thursday to block President Biden’s plan to forgive up to $20,000 in federal student loans for eligible Americans. The resolution, proposed by Louisiana …
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[ad_1] Today on the Academic Minute, part of University at Albany Week: Rabi Musah, professor of chemistry at the RNA Institute, explores how to help all students in STEM fields complete their studies. Learn more about the Academic Minute here. Most Popular Stories Most Popular [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] The Association of American Universities on Thursday announced that it would add six new research universities to its selective membership—institutions with a decided tilt to the West and South. They are: Most Popular Stories Most Popular Membership in the AAU, which now numbers 71, has historically been coveted by many public and private research …
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[ad_1] Like a lot of other folks, I watched the series finale of Succession last week and then spent a decent chunk of the next couple of days on the internet talking about what it all meant. (Spoilers below.) The preshow hype was around which character would “win” control of Waystar Royco—the children of the company’s founder, …
[ad_1] Marisa S. Cianciarulo, interim dean of the Dale E. Fowler School of Law at Chapman University, in California, has been selected as dean of Western State College of Law, also in California. Carl Goodman, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Bowie State University, in Maryland, has been named provost and senior …
[ad_1] I was 19 years old when I graduated with my bachelor’s degree—just a year after completing an associate degree at my early college high school and “transferring” into college. As a low-income student, my best opportunity to fast-track into an affordable college degree was dual enrollment. Dual enrollment put me in the unusual position …
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