[ad_1] Sherman (Sherm) Bloomer, associate vice president of budget and resource planning at Oregon State University, has been named chancellor and dean of Oregon State’s Cascades campus. Christy L. Brown, chief executive officer of Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast, has been chosen as president of Alverno College, also in Wisconsin. John Coleman, dean of the …
[ad_1] The Education Department is reminding colleges and universities about their responsibilities under federal civil rights law to protect students from antisemitic harassment. Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Catherine Lhamon wrote in a Dear Colleague letter released Thursday that a university violates Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 “when it fails to take …
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[ad_1] The camera shows an apartment with cracked and peeling walls, empty except for two old lamps that flicker, only deepening the gloom. A masked figure pushes a wheelchair into the center of the room, then leaves. In it sits a young man dressed in a hospital gown, hunched over an acoustic guitar. A title …
[ad_1] Two Christian colleges and a group of Christian parents sued the state of Minnesota Wednesday over a provision in the state budget, The Star Tribune reported. The provision limits the colleges’ ability to participate in the Postsecondary Enrollment Options program, known as PSEO. Through the program, colleges can offer instruction and credit for free to high …
[ad_1] Colleges are focused, as never before, on the role of student well-being in ensuring persistence and completion. What are the special challenges and strategies for the growing numbers of students who are studying partially or fully online? This week’s episode of The Key, Inside Higher Ed’s news and analysis podcast, builds off a great …
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[ad_1] The University of Kentucky has received a $100 million gift for the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, the largest in the university’s 160-year history. UK alum and former trustee Carol Martin “Bill” Gatton, who died last year, bestowed the gift through the Bill Gatton Foundation. “Our college has served Kentucky and beyond for over …
[ad_1] Two Christian colleges and a group of Christian parents sued Minnesota on Wednesday over a provision in the state budget, The Star Tribune reported. The provision limits the colleges’ ability to participate in the Postsecondary Enrollment Options, known as the PSEO program. Through the program, colleges can offer instruction and credit for free to …
[ad_1] Standard publishing advice often counsels scholars to try to place a manuscript in a top-tier journal with the most impact and then try for the next one down if a rejection is received. And faculty writers commonly do that when submitting their work to journals. Yet once a piece is published, after perhaps sharing …
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[ad_1] Following months of speculation, a book tour and multiple visits to early-voting primary states, it’s official: Florida governor Ron DeSantis is seeking the Republican nomination for president in 2024. DeSantis formally filed his candidacy with the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday before he announced his White House bid on Twitter in a video that …
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[ad_1] Community colleges specialize. That’s both known and largely ignored. We shouldn’t ignore it. They specialize in lower-division courses. In fact, in many states, those are the only courses they’re allowed to teach. The most commonly taught class at many community colleges is the first semester English Composition course. Courses like Intro to Psychology and …
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