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Board minutes show Alcorn State president was fired

[ad_1] Meeting minutes made public last week and first reported by Mississippi Today show that the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees fired Alcorn State University president Felecia Nave on a unanimous vote, shedding some light on her abrupt exit. Nave, who became president of the historically Black university in 2019, was ousted …

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Houghton fires two employees who included pronouns in their emails

[ad_1] Houghton College, in New York, fired two employees who included their pronouns in their emails, The New York Times reported. The employees, Raegan Zelaya and Shua Wilmot, both said they thought they were doing a good thing by including their emails. They wanted to be supportive of transgender people (although they are not transgender themselves) and …

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Houghton fires two employees who included pronouns in their emails

[ad_1] Houghton College, in New York, fired two employees who included their pronouns in their emails, The New York Times reported. The employees, Raegan Zelaya and Shua Wilmot, both said they thought they were doing a good thing by including their emails. They wanted to be supportive of transgender people (although they are not transgender …

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Houghton fires two employees who included pronouns in their emails

[ad_1] Houghton College, in New York, fired two employees who included their pronouns in their emails, The New York Times reported. The employees, Raegan Zelaya and Shua Wilmot, both said they thought they were doing a good thing by including their emails. They wanted to be supportive of transgender people (although they are not transgender …

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Study abroad programs can reinforce injustices (opinion)

[ad_1] In a typical, pre-pandemic year, nearly 350,000 students at American universities set out on planes, trains, automobiles and the occasional ship to study abroad. And while most institutions haven’t yet returned to their 2019 enrollment levels, 83 percent expected study abroad enrollment to grow in the current academic year. It’s clear study abroad has become …

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Amid Michigan grad workers’ strike, some classes get all A’s

[ad_1] The University of Michigan graduate student workers’ strike may have been a boon to certain students: some department chairs have said they plan to give out A’s. “Any classes that don’t have grades submitted by noon tomorrow (May 16th) will have to have grades inputted by the department,” Gaurav Desai, chair of the English Language …

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A community college’s mental health offerings mix

[ad_1] Community college students remain among the most diverse populations in higher education, and recent mental health trends highlight a growing need for diverse services for nontraditional learners. A 2021 survey from the American Psychiatric Association found more than 50 percent of community college students nationwide screened positive for symptoms of mental health conditions, but fewer …

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Professor to students: ChatGPT told me to fail you

[ad_1] “I will not grade this chat Gpt shit,” Jared Mumm, an agricultural sciences and natural resources instructor at Texas A&M University–Commerce, wrote to one of his students this week, according to The Washington Post. Mumm had suspected that this student and others had used ChatGPT, the AI-powered chat bot, in his animal science course. …

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Survey to help address and prevent campus sexual misconduct

[ad_1] Higher education is in the midst of a wave of mandates to conduct campus sexual misconduct climate surveys. Thanks to the state-level efforts of activists and legislative champions tirelessly promoting these initiatives, Louisiana, New York, California, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Illinois, Nevada, Connecticut and Maine have passed laws requiring sexual misconduct surveys for all public—and …

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State report blames leaders for financial issues at N.J. City U

[ad_1] A scathing report from the New Jersey comptroller’s office found that a financial emergency at New Jersey City University was the result of systemwide failures, including deliberate missteps by the former president and a lack of oversight by the institution’s governing board. The report, released Thursday, found that NJCU leadership prepared a budget that …

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