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Harvard will remove binding made of human skin from 1800s book

The Guardian - Higher Education

University says first owner of book by French novelist took the skin from a deceased female patient without consent Harvard University has said it will be removing the binding made of human skin from a 19th-century book held in its library because of the “ethically fraught nature” of how the unusual binding took place. Continue reading.

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LEAD Fund Mourns Passing of DEI Leader

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Edna Chun, vice chair of the LEAD Fund, a national not-for-profit organization founded in 2014 and styled as a “Think and Do Tank.” Metzler was a graduate of Columbia University in New York, in international human rights, and a graduate of the University of Oxford in England, in human rights law.

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Report: English Majors Employed at Comparable Rates, Educators Can Do More to Prepare Students for Careers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Paula Krebs Report on English Majors’ Career Preparation and Outcomes draws on findings from a number of different sources, including the Hamilton Project, the National Humanities Alliance, the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce, and Humanities Indicators. He also leads work at Humanities Indicators and holds a Ph.D.

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TOEIC victims pitch Post Office-inspired TV Drama

The PIE News

International students wrongly accused of cheating on Home Office-approved English language tests between 2011-2014 were inspired by the success of the ITV Post Office drama, which sparked public outcry and persuaded politicians to look again at an unresolved scandal concerning the national postal service’s computer systems.

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Update on the Work of the Future Conventions Task Force

ACPA

The previous guidelines have been in place since 2014 and needed to be updated, given the seemingly ever-evolving global and national landscapes and contexts affecting higher education and our members.

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The Problem with Snapnotes 

Faculty Focus

Mueller and Oppenheimer (2014) find that electronic note takers are more likely to transcribe a lecture verbatim rather than taking notes in their own words and with the appropriate context. Letting go of the phone and snapnotes may be one small step towards improving our students’ success (Lepp, Barkley, and Karpinski 2014).

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The Problem with Snapnotes 

Faculty Focus

Mueller and Oppenheimer (2014) find that electronic note takers are more likely to transcribe a lecture verbatim rather than taking notes in their own words and with the appropriate context. Letting go of the phone and snapnotes may be one small step towards improving our students’ success (Lepp, Barkley, and Karpinski 2014).