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Biden-Harris Administration Approves Additional $5.8B in Student Debt Relief for 78,000 Public Service Workers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Biden-Harris Administration has announced the approval of $5.8 These approvals are the result of fixes made by the Administration to Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF). Dr. Miguel Cardona The announcement brings the total loan forgiveness approved by the Biden-Harris Administration to $143.6 billion for 3.96

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The Administration of a Higher Education Faculty Online Learning Community

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Distance learning in colleges and universities is now recognized as more than an alternative to the traditional face-to-face classroom (Higher Ed Partners, 2021), which is how distance learning was largely viewed at the time that institutions turned entirely to virtual teaching and learning during COVID-19 (Suruchi & Dutt, 2021).

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A New Way of Looking at Administrative Burdens and Race

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As of 2021, 42% of white people 25 and older had finished a bachelor’s degree, but only 28% of Black people and 21% of Hispanics had. And along the way, they may encounter biased administrators whose treatment can create psychological barriers and the feeling that college is not meant for them.

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The Administration of a Higher Education Faculty Online Learning Community

Faculty Focus

Distance learning in colleges and universities is now recognized as more than an alternative to the traditional face-to-face classroom (Higher Ed Partners, 2021), which is how distance learning was largely viewed at the time that institutions turned entirely to virtual teaching and learning during COVID-19 (Suruchi & Dutt, 2021).

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Two Tri-C professors sue administrators for retaliation

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Two tenured professors at Cuyahoga Community College in Ohio are suing former and current administrators at the college. The lawsuit , filed last month, says faculty members Diane Gaston and Linda Lanier were penalized after speaking to WOIO Channel 19 News, a local CBS-affiliate television station, in May 2021.

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In Lawsuit, Two Professors Allege Retaliation and Discrimination By Cuyahoga Community College Administrators

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Two Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) professors are suing the school, claiming that it and its top administrators retaliated against them for making critical comments about the school to the press, Cleveland.com reported. The lawsuit was filed Monday by attorney Subodh Chandra in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court.

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Biden administration to list low-performing programs

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Nearly a decade after the Obama administration broached the idea of rating colleges and universities, the Biden administration is ready to take another crack at the historically fraught concept. The Obama administration didn’t end up rating institutions after opposition from higher education groups and others.)