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Indigenous Peoples in Higher Education: Inherited Histories and Pernicious Status Quos

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Alex Red Corn Recently at our Indigenous Peoples Day gathering at Kansas State University, Chief Ben Barnes of the Shawnee spoke from the heart about matters related to Shawnee histories and their ongoing presence as a Native nation. Even if they were to attend, we do not offer any courses on Kaw language, government, or history.

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The Value of Higher Education in Developed Economies

HEPI

Mathias Cormann, Secretary General of the OECD, on the value of higher education in developed countries. Never mind that the 50% target he refers to relates to tertiary education, I am certain he is not alone in believing that too many people go to university. In 1998, 20% of adults in the OECD had a tertiary education.

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140,000 mobility programs funded by DAAD in 2022

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More than 140,000 individuals were funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for mobility programs in 2022, bringing it close to its pre-pandemic level, the organisation has said at its general assembly in Bonn. “Russia’s attack on Ukraine has brought a delusional pursuit to forcefully adjust history back to our continent.

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The Politics of Higher Education

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Political interference in higher education, we are told , is increasing. The partisan divide in views on higher education, we hear , is deepening. ” As her own books demonstrate, political attacks on higher education date back much further.

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Research with international students: reflecting on an SRHE 2022 symposium

SRHE

We were pleased to lead a symposium of international authors at the 2022 SRHE conference, focusing on Research with International Students: Conceptual and Methodological Considerations. Research with international students is a significant and growing area of research about higher education.

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Is Haibrid (h-AI-brid) Learning the Future of Higher Education?

Today's Learner

Reading Time: 4 minutes Towards the end of the fall 2022 semester, when most faculty members were immersed in grading final exams and winding their semesters down in eager anticipation of the holiday break, an unfamiliar form of intelligence crept into our classrooms. OpenAI released ChatGPT with little pomp or ceremony on November 30, 2022.

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Kenyon College President Dr. Sean Decatur to Depart for American Museum of Natural History

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Kenyon College President Dr. Sean Decatur will be stepping down from his current role at the end of 2022 to become president of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City in April 2023. Dr. Sean M. Decatur Decatur has been the school’s president for almost a decade, his tenure having begun in 2013.

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