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Bill to Codify Postsecondary Student Success Grants Met with Support and Criticism from Scholars and Advocates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Efforts implemented by awarded institutions in prior years have included services such as counseling, tutoring, childcare, community-building activities, targeted outreach, financial assistance, technology provision, and transportation. “By Royel Johnson, an associate professor of higher education at University of Southern California (USC).

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Higher ed policies drive layoffs and cuts in the UK, Australia and Canada

The PIE News

As of April 30, 55 institutions have confirmed cuts, with several thousand academic and administrative posts forecast to be lost in the coming months. The layoffs would lead to almost half the academics in the schools of arts and humanities, culture and society, professional studies and science and technology losing their jobs.

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PeopleAdmin Wins 2023 Tech Edvocate Award

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PeopleAdmin Wins Best Higher Education Solution in Tech Edvocate Awards Austin, TX – August 31, 2023 – PeopleAdmin , the leading provider of solutions for higher education, has been named a winner of the 7th Annual Tech Edvocate Awards , earning the title of Best Higher Education Solution for the second year in a row.

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Developing Institutional Level AI Policies and Practices: A Framework

WCET Frontiers

The Framework In 2023, Cecilia Ka Yuk Chan conducted research on perceptions and implications of text generative AI technologies in order to develop an AI policy for higher education. The WCET framework adapts Chan’s framework and categorizes institutional AI policy needs in three areas: Governance, Operations, and, Pedagogy.

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5 Hip-Hop Quotes to Inspire College Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Faculty, administration, peer mentors, and campus resources are tools for their ultimate ascension from student to graduate, and from graduate to thriving professional. His research and writing revolve around socially conscious music, hip-hop, technology, and media representation. I prayed to the skies and I changed my stars.”

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Germany: international first-years fill demographic decline

The PIE News

Ulrich Müller, CHE’s expert for higher education policy, said that the Baden-Württemberg model “doesn’t make any sense in German context” “It is not a well thought-out idea, to establish a tuition fee only for a minority of students. Universities have to carry the administrative burden on their cost.

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Republicans urge Supreme Court to hear OPT appeal

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The Washington Alliance of Technology Workers union, which represents STEM labour market workers from the US, has long argued that OPT “hurts” American citizens as it provides job opportunities for international talent.