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India issues draft rules for foreign university branches

Inside Higher Ed

The criteria, which were expected to be finalized later this month following consultation, clarify the rules for international universities setting up Indian campuses, a shift first announced in the 2020 National Education Policy (NEP). “Academic autonomy has been and is a major concern at the moment,” he said.

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Oberlin's board seeks to limit faculty power

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Much about Oberlin College is unique, including long-standing policies guaranteeing the faculty a say in matters that extend well beyond academics. So these faculty members are perplexed—and angry—that the college is trying to change its bylaws to restrict faculty control to academics only.

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When and how departments should make political statements

Inside Higher Ed

The guidance doesn’t—and, as mere advice, can’t—ban statements about social or political issues. “Departments as such should avoid statements on what we call here ‘external’ matters (state, national, or international policy matters),” the guidelines say.

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Developing Institutional Level AI Policies and Practices: A Framework

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Over the last twelve months, institutions have scrambled to not only better understand generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its impact on teaching and learning, but also to determine the best ways to provide guardrails and guidance for faculty, staff, and students. And it is often institutional administrators who lead this work.

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Passionate pleas for and against tuition-sharing agreements

Inside Higher Ed

Department of Education hoped the “listening sessions” they arranged this week would provide consensus on whether to stop letting colleges pay outside companies a share of tuition revenue when they help recruit students, they were surely disappointed.

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SHEEO Day Three: When Political Scientists Attack!

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean. The middle slice of the club sandwich, the mid-day plenary, focused on the current federal role in higher education policy. Congress is so deadlocked that the Higher Education Act is years overdue for reauthorization, and nobody really expects it to happen anytime soon.