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ASU Faculty Receive $1.6 Million for Program to Better Teach K-12 Educators about Civics, History, and Media Literacy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Department of Education for a program to teach K-12 teachers about civics, history, and media literacy. Lauren Harris, an associate professor of history education, and Dr. Leanna Archambault, professor of learning design and technology. Arizona State University (ASU) faculty have received $1.6

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Major Changes to Distance Ed Proposed: Department of Education Back to Rulemaking Table

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Today, we will share an overview of the Department’s rulemaking process and provide analysis of the issues in this new rulemaking that affect institutions serving students through digital technologies and interstate distance education. Department of Education, Ted Mitchell. Program Closure.

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New database on minority-serving institutions launched

Inside Higher Ed

“If they’re studying graduation rates, or if they’re studying students’ sense of belonging on campus, we can get a better sense now if their status as an MSI, if their funding from the Department of Education, plays a role in any of these outcomes. “These are taxpayer dollars,” Nguyen said.

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ASHE Conference Urges Humanization of Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The conference theme this year is humanizing higher education, and hundreds of scholars from across the country gathered here to share their research, resources, and make connections. They’re there to provide access to higher education to their communities.” We estimate about one million college interns are unpaid for their work.

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Academic experts offer advice on ChatGPT

Inside Higher Ed

Given that the natural language model earned passing scores on the evidence and torts portion of the bar exam, among other feats, some in academe fret that the technology may facilitate widespread cheating. Inside Higher Ed caught up with 11 academics to ask how to harness the potential and avert the risks of this game-changing technology.

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Ed Department Shakes Up OPMs and Third-Party Servicers: This Is Huge

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For those in higher education, the U.S. Department of Education created its own rumblings by releasing new guidance with rules about any contracted services and a series of questions about companies helping institutions with online learning. Note by “Education” after the colon, they mean the Department of Education.)

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Pell Grant increase a key priority in lame duck session

Inside Higher Ed

Higher education lobbyists are watching the appropriations process closely and would like to see the Senate sign off on an expansion of Pell Grants for short-term programs and the College Transparency Act—both of which passed the House of Representatives in February. competitiveness.