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Higher education postcard: Marischal College, University of Aberdeen

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This week’s card from Hugh Jones’s postbag tells of football, argumentative professors and an outbreak of poetry The post Higher education postcard: Marischal College, University of Aberdeen appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Private college discount rates for first-year students, 2021

Higher Ed Data Stories

And when it does, it won't be at one of "those" colleges. It will not tell you which colleges are likely to close soon, although after the fact, you can probably find a closed college and say, "Aha! This will show you the discount rate on first-year students at about 1,000 four-year, private, not-for-profit colleges in 2021-22.

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First-year student diversity in American colleges and universities, 2018-2022

Higher Ed Data Stories

I started this visualization to show how first-year classes at the highly rejective colleges had changed since COVID-19 forced them all to go to a test-optional approach for the Fall of 2021. This is not to say that any individual college selected either required tests or went test-optional in those years, but rather shows the national trend.

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Ethical Considerations in Using ChatGPT in Colleges and Universities

Higher Ed Ethics Watch

Student Views on Using ChatGPT Survey results reported by Best Colleges on March 27, 2023, “Half of College Students Say Using AI is Cheating,” are mixed. One-half of college students (51%) agree that using AI tools like ChatGPT on schoolwork constitutes cheating or plagiarism. About 1 in 5 use them anyway.

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Notre Dame College Rugby Moving to Walsh University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Walsh University will be the new home of Notre Dame College men’s and women’s Rugby teams the university announced. “I I cannot express enough how happy we are to find a home at Walsh University as a Rugby program,” said Notre Dame College Director of Rugby Operations Jason Fox.

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Pro-Palestinian protests ramp up at universities, including NYU and Yale

Higher Ed Dive

Columbia University transitioned its main campus to hybrid learning for the rest of the semester as other colleges prepare for further activist action.

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Bay Path University to acquire Cambridge College

Higher Ed Dive

The deal will bring together two Massachusetts-based institutions focused on career education and adult learners.