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Yale Revives Standardized Testing in Admissions

Insight Into Diversity

In a statement announcing the policy change, Jeremiah Quinlan, dean of admissions and financial aid, reversed course and argued that standardized tests are one of the best measures of a student’s academic success in college and that their use, in conjunction with other factors, can help disadvantaged students.

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Lessons from learning analytics

SRHE

The gap between disadvantaged students’ attainment and their peers widened during online teaching and assessment conditions, and disadvantaged students were also less likely to obtain all 120 module credits on their first try. Our recent evidence suggests that both how you teach and who you teach mattered.

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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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Academic Libraries Leading the Way in Accessibility

Insight Into Diversity

The inaugural Insight Into Diversity Library Excellence in Access and Diversity (LEAD) Award recognizes academic libraries who are advancing programs and initiatives that support DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) in areas such as research, accessibility, community outreach, technology, exhibitions, and collections.

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How Does U.S. News Rank Colleges?

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

News added “ social mobility ” as a factor in its rankings in the last few years, which assesses institutions’ efforts to help students from disadvantaged families move into the middle class through the opportunities that often accompany a college education. For example, here are the top-ranked colleges in the U.S.

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For the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Elimelda Ongeri, dean of the John R. The third category of scholarships goes to individuals from traditionally disadvantaged or minoritized backgrounds who are undergraduate health science students interested in careers in public health. and Kathy R.

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The Fight to Save the Town

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean “In this, the most diverse big city in America, first kisses cross color lines.” When cities don’t have the personnel and/or technology to enforce back taxes, scofflaw landlords make massive profits by exploiting both individual tenants and the city as a whole.