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Honor and invest in Ukraine through scholarships (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

We educated our campus communities as to what is at stake in Ukraine, facilitated efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to Ukrainian citizens and offered scholarships for Ukrainians interested in pursuing higher education. According to economists, roughly three-quarters of the wealth of most countries is accounted for by human capital.

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PhotoVoice: Using Technology to Impact Student Learning and Assessment

Faculty Focus

As a faculty member, I often hear the blatant dismissal of students and their preoccupation with technology. How can we help develop ethical leaders, solid communicators, critical thinkers, and diversity-minded, community-engaged students if students in today’s generation are focused so heavily on technology and their phones?

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PhotoVoice: Using Technology to Impact Student Learning and Assessment

Faculty Focus

As a faculty member, I often hear the blatant dismissal of students and their preoccupation with technology. How can we help develop ethical leaders, solid communicators, critical thinkers, and diversity-minded, community-engaged students if students in today’s generation are focused so heavily on technology and their phones?

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The Growing Role of Artificial Intelligence in College Admissions

Insight Into Diversity

According to a recent survey by Intelligent, 50% of admissions offices are using AI to streamline some of their screening processes, a number that is only expected to grow as the technology for algorithms and machine learning improves. Ryan Motevalli-Oliner, associate dean for enrollment operations at Kenyon, doesn’t see that changing.

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DEBRA HANKEN KURTZ

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Debra Hanken Kurtz Debra Hanken Kurtz has been named associate dean of technology and digital scholarship for Florida State University Libraries. She served as director of data governance at Arizona State University.

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Chinese students signing “loyalty” pledges before arrival in Sweden

The PIE News

The newspaper mentioned the Karolinska Institute , Lund University , Uppsala University and the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm – and said it had identified at least 30 students who went through the Chinese Scholarship Council stream and had signed these agreements. It is unpleasant,” he continued. . .

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UA Libraries’ Digital Archival Project Empowers Voices Among U.S.-Mexico Border Communities

Insight Into Diversity

Serving as the heart of knowledge and scholarship in higher education, academic libraries are uniquely positioned to advance and support digital and data-driven storytelling and archival efforts, especially as they relate to marginalized communities. Mexico border. Mexico Border Communities appeared first on Insight Into Diversity.

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