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Antisemitism Probe of Penn Kicks Off With Document Request

Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 25, 2024

The University of Pennsylvania has two weeks to turn over documents, emails and other communications to a House committee regarding how it has responded to antisemitic incidents since January 2021, the university’s plan to combat antisemitism and its efforts to recruit and retain Jewish students.

Recruitment

Recruitment Students University

Harvard Turned Over 1,000 Pages of Publicly Available Documents to House Ed Committee

Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 30, 2024

Harvard Turned Over 1,000 Pages of Publicly Available Documents to House Ed Committee Katherine Knott Tue, 01/30/2024 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) Katherine Knott

Epson Intros Wireless Document Camera with 4K

Campus Technology

MAY 4, 2023

Epson has unveiled its newest education camera, the DC-30 Wireless Document Camera with 4K video resolution, a 13-megapixel camera, 10x optical zoom, and 23x digital zoom, the company said in a news announcement.

Education

In One of Higher Ed’s Hottest Fights, These Documents Have Become Exhibit A

The Chronicle of Higher Education

APRIL 12, 2024

By Nell Gluckman Illustration by The Chronicle Team handbooks have emerged as evidence used to bolster the argument that college athletes are employees, not amateurs.

College

News Report Documents Conservatives’ Plan to Undermine DEI in Higher Ed

Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 22, 2024

Conservative academics and politicians started organizing a campaign in 2022 to undermine efforts to increase racial diversity in American universities and turn public opinion against these initiatives by convincing policymakers that the efforts are corrupting higher education, according to a New York Times investigation.

Organization

Organization Higher Education Education University

Visual Documentation of the College Meltdown Needed

Higher Education Inquirer

AUGUST 3, 2022

The Higher Education Inquirer is looking for images to document the College Meltdown which began in 2010. Images of these closed schools can be used to document an important part of US higher education history. But as a historical document, the list is telling. Since 1986, approximately 18,000 campus closings have been reported.

College

College Humanities Higher Education Department Of Education

Campus workers respond to WVU budget deficit in anonymous document - Jules Ogden, the DA Online

Economics and Change in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2023

A WordPress document was published by a group of anonymous West Virginia University employees Wednesday in response to the University’s $45 million budget deficit and Reduction-in-Force solution. The document cites specific timestamps and statements from University officials that contradict the current said causes of the deficit.

Administration

Administration University

Digital Science Releases AI-Driven Summarizations of Millions of Research Data Documents

Campus Technology

MARCH 21, 2024

Technology company Digital Science has announced a new AI-powered summarization feature, available on all its Dimensions versions, including its free online web app. The platform supplies summaries across 350 million interlinked publications, grants, clinical trials, and patents.

Technology

At Notre Dame, Documents Suggest a 'Concerted Effort' to Oust a Professor Over Her Views on Abortion

The Chronicle of Higher Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

By Nell Gluckman Illustration by The Chronicle; Jonathan Daniel, Getty Images Texts and emails made public as part of a defamation lawsuit detail behind-the-scenes attempts by students, faculty, and alumni to draw attention to the professor.

Faculty

Faculty Students

Education Department: Common medical conditions have disability protections

Higher Ed Dive

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The documents explain colleges and K-12 schools' Section 504 responsibilities for students with asthma, diabetes, food allergies or GERD.

Department

Department Education Schooling College

The continuing value of subject benchmark statements

Wonkhe

APRIL 10, 2024

As the Quality Assurance Agency publishes a set of 13 refreshed subject benchmark statements, Andy Smith and Laura Sperry consider the value these documents bring to the UK sector The post The continuing value of subject benchmark statements appeared first on Wonkhe.

Adjunct faculty face low pay, minimal administrative support, AFT finds

Higher Ed Dive

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

A new American Federation of Teachers survey documents the struggles contingent faculty face, including a lack of healthcare and job security.

Faculty

Faculty Administration

California community college professors sue over classroom DEI policies

Higher Ed Dive

AUGUST 21, 2023

The lawsuit takes aim at documents that advise instructors to avoid inflicting “curricular trauma” on students and define merit as protecting White privilege.

Community College

Community College Policy Advise College

Rice University should name buildings after Black figures, task force suggests

Higher Ed Dive

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The recommendation is one of a dozen the group recently made in a 260-page report documenting the Texas college’s ties to slavery and racial injustice.

University

University College

Tracking Higher Ed’s Dismantling of DEI

The Chronicle of Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2024

By Erin Gretzinger and Maggie Hicks Illustration by The Chronicle; iStock We've documented actions taken on dozens of campuses to alter or eliminate jobs, offices, hiring practices, and programs amid mounting political pressure to end identity-conscious recruitment and retention of minority staff and students.

Retention

Retention Recruitment Students

University of Chicago to pay $13.5M to settle allegations of financial aid price-fixing

Higher Ed Dive

AUGUST 14, 2023

The institution, one of 17 named in a class-action lawsuit, will also provide documents that are expected to help the case against the other colleges.

University

University Institution College

Researchers hope to boost community college transfer and make it more equitable

Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 17, 2023

It also seeks to document best practices for colleges. Leaders detail a new project disaggregating data on who transfers and earns a bachelor's degree.

Community College

Community College College Degree

Résumé Dos and Don’ts for Ph.D.s

The Chronicle of Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2024

Answers to common questions about this crucial document for an industry job search. Hartman Answers to common questions about this crucial document for an industry job search. By Jennifer S. Furlong and Stacy M.

Inflation-adjusted salaries for full-time faculty fell 7.5% during the pandemic

Higher Ed Dive

JUNE 14, 2023

The AAUP also documented stark pay differences by gender in its annual compensation report.

Faculty

Student evaluations skew against faculty in the gender minority — whether women or men

Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 30, 2023

New research documents a different kind of gender bias harming men in predominantly female fields and women in largely male fields.

Faculty

Faculty Students

Turnitin admits there are some cases of higher false positives in AI writing detection tool

Higher Ed Dive

JUNE 7, 2023

The company shared in a recent post that it's noticed a “higher incidence of false positives” when less than 20% of AI writing is detected in a document.

Dos and Don’ts of Creating Your CV

The Chronicle of Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Answers to common questions of early-career academics on this all-important job document. Hartman Answers to common questions of early-career academics on this all-important job document. By Jennifer S. Furlong and Stacy M.

Why It Can Be So Difficult to Gauge a College’s Financial Health

The Chronicle of Higher Education

MARCH 8, 2024

By Scott Carlson Illustration by The Chronicle; iStock Nonetheless several key quantitative and qualitative factors can be gleaned from public documents.

Virginia Law Allows the Papers of College Presidents to Stay Secret, Limiting Public Oversight

The Chronicle of Higher Education

OCTOBER 3, 2023

A 1974 provision exempts campus executives’ documents from disclosure even after they've stepped down. By Brandi Kellam and Gabriel Sandoval A 1974 provision exempts campus executives’ documents from disclosure even after they've stepped down.

College

We're Making the Same Title IX Mistakes. Again

The Chronicle of Higher Education

AUGUST 31, 2023

Eight-hundred pages of newly obtained documents show a surprising lack of foresight. By KC Johnson Derek Brahney for The Chronicle Eight-hundred pages of newly obtained documents show a surprising lack of foresight.

NIST Cybersecurity Framework Gets First Refresh

Campus Technology

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released an update to its Cybersecurity Framework — the first since the guidance document was issued in 2014.

Guidance

Guidance Technology Institution

Lack of tech skills, not age, reason for professor’s nonrenewal, 4th Circuit says

Higher Ed Dive

JULY 12, 2023

Liberty University had repeatedly directed the art professor to improve her digital art skillset and technology skills, according to court documents.

Technology

Technology University

Tracking the Draft: An Academic Integrity Policy for Cheating with AI

Faculty Focus

MARCH 7, 2024

In order to write an academic integrity policy for those cheating with AI, universities and colleges look for documentation and, thus, many of us use Turnitin.com or other plagiarism detectors. More importantly, an academic integrity policy could be developed via documenting the recursiveness. References Helmond, J. 2023, August 9).

Policy

Policy History Higher Education Faculty

Japan certification project to be finalised in 2024

The PIE News

JANUARY 10, 2024

The proposal, initially mentioned in the second documentation of the Council of the Creation of Future Education , would create a system to certify Japanese institutions that lead in internationalisation, following on from the Top Global Universities Project in a more official manner.

Ministry Of Education

Ministry Of Education Degree Institution Education

Aggregator model concerns renewed after agent arrest

The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Representatives from KC Overseas said they had checked the academic documents of all students who had applied to partner institutions from the Anand branch and found them to be “genuine and in order”. If we find any application to be incomplete or the documentation improper, we reject the application at the scrutiny stage itself.

Model

Model Recruitment Policy Education

Michigan State faces new lawsuit over handling of Larry Nassar case

Higher Ed Dive

JULY 31, 2023

More than a dozen survivors and their family members are suing the university and its trustees for the release of 6,000 documents.

University

Citing 'Unprecedented' Financial Challenges, Miami U. Tells Low-Enrollment Majors to Change

The Chronicle of Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

By Emma Pettit Illustration by The Chronicle; image from 636Buster, Wikimedia Commons It's not professors’ fault that the university can no longer afford to support its current lineup of academic programs, the office of the provost wrote in a document shared with department chairs.

Provost

Provost Department University

Germany’s Akademische Prüfstelle certificate – backlog and hurdles hampering success

The PIE News

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

When Vaisakh Pillai opened his mail expecting the Akademische Prüfstelle certificate, a mandatory document for Indian students wishing to study in Germany, four months after he applied for it in August 2023, it wasn’t quite the eureka moment he hoped for. The German Embassy called me saying that my college login credentials were wrong.

Advise

Advise Department Students College

How Best to Use AI in Job Searches

Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 4, 2023

How Best to Use AI in Job Searches Sarah Bray Mon, 12/04/2023 - 03:00 AM Ketan Marballi describes how to make the most of technology like ChatGPT and applicant tracking systems without losing your own voice in your application documents. Byline(s) Ketan Marballi

Technology

Firing Reopens ‘Old Wound’ Regarding Treatment of Women

Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Lawyers, in unusual release of documents, say her office mishandled discrimination complaints. Firing Reopens ‘Old Wound’ Regarding Treatment of Women Ryan Quinn Mon, 10/02/2023 - 03:00 AM North Dakota State’s ouster of a female vice provost is part of a pattern, women at the university say. Byline(s) Ryan Quinn

Provost

Provost University

Tracking the Draft: An Academic Integrity Policy for Cheating with AI

Faculty Focus

MARCH 7, 2024

In order to write an academic integrity policy for those cheating with AI, universities and colleges look for documentation and, thus, many of us use Turnitin.com or other plagiarism detectors. More importantly, an academic integrity policy could be developed via documenting the recursiveness. References Helmond, J. 2023, August 9).

Policy

Policy History Higher Education Faculty

Millions of Scholarly Articles Are Not Being Archived: Report

Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 5, 2024

A study published in the Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication in January reviewed more than seven million documents with digital object identifiers (DOIs). More than two million scholarly articles are not being properly archived according to a new analysis.

What a Cool Syllabus…But is It Accessible?

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 31, 2023

I spend quite a bit of time and effort into creating this document every semester. I enjoy showcasing my personality and interests throughout this course document. Is the document accessible? Let’s return to the question posed by all my colleagues: “Is the document accessible?” Is the document relatable?

Faculty

Faculty Equity Inclusivity Department

Cambridge college unmasks alumnae who were Bletchley Park codebreakers

The Guardian - Higher Education

MARCH 17, 2024

Names of 77 ex-students of women-only Newnham College who worked at Bletchley Park are revealed for first time They worked day and night during the second world war, deciphering Nazi messages, breaking Enigma codes and analysing top-secret military documents.

College

College History Recruitment University

Foxx: Harvard Failed to Comply With Subpoena

Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 6, 2024

Harvard University turned over 1,500 pages of documents Monday to the House Education and Workforce Committee to comply with a subpoena issued last month as part of the panel’s antisemitism investigation—a response that’s been deemed unsatisfactory.

Education

Education University

EduVerifi partners with Gov of India’s Digilocker

The PIE News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Digilocker, the Indian government’s document digitisation service, is partnering with Australia-based educational document verification service EduVerifi. The partnership, Nagingar claimed, will also enhance the accuracy of document verification across the board at EduVerifi.

Advocate

Advocate Technology Institution Schooling

A Registrar’s View: Will You Graduate?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 22, 2024

In the current moment, many of my colleagues are on the front-line combing through records and various document management systems looking for the answer to whether students completed their degree requirements — did they graduate? All institutions of higher learning have the source of truth in the form of an academic catalog or bulletin.

Advise

Advise Department Degree Faculty

Saint Augustine's Plans Lawsuit After Denied Accreditation Appeal

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The appeals committee responded , noting requirements and standards outlined in the "Principles of Accreditation: Foundations for Quality Enhancement," including governing board characteristics, financial resources, financial documents, financial responsibility, control of finances, and federal and state responsibilities.

Environment

Environment Schooling College Institution

What a Cool Syllabus…But is It Accessible?

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 31, 2023

I spend quite a bit of time and effort into creating this document every semester. I enjoy showcasing my personality and interests throughout this course document. Is the document accessible? Let’s return to the question posed by all my colleagues: “Is the document accessible?” Is the document relatable?

Faculty

Faculty Equity Inclusivity Department

Antisemitism Probe of Penn Kicks Off With Document Request

Harvard Turned Over 1,000 Pages of Publicly Available Documents to House Ed Committee

Trending Sources

Epson Intros Wireless Document Camera with 4K

In One of Higher Ed’s Hottest Fights, These Documents Have Become Exhibit A

News Report Documents Conservatives’ Plan to Undermine DEI in Higher Ed

Visual Documentation of the College Meltdown Needed

Campus workers respond to WVU budget deficit in anonymous document - Jules Ogden, the DA Online

Digital Science Releases AI-Driven Summarizations of Millions of Research Data Documents

At Notre Dame, Documents Suggest a 'Concerted Effort' to Oust a Professor Over Her Views on Abortion

Education Department: Common medical conditions have disability protections

The continuing value of subject benchmark statements

Adjunct faculty face low pay, minimal administrative support, AFT finds

California community college professors sue over classroom DEI policies

Rice University should name buildings after Black figures, task force suggests

Tracking Higher Ed’s Dismantling of DEI

University of Chicago to pay $13.5M to settle allegations of financial aid price-fixing

Researchers hope to boost community college transfer and make it more equitable

Résumé Dos and Don’ts for Ph.D.s

Inflation-adjusted salaries for full-time faculty fell 7.5% during the pandemic

Student evaluations skew against faculty in the gender minority — whether women or men

Turnitin admits there are some cases of higher false positives in AI writing detection tool

Dos and Don’ts of Creating Your CV

Why It Can Be So Difficult to Gauge a College’s Financial Health

Virginia Law Allows the Papers of College Presidents to Stay Secret, Limiting Public Oversight

We're Making the Same Title IX Mistakes. Again

NIST Cybersecurity Framework Gets First Refresh

Lack of tech skills, not age, reason for professor’s nonrenewal, 4th Circuit says

Tracking the Draft: An Academic Integrity Policy for Cheating with AI

Japan certification project to be finalised in 2024

Aggregator model concerns renewed after agent arrest

Michigan State faces new lawsuit over handling of Larry Nassar case

Citing 'Unprecedented' Financial Challenges, Miami U. Tells Low-Enrollment Majors to Change

Germany’s Akademische Prüfstelle certificate – backlog and hurdles hampering success

How Best to Use AI in Job Searches

Firing Reopens ‘Old Wound’ Regarding Treatment of Women

Tracking the Draft: An Academic Integrity Policy for Cheating with AI

Millions of Scholarly Articles Are Not Being Archived: Report

What a Cool Syllabus…But is It Accessible?

Cambridge college unmasks alumnae who were Bletchley Park codebreakers

Foxx: Harvard Failed to Comply With Subpoena

EduVerifi partners with Gov of India’s Digilocker

A Registrar’s View: Will You Graduate?

Saint Augustine's Plans Lawsuit After Denied Accreditation Appeal

What a Cool Syllabus…But is It Accessible?

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