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Visual Documentation of the College Meltdown Needed

Higher Education Inquirer

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 But as a historical document, the list is telling.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.

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Discounted tuition by major devalues the humanities (letter)

Inside Higher Ed

Before we start down this slippery slope, let’s consider what we can do to address the assumptions and change the crisis narrative surrounding the humanities. Discounting tuition for the humanities reinforces already unsustainable and inequitable practices. Rising student loan debt and tuition need to be addressed.

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Concerns over US visa rejections for African students

The PIE News

Part of the reasons for the visa refusals is the issuance system where there is a disconnect between the I-20 document issued by US higher learning institutions, and the process of issuing a visa by immigration authorities, said Shayne Aman Premji, co-founder of African study abroad platform, Craydel.

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Personalised automation with human support: how Studee transforms the student journey

The PIE News

At Studee, the online education agency, we’ve created a service that leverages advanced personalised automation combined with human support to provide a thorough, personalised journey for students that works seamlessly with university admission teams existing systems. Here’s how our new service is going to help universities and students. .

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The Growing Role of Artificial Intelligence in College Admissions

Insight Into Diversity

One common use for AI is automating an applicant’s preliminary screening using the data from documents like transcripts and SAT or ACT scores. Highly selective schools with more intricate evaluation processes are even more likely to maintain the human element in admissions decision-making, even as AI becomes more prevalent.

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Does Onboarding Really Make a Difference?

PeopleAdmin

Digitized onboarding not only allows new hires to learn more and get up to speed faster, but saves so much paperwork time for human resources teams—time that can be spent working with new hires and current employees directly, or focused on strategy. Mount SAC’s HR team was often left waiting for important documents during the slow process.

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Learn Always: The Power of Saying, “I Don’t Know”

MindMax

At that time, human knowledge about biology grew rapidly every month, yet there we were, relying on a syllabus from nearly two decades prior. Today, the rate at which humans generate new knowledge is faster than ever. I taught biology in the late 1980s, and the syllabus I was working from was copyrighted in 1972.