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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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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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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. In addition to its inherent cross-disciplinary nature, the study of the U.S.-Mexico

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Scholar Who Creates Inclusive Spaces - Dr. Melva Treviño Peña

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Find your people, learn how to support them, and let them support you when you need it too.” Human interaction is at the center of Dr. Melva Treviño Peña’s work. At The University of Rhode Island’s (URI) Department of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Sciences, much of Treviño Peña’s scholarship involves listening to and studying people.

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Rhodes College Awarded $800,000 for Research on Racial Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Awarded by the Andrew Mellon Foundation, the nation’s largest supporter of the arts and humanities, the college has announced the creation of the Institute for Race and Social Transformation. “We We are grateful for support from the Mellon Foundation,” said Dr. Jennifer Collins, president of Rhodes Colleges.

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India-Canada row causing “anxiety” in international education

The PIE News

In 2018, the sector was “caught in the crossfire” after Canada’s foreign minister spoke out about human rights issues in Saudi Arabia. Following a row, Saudi students on government scholarships were ordered out of the country.

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Growth in assistant professorships is uneven (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

But this is not the case in education, in social sciences and in particular in the humanities, all of which are characterized by stable or declining demand for assistant professors. granting universities in the humanities decreased by 16.8 percent between 2011 and 2021. is growing.