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California universities launch abortion services

Inside Higher Ed

California’s move to facilitate abortion access for young people comes at a time when many states are instead revoking or limiting a right that was federally enshrined for nearly 50 years. “I think it’s critical that our students have access to care … and this is one way of doing it.

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3 Questions for the Dean of the Mason Library at Keene State College

Inside Higher Ed

Q1: What are the big trends and challenges related to academic libraries that you think our broader higher ed community needs to understand? I think about my response to this in two ways. One represents the trends and challenges most of us in academic libraries are reading about. This is a great question.

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Helping Afghan women back into higher ed

Inside Higher Ed

Afghan women, who’d been worried about their opportunities since the militant Sunni Muslim ruling power took over the country in August 2021, saw their dreams of attaining a postsecondary degree quashed—no matter how close they were to earning it. Dozens of male Afghan professors resigned in protest.

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ChatGPT coming soon to Microsoft apps like Word and PowerPoint

University Business

My entire department is nervous about the sudden easy access to AI writing tools, and we’ve already seen assignments from our students using it,” according to one educator cited in the survey. There are people out there thinking, ‘This is bad. Because let’s face it. It’s everything we told kids not to do.’

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Bogus college website draws warning from North Carolina AG

Inside Higher Ed

That’s the message the North Carolina attorney general sent when he tweeted about the “so-called, unlicensed King’s College.” “They are requiring people to give them money and all the information they need for identity theft. ” Attorney General Josh Stein announced on Jan.

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‘Great Resigners’ Report Shows Opportunity for Higher Ed

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2021, people officially got fed up with work. with over 47 million people quitting their jobs—23% of the workforce. The report is based on a survey of 1,200 people over 25 who quit their job and found a new one between May 2021 and May 2022. Most people don’t learn best from doing an online course independently,” she said.

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UNESCO’s compelling case for investing in people, prioritising education

The PIE News

The theme for 2023 is “Invest in people, prioritise education.” Lagos governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu explains his government invested in EKOEXCEL in order “to change the learning outcomes from our schools. We believe a solid foundation for our children starts with qualitative primary education”.