Sat.Jan 07, 2023

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Liberal arts degrees must change to meet industry needs

THE (Times Higher Education)

Liberal arts programmes should be revamped and rebranded to emphasise the competencies they provide graduates entering the workplace, says Costas Spirou

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Student Disengagement Has Soared Since the Pandemic. Here’s What Lectures Look Like Now - Jeffrey R. Young, EdSurge

Economics and Change in Higher Education

Some professors around the country are reporting that students just don’t seem as into their classes since the pandemic, or maybe that they’re not convinced that this ritual of lecture is worth doing at all. And so the stakes are huge, because the concern is that maybe the social contract between students and professors is kind of breaking down. Do students believe that all this college lecturing is worth hearing?

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Is it time for UCU members to go on indefinite strike?

THE (Times Higher Education)

Jo Grady’s more gradualist approach to industrial action offers better prospects for success, say Jak Peake and Adam Ozanne

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At least four-in-ten U.S. adults have faced high levels of psychological distress during COVID-19 pandemic - GIANCARLO PASQUINI AND SCOTT KEETER, Pew Research

Economics and Change in Higher Education

At least four-in-ten U.S. adults (41%) have experienced high levels of psychological distress at least once since the early stages of the coronavirus outbreak, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis that examines survey responses from the same Americans over time. Experiences of high psychological distress are especially widespread among young adults.

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Fossil fuel divestment is not enough to tackle climate change

THE (Times Higher Education)

The divestment movement can claim victory.

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Harvard Kennedy School condemned for denying fellowship to Israel critic

The Guardian - Higher Education

ACLU and Pen America back former Human Rights Watch chief Kenneth Roth and say decision ‘raises serious questions’ Leading civil rights organisations have condemned Harvard Kennedy School’s denial of a position to the former head of Human Rights Watch over the organisation’s criticism of Israel. The American Civil Liberties Union called the refusal of a fellowship to Kenneth Roth “profoundly troubling”.

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