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University governance needs more imagination

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Revealed: Thousands of UK university students caught cheating using AI

The Guardian - Higher Education

Guardian investigation finds almost 7,000 proven cases of cheating – and experts says these are tip of the iceberg Thousands of university students in the UK have been caught misusing ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence tools in recent years, while traditional forms of plagiarism show a marked decline, a Guardian investigation can reveal. A survey of academic integrity violations found almost 7,000 proven cases of cheating using AI tools in 2023-24, equivalent to 5.1 for every 1,000 studen

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Higher education governance needs the conflict between academic and business imperatives to be successful

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Why I Stopped Starting Class with Content—and What Happened Instead

Faculty Focus

Let me tell you something no one wants to admit: content is boring. There. I said it. It’s not that the ideas themselves aren’t important—it’s that we’ve turned teaching into a conveyor belt of information. Slide decks. Learning objectives. Case summaries. I did it for years, starting every session with the clean, structured logic of “what we’re going to cover today.

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Ghost Students: How Fraudsters Use Fake Identities to Cheat Universities

Ghost student fraud costs higher education $5 billion annually as fraudsters use stolen identities to exploit financial aid. California estimates 20% of community college applications—over 460,000—are fake bots taking spots from real students. These "ghost students" never attend classes but access federal loans and aid before vanishing. Remote learning creates perfect conditions for criminals to exploit systems.

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How should higher education respond to calls to be relevant?

HEPI

By Paul Ashwin ( @paulashwin.bsky.social ), Professor of Higher Education at the Department of Educational Research, Lancaster University. In their examination of ten trends that will shape the future of the campus university , Edward Peck, Ben McCarthy and Jenny Shaw set out a compelling account of the factors that will shape English higher education.

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Why I Stopped Starting Class with Content—and What Happened Instead

Faculty Focus

Let me tell you something no one wants to admit: content is boring. There. I said it. It’s not that the ideas themselves aren’t important—it’s that we’ve turned teaching into a conveyor belt of information. Slide decks. Learning objectives. Case summaries. I did it for years, starting every session with the clean, structured logic of “what we’re going to cover today.

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‘No way to invest in a career here’: US academics flee overseas to avoid Trump crackdown

The Guardian - Higher Education

Budding scholars pursue overseas jobs amid attacks on education and research, prompting fears of an American brain drain Eric Schuster was over the moon when he landed a lab assistant position in a coral reef biology lab at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography (SIO). The 23-year-old had recently graduated with a bachelor’s degree in nanoengineering from the University of California, San Diego, into a fiercely competitive job market.

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A Growing Wall: International Students from Dozens of Nations Face Potential U.S. Entry Ban

Higher Education Inquirer

Under President Donald Trump’s second term, U.S. immigration policy has taken another dramatic and punitive turn—this time targeting international students not only from historically marginalized nations but also from America’s largest educational partners. A leaked State Department memo dated June 14 warns that 36 additional countries, most of them in Africa, face imminent visa restrictions unless they meet stringent new compliance standards within 60 days.