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What students think about staff-student professional boundaries

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As debate continues over whether university staff-student relationships should be considered sexual misconduct, Anna Bull reports that most students are uncomfortable with staff crossing professional boundaries The post What students think about staff-student professional boundaries appeared first on Wonkhe.

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After Supreme Court Ruling, Can the Essay Get You In?

Inside Higher Ed

It may help to identify minority students, but experts caution against expecting essays to replace affirmative action. One of the essay prompts on the Common Application is: “Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.

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We must address on-campus misogyny by upholding freedom of speech

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With a cohort of school leavers influenced by so-called misogyny influencers, Sunday Blake argues that universities need an open and candid conversation about the position of young men in society The post We must address on-campus misogyny by upholding freedom of speech appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Academic Alerts Are a Mixed Bag For Students

Inside Higher Ed

Lots of institutions have systems for informing students of their performance in class. New research indicates the positive effects of these “nudges” dwindle over the course of a semester. Do academic alerts actually motivate students to step up their performance? Or do they just make them feel stressed out? New research by a Virginia Tech professor indicates the results of such “nudging” might be mixed.

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How to get a maintenance loan without a fee loan

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Who would just take out a maintenance loan and not a fee loan? Also - how? David Kernohan is asking the questions The post How to get a maintenance loan without a fee loan appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Scholar-Activist Elevates the Histories, Identities of Queer Latinx

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Sergio Gonzalez’s Ph.D. dissertation, titled “A Jotería Identity and Belonging: Pláticas of Co-Creation with Queer and Trans Latinx Graduate Students in Higher Education,” not only describes his research as a prolific scholar and noted activist, but it also represents some of his own intriguing journey. “I am a higher ed scholar, that’s where my academic upbringing is,” Gonzalez told Diverse.

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UNC Responds to Supreme Court Ruling

Inside Higher Ed

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill responded on Friday to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last week barring the university (and Harvard University) from using affirmative action in undergraduate admissions.

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He Called an Association a ‘Woke Joke.’ He Lost His Retaliation Claim.

Inside Higher Ed

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Education Dept. Investigates Baker College - Josh Moody, Inside Higher Ed

Economics and Change in Higher Education

The Department of Education has reportedly opened an investigation into Baker College’s marketing and recruiting practices following an article last year by The Detroit Free Press and ProPublica that revealed the college spent more on marketing and recruiting than on student financial aid. Facing a probe by the Department of Education, Baker College officials have pledged transparency while remaining tight-lipped about the investigation, The Detroit Free Press reported.

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UNC Chapel Hill Responds to Supreme Court Decision

Inside Higher Ed

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Submit to Present in the Growing Knowledge Series!

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Recently successfully defended your dissertation? Undecided about working toward an article, but looking for a way to share your dissertation scholarship? Never published your recent dissertation research? The Growing Knowledge Series is for YOU!! This new offering creates a pathway for those who have completed their dissertation, but never published, to share their scholarship with the profession through a hosted webinar.

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Technology, Higher Education, and ‘Power and Progress’

Inside Higher Ed

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MSCHE yanks Alliance University’s accreditation - Natalie Schwartz, Higher Ed Dive

Economics and Change in Higher Education

The Middle States Commission on Higher Education said Monday it is yanking accreditation from Alliance University, a financially struggling Christian college in New York. Accreditation will terminate at the end of December, according to MSCHE’s announcement. The decision comes a few months after MSCHE flagged multiple compliance concerns with the private nonprofit institution and asked for information to assess its financial viability.

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Living in Los Angeles, Studying at Berkeley

Inside Higher Ed

When Bill Zhou was accepted to the University of California, Berkeley last year, he checked out housing and found it all too expensive. So Zhou commuted from Los Angeles for a one-year master’s in engineering, The Los Angeles Times reported.

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Teaching and Thinking with Technology

Faculty Focus

On November 30, 2022, OpenAI launched ChatGPT, a program designed to mimic human intelligence. Within weeks of its release, the program amassed an unprecedented 100 million users, setting a new record for the fastest technology to reach this milestone. This remarkable achievement sent shockwaves throughout the education sector, especially among teachers in schools and colleges.

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Wrong Diplomas in North Dakota

Inside Higher Ed

About 700 graduates of the University of North Dakota received diplomas with the North Dakota State University seal, instead of the seal of the University of North Dakota, Valley News Live reported. The error was made by a vendor. Correct diplomas will soon be available.

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Teaching and Thinking with Technology

Faculty Focus

On November 30, 2022, OpenAI launched ChatGPT, a program designed to mimic human intelligence. Within weeks of its release, the program amassed an unprecedented 100 million users, setting a new record for the fastest technology to reach this milestone. This remarkable achievement sent shockwaves throughout the education sector, especially among teachers in schools and colleges.

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Improving Learning Through Interactive TV Shows: Academic Minute

Inside Higher Ed

Today on the Academic Minute: Mark Warschauer, professor of education and informatics at the University of California, Irvine, explores how to make TV characters interact with the kids watching them.

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Tenure Awarded. at Gettysburg, Washington College, Wilkes, Winthrop

Inside Higher Ed

The following colleges have awarded professors tenure recently.