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Ethical Considerations in Using ChatGPT in Colleges and Universities

Higher Ed Ethics Watch

Give Credit Where Credit is Due I’m always on the lookout for articles about the use of ChatGPT, especially as it pertains to ethical behavior. I recently read an instructive piece on the Educate Wiser website. In it, the author points out some of the limitations of ChatGPT that include: Generating inaccurate or unreliable information. Reflecting biases that are present in the text it has been trained on.

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College Board: AP Psychology cannot be taught under Florida law

Higher Ed Dive

Florida will not permit schools to teach sections of AP Psychology on sexual orientation and gender identity, coursework the College Board, the nonprofit behind the course, describes as foundational.

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Are staff with professional and industry expertise proper academics?

Wonkhe

Do academics who work outside of universities make HE more inclusive or reinforce hierarchical structures? Rebecca Hodgson and Iain Garner roll their sleeves up. The post Are staff with professional and industry expertise proper academics? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Excited for what our move to the Big Ten will bring

UW Presidential Blog

As we announced this afternoon , the University of Washington will be joining the Big Ten Conference starting with the 2024-25 season. This is an exciting time for our student-athletes, our fans and our University. The Big Ten is a leading athletic conference with excellent athletic and academic traditions, and a strong future. The move to the Big Ten will enable our Husky teams to continue to compete at the highest level on a national stage, while also providing the stability and resources that

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What Happens Next? Pursuing Racial and Ethnic Diversity with Race-Neutral Admissions

Higher Education Today

Title: Race, Elite College Admissions, and the Courts: The Pursuit of Racial Equality in Education Retreats to K-12 Schools Authors: Anthony P. Carnevale, Peter Schmidt, and Jeff Strohl Source: Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy Center on Education and the Workforce The implications of disallowing the consideration of race in college admissions are significant.

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California’s top court sides with USC in student misconduct case

Higher Ed Dive

At private colleges in the state, students accused of violence aren’t guaranteed a right to cross-examine their accusers during live hearings, the judge ruled.

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Of course you can’t detect students’ use of AI. So what next?

Wonkhe

Jim Dickinson continues his Denver diaries with reflections on an academic integrity giant's decision to withdraw from trying to detect use of AI The post Of course you can’t detect students’ use of AI. So what next? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Understanding the Impact of Industry-Led Partnerships With Higher Education Institutions

Higher Education Today

Title: Mapping the Opportunities: How Industry-Led Public-Private Partnerships Are Engaging Postsecondary Institutions to Benefit Employers, Postsecondary Institutions, and Students Authors: Alexandria Walton Radford, Helen Muhisani, Kathy Hughes, Jasmine Howard, and Lauren Mason Source: American Institutes for Research (AIR), Center for Applied Research in Postsecondary Education Strengthening student success and maximizing return on investments (ROI) for.

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$10K for a leave of absence? Middlebury offers deal to free up dorm space

Higher Ed Dive

The Vermont college is expecting a higher number of returning students than usual, in part due to pandemic-related delays in education.

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For disabled students, understanding the past helps us fix the future

Wonkhe

Ellie Thompson and Piers Wilkinson draw on the history of disability justice to interrogate universities' approach to disability inclusion The post For disabled students, understanding the past helps us fix the future appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Government Data Reveals 1 in 5 Undergrads Are Food Insecure

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

College students struggling with hunger has been a growing concern for some time. Over the last decade, the number of food pantries on campuses has swelled from 80 to around 800. But surveys on the issue have been limited to colleges that participated voluntarily, leaving the true extent of the problem unknown. Now, new data from the 2020 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study has provided the first nationally representative picture: more than one in five undergraduates experience food insecur

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How Institutions Can Bridge the Gap Between What Students and Faculty Think About Digital Learning

Higher Education Today

Title: Time for Class 2023: Bridging Student and Faculty Perspectives on Digital Learning Authors: Catherine Shaw, Ria Bharadwaj, Louis NeJame, Sterling Martin, Natasha Janson, and Kristen Fox Source: Tyton Partners After the shift to online learning environments during the COVID-19 pandemic, digital learning has become an integral part of the higher education ecosystem.

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Cruz bill would give NCAA power over NIL rules

Higher Ed Dive

The legislative proposal would set national name, image and likeness standards and establish that college athletes are not employees.

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Welcome to the alien nation

Wonkhe

Jim Dickinson reflects on conversations with students about the state of the country and their education - and senses a dangerous alienation in their responses and outlook The post Welcome to the alien nation appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Serik Meirmanov, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan

The PIE News

If you could spend five minutes with anyone from the international education sector, who would it be and what would you ask them? Introducing The PIE’s latest series, Five Minutes With… where we speak to leaders from across the sector and ask them all the big questions. Hailing from Kazakhstan, Serik Meirmanov made his way into the Japanese higher education sector and cemented his work at the centre of Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Beppu’s international education strategy.

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African and Global South Students Face High Rates of F-1 Visa Denials

Insight Into Diversity

A new report indicates that students from the Global South are denied visas to study in the U.S. at disproportionately higher rates than the rest of the world. The report, released by the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration and the research company Shorelight, examines visa adjudication trends spanning an eight-year period between 2015 and 2022. “Global South” refers to countries that are economically and geographically situated in the southern hemisphere, often

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Calbright receives first-time accreditation

Higher Ed Dive

The online, certificate-granting college earned the approval almost two years before its legislated deadline of April 2025.

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Ai charges the sector with taking students higher

Wonkhe

Jim Dickinson continues his diaries from Denver with a chat with a man eager for educators to cross the AI chasm The post Ai charges the sector with taking students higher appeared first on Wonkhe.

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How to Build Belongingness to Boost Student Mental Health

EAB

Podcast How to Build Belongingness to Boost Student Mental Health Episode 160. August 1, 2023. Welcome to the Office Hours with EAB podcast. You can join the conversation on social media using #EABOfficeHours. Follow the podcast on Spotify , Google Podcasts , Apple Podcasts , SoundCloud and Stitcher or visit our podcast homepage for additional episodes.

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New USM Program Provides College and Career Opportunities to Students with Disabilities

Insight Into Diversity

The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) is introducing a new certificate program to provide higher education and job training opportunities to individuals with disabilities. Created in partnership with the USM Institute for Disability Studies (IDS) and the School of Interdisciplinary Studies and Professional Development, the new Reaching, Including, Supporting, and Educating (RISE) To The Top!

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Alderson Broaddus University loses state operating approval, portending closure

Higher Ed Dive

Financial and leadership issues have plagued the Baptist-affiliated institution in West Virginia for months.

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Bridging the gap between academic and comms staff for the public good

Wonkhe

Science communication in a post-Covid world calls for a new way to span the gap between researchers and university comms teams – and a new skill set, as Michael Head explains The post Bridging the gap between academic and comms staff for the public good appeared first on Wonkhe.

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The Common App Enters an Uncommon Era

Inside Higher Ed

The start of this year’s application cycle was more momentous than usual, as colleges introduced new essay prompts and adjusted requirements for a post–affirmative action world. Even in a typical year, Aug. 1 is a big day for college admissions. It’s launch day for the Common App, the 1,000-member platform for college applications, and the beginning of many months of preparation and nervous anticipation for parents and applicants of all ages.

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LETITIA WILLIAMS

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Letitia Williams Letitia Williams has been named associate vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Morgan State University in Baltimore. Williams earned a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of the West Indies, a master’s in education policy and leadership and a Ph.D. in education policy from the University of Maryland College Park.

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Data breaches cost higher education and training organizations $3.7M on average in 2023

Higher Ed Dive

In an annual report, IBM assessed the cost of cyberattacks by studying 553 impacted organizations across 17 sectors.

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In several cities this September, students have nowhere to live

Wonkhe

Jim Dickinson reviews two reports on student housing demand, supply and price - and senses a housing crisis coming that nobody seems to be able to grip The post In several cities this September, students have nowhere to live appeared first on Wonkhe.

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How to help citizens break free from the chains of their birth postcode

HEPI

This blog was kindly authored for HEPI by John Raftery, interim Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wolverhampton, and Gemma Kay, University of Wolverhampton, Aspire to HE. On Monday 14th August, 11am, we are hosting a webinar with UCAS Chief Executive Clare Marchant: you can register here. Where, and to whom, we are born are among the strongest forces affecting our life expectancy, our work careers, health outcomes, and the amount of taxes we pay over a lifetime.

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Should You Add an AI Policy to Your Syllabus?

The Chronicle of Higher Education

What to consider in drafting your own course policy on students’ use of tools like ChatGPT. By Kevin Gannon What to consider in drafting your own course guidelines on students’ use of tools like ChatGPT.

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More than 408K unauthorized immigrants are enrolled in US colleges

Higher Ed Dive

A joint report from two advocacy groups found that number shrunk due to the pandemic and challenges to DACA.

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Natural justice matters when handling allegations of sexual misconduct

Wonkhe

Amy Tschobotko and Jonathon Lodwick review recent guidance and cases to explore what “natural justice” means in a campus disciplinary context The post Natural justice matters when handling allegations of sexual misconduct appeared first on Wonkhe.

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New Documentary Sheds Light on CCNY Student Uprising of ‘69

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The protests over Civil Rights and the Vietnam War that swept campuses in the 1960s are regarded as a high point in the history of youth activism, with extensive interest in the student demonstrations at institutions like Columbia University and the University of California, Berkeley. Less attention has been paid, however, to the 200 protests spearheaded by Black and other minoritized students over issues that directly affected their schools, which were some of the most impactful.

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‘We Dodged a Bullet’: Texts Between Texas A&M President and Dean Show How Faculty Hire Fell Apart

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Zachary Schermele The messages discussed Kathleen McElroy, recruited as a journalism professor. In one, M. Katherine Banks, then the president, called her an "awful person" for going to the press.

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Streamline assessments with AI-assisted grading tools

Higher Ed Dive

Explore how Gradescope uses AI to help educators transform grading into learning.

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The LLE discussion needs to include post-graduate study

Wonkhe

Michelle Morgan argues that postgraduate study must be included in the LLE provision in order to super proof postgraduate taught participation in years to come for the individual, the economy and society. The post The LLE discussion needs to include post-graduate study appeared first on Wonkhe.

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How admissions offices worked around court rulings and tech trends to uphold core values

University Business

Colleges and universities faced a starkly different admissions process this year with the end of affirmative action and the rise of new generative AI tools like ChatGPT. With the Common Application opening its digital doors on August 1st, a fresh roll of applications is surging, and institutions are flexing their adaptability. As this marks the first admissions cycle to take into account the Supreme Court’s ruling, the Common App and institutions alike found ways to comply while leaving av

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For First Time, U.S. Releases Data on Student Basic Needs

Inside Higher Ed

Researchers long wanted a federal data set to back up their own work and make it known that college students suffer from hunger and homelessness. Over the past decade, universities and community organizations alike have increased their efforts to support students struggling to access basic needs like housing and food. But even as researchers tried to study how best to help those students, one significant hurdle stood in their way: no one knew exactly how many homeless or hungry students were out

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Northwestern taps ex-US attorney general Loretta Lynch to investigate athletics

Higher Ed Dive

The news comes as more former football players come forward with hazing allegations in lawsuits against the university.