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Bill to Codify Postsecondary Student Success Grants Met with Support and Criticism from Scholars and Advocates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Efforts implemented by awarded institutions in prior years have included services such as counseling, tutoring, childcare, community-building activities, targeted outreach, financial assistance, technology provision, and transportation. “By Faculty's working conditions are students' learning conditions,” Kezar told Diverse.

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Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom Starts with Culture First, Then Asks Questions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Tressie McMillan Cottom McMillan Cottom is an associate professor at the University of North Carolina (UNC) Chapel Hill and a senior principal researcher at UNC’s Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life. She is also a columnist for the New York Times, an award-winning author, and a 2020 MacArthur Fellow.

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PeopleAdmin Wins 2023 Tech Edvocate Award

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Winners and finalists of the Tech Edvocate Awards were selected by a panel of edtech thought leaders, educators, and administrators. Faculty Information System offers actionable insights and empowers both faculty and academic affairs teams to succeed. FIS is changing the game for HigherEd.

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Developing Institutional Level AI Policies and Practices: A Framework

WCET Frontiers

Over the last twelve months, institutions have scrambled to not only better understand generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its impact on teaching and learning, but also to determine the best ways to provide guardrails and guidance for faculty, staff, and students. And it is often institutional administrators who lead this work.

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India aims for 500,000 foreign students by 2047

The PIE News

Reacting to the comments, AIU joint secretary Kuldeep Dagar told The PIE News that the association is working in line with the ambitions of the think tank, as per the National Education Policy. “The The NEP 2020 is dedicated to establishing India as a leading global hub for education.

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SRHE Digital University: what’s on in 2023

SRHE

The postdigital engages specifically with our current state of technological development, where digital technologies appear to be both ubiquitous, but also increasingly invisible, as they sink down into the mundane activities of everyday (educational) life.

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ASHE Conference Urges Humanization of Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The conference underscored the mission of postsecondary institutions and academics to work against dehumanizing atmospheres and support the best policies and practices that improve student belonging, community connection, and create thriving faculty. “We They’re there to provide access to higher education to their communities.”