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Student Substance Use: Keele University’s Journey from Zero Tolerance to Harm Reduction

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Keele University and Keele Students’ Union has been working with Students Organising for Sustainability (SOS-UK) since 2015, when we first started to look at alcohol use on campus, and how we could promote a productive, healthy, and inclusive student culture surrounding drinking.

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UC San Diego suspends instructor for racist comments

Inside Higher Ed

” “This incident serves as a painful reminder of how offhand comments and ‘jokes’ can expose biases and stereotypes which are antithetical to our ongoing efforts to create an inclusive and respectful environment for everyone,” Boggs also said.

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Will Your School Start Recruiting Incarcerated Students?

EAB

One where you could be kind of more of that Ashland, where you have that sort of universal service, right? And I see kind of that almost gives us two different ways to interpret this for our partners. Where you can go to kind of any prison system, the credits can go elsewhere after the fact. You don't need to finish it all at Ashland.

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Navigating Potholes in the Road on your Microcredential Journey

WCET Frontiers

Led by Krysia Lazarewicz, Wiley University Services, and Suzanne Ehrlich, University of North Florida, the group has had discussions since December 2022 about where WCET can provide value and avoid duplication of work being led by other organizations. Quality, Accreditation, Financial aid.

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University of Texas at Austin Lays Off Former DEI Staff

Insight Into Diversity

The announcement by Jay Hartzell, UT Austin president, comes amid the latest pressure put on public higher education institutions in the state to abide by Senate Bill 17 , a state law banning DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) across public higher education institutions, which went into effect in January. Republican Sen.