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Helping Afghan women back into higher ed

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Since the Taliban suspended the rights of Afghan women to pursue higher education last month, many American higher education institutions and leaders have decried the ban. A few are going further, asking what they can do to help Afghan women regain control of their academic futures, whether through scholarships to U.S.

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Monthlong Temple strike enters possibly pressing week

Inside Higher Ed

Image: The Temple University graduate student workers’ strike for better pay and benefits has entered its second month, but this coming week could increase pressure on both sides to settle. As of Thursday, Temple said only about 30 percent of the Temple University Graduate Students’ Association union members are actually striking.

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How to Manage a PR Crisis

EAB

Today we sit down with a Washington DC-based public relations professional to talk about how to manage, or better yet, prevent a PR crisis from throwing your institution into chaos. So glad to be here. Well, let's just kick it off here with tell me a little bit about yourself and of course, your role, at The Reis Group.

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The 'Black Menaces' expand to campuses across the country

Inside Higher Ed

Image: A group of five Black students at Brigham Young University, who call themselves the Black Menaces, started a TikTok account earlier this year where they post videos of themselves posing questions to their mostly white classmates about race and identity. ” He also hopes to create a national community of Black students.

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Trying to teach students to tolerate disagreeable speech

Inside Higher Ed

Image: About a dozen students gathered at the Culver Family Welcome Center on the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh’s campus in February to participate in the first of a new discussion series designed to promote open and civil discourse on the First Amendment. Rothman will now participate in each conversation.

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Campus protests in China fray relations with U.S.

Inside Higher Ed

On Saturday, in the face of fierce local protests in Urumqi, the Chinese government announced that it would ease restrictions there. But the fuse was already lit for an explosive weekend of protests across the country, especially on campuses. ” What Students Risk in Speaking Out.

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Central European University’s Complicated Legal Geographies

GlobalHigherEd

As the European University Association, with 850 members across 47 countries (serving 17 million students), put it in a press release : 04 April 2017. Hungary would no longer attract great faculty minds, nor would exceptional students from around the world want to come to Hungary to learn.