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Academic coaches organize student deadlines

Inside Higher Ed

Image: At Wake Forest University’s Center for Learning, Access and Student Success (CLASS), academic coaches help students get organized by translating syllabus deadlines into a comprehensive spreadsheet. A Comprehensive Syllabus is a personalized spreadsheet that organizes assignments and assessments by class and due dates.

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CISA's New Ransomware Vulnerability Warning Pilot Helping Organizations Avoid Incidents

Campus Technology

The federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has launched a Ransomware Vulnerability Warning Pilot program that notifies critical infrastructure and public sector organizations anytime a new vulnerability being exploited by threat actors is identified.

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Unions organizing in states that lack collective bargaining

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Public university employees in states lacking collective bargaining rights aren’t letting that exclude them from the current wave of union organizing and action in higher education. “What’s happening now is a new regeneration of that concept, that wall-to-wall organizing,” said William A.

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Higher ed organizations press for firm FAFSA release date

Higher Ed Dive

Groups like NASFAA want the Education Department to commit to a date it will issue the 2024-25 FAFSA.

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Higher Ed Organizations Press for Dreamer Deal

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As the lame duck session of Congress continues, educational organizations are lobbying for legislation to protect undocumented Americans who arrived in the country at young ages, known as Dreamers. This week, advocacy organizations are embarking on a week of action that includes a Nov. 29 social media storm, a Dec.

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Reflections on failing organic chemistry (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

I failed organic chemistry. Organic chemistry is hard. Or do well in organic chemistry. I’ve wondered what would have happened had I actually passed organic and made it through even more rigorous courses in med school. First at Brown, then at Yale. They are distinguished defeats, I’m proud to say.

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Investigative Reporting Organization Moves to Morehouse

Inside Higher Ed

Wells Society for Investigative Reporting, an organization focused on cultivating investigative reporters and editors of color, is now going to be based at Morehouse College, a historically Black college in Atlanta, according to a news release from Morehouse. She took a position at Howard University instead.