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India issues draft rules for foreign university branches

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Image: India’s publication of draft guidelines for foreign universities establishing branch campuses in the country has sparked concern among academics about potential infringements on institutional autonomy. “Academic autonomy has been and is a major concern at the moment,” he said.

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Florida Community College Presidents Come Out Against CRT

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“As such, our institutions will not fund or support any institutional practice, policy, or academic requirement that compels belief in critical race theory or related concepts such as intersectionality, or the idea that systems of oppression should be the primary lens through which teaching and learning are analyzed and/or improved upon.

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Howard Receives $90 Million Military Research Contract

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Air Force to establish a research center on campus focused on tactical autonomy technology for military systems, university leaders and defense officials announced Monday. Howard will be the first historically Black institution to lead a university-affiliated research center, or UARC. Department of Defense and U.S. Hide by line?:

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South Korea can't hold on to an education minister

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“The most pressing issue for most of the universities in Korea is the lack of autonomy … Korean universities, even private ones, cannot determine the amount of tuition for their students on their own,” said Kim. ” Global Editorial Tags: Korea Times Higher Ed Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Claudine Gay to become first Black president of Harvard

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Image: Harvard University announced its 30th president Thursday, drawing from within to hire Claudine Gay, the first Black president in the institution’s nearly 400-year history. The daughter of Haitian immigrants, Gay will officially assume the position next summer.

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Turmoil continues to roil college football landscape

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The league’s expiring agreement is worth $430 million a year, meaning the conference will have significantly more than doubled the revenues it distributes to its member institutions. The New York Times characterized the seven-year agreement as the “richest-ever television agreement for a college athletic league.”

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Stephen F. Austin University weighs joining a Texas system

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“It’s becoming more difficult to be a stand-alone institution,” interim Stephen F. For years, the rural-serving institution with nearly 12,000 students has fielded informal invitations from several systems to discuss affiliation. Austin president Steve Westbrook said. Questions about whether Stephen F.