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Christopher Edley, Prominent Legal Scholar, Passes Away

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

a prominent legal and public policy scholar who co-founded the Harvard Civil Rights Project with Dr. Gary Orfield, died over the weekend. Gone far too soon.” Stella Flores, a professor of higher education and policy at the University of Texas at Austin, was hired as a graduate student at the Harvard Civil Rights Project in 2001. “

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For the first time, over 25% of the world’s 200 best institutions are led by women

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institutions still lags far behind. While there has been little movement to address this gap, a new report from Times Higher Education (THE) suggests that colleges and universities are moving steadily—if slowly—in the right direction. Their exit from the world of elite academia means that the U.S. Comparatively, the U.K.

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In the face of challenges, let’s keep working and celebrating this Pride Month

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These legislative efforts are an affront to our values, a denial of civil rights, and contradict decades of research showing that individuals, communities and institutions are all healthier when LGBTQIA+ people are free to live authentically.

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Universities stepping up to promote free speech and academic freedom

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Recent months and years have seen far greater scrutiny of the role of the higher education sector in promoting debate. This is far from straightforward. These tend to be reported as competing rights, such as the right to free speech versus the rights afforded to individuals to protect them from harm or discrimination.

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(Re)imagining AI for Educators: How to Improve Learner-Centered Classrooms with Futuristic Possibilities 

Faculty Focus

From working professionals to teenagers, people around the world expressed fervor that ChatGPT could also save time for writing tasks. In other words, AI’s impact has already impacted our daily lives, and AI will continue to transform our educational world. We want to get it right and learn together. So, what really happened?

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France set to hike costs for international students

The PIE News

“France is a land of choice for many talents from all over the world,” wrote Vincenzo Vinzi, dean and president of ESSEC Business School in a LinkedIn post. “They are an opportunity for our country and for French companies that are developing around the world.

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Dismantling Global Injustices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

You can drop the ball occasionally, and missing a few deadlines won’t be the end of the world. While work is important, there are far more important things in life and making those a priority will make you a better scholar, activist, and person. a civil rights activist who worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “I