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JSTOR's Digital Archives Now Reach Over Half a Million Incarcerated Learners

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Contained in a thumb drive that had to be manually installed and updated, the offline version held a catalogue of 500,000 JSTOR article titles and accompanying short descriptions that learners could peruse. If they found some interesting, they could then make requests to their administrator or librarian for the full text of articles. “I

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Success for College Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Community College, Composition View

The Scholarly Teacher

For example, an instructor might, ideally with the student’s permission and buy-in, contact faculty who previously worked with the student, various administrators like the Department Chair and the Dean of Student Affairs, and Disability Resources & Services (DRS). allowing the student extended time on tests) (DO-IT, 2022). Meredith, H.,

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New graduate program at Gustavus Adolphus College

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” Rasmussen recalled how the college’s board, made up mostly of alumni, grappled with the idea of adding graduate students after the 2015 announcement by the athletic training coalition about the policy change requiring a master’s degree for a person to sit for a certifying exam. percent from the previous year and about 18.4

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International security and student safety: Why schools are banning TikTok

University Business

In the past, intelligence officials have concluded that China is behind this large-scale hacking, like the Office of Personnel Management in 2015 and the hotel Marriott International.” . “Close to 100 million people in the U.S. currently use TikTok.

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Iowa Wesleyan University announces closure

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Christine Plunkett, who joined IWU as an interim vice president in 2015 and became president in 2019, said that one key difference between 2018 and today is that the college wasn’t in as dire financial need back then, requiring only about $1 million. Yes In-Article Careers: 3 Is this diversity newsletter? :

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Chinese food cost complainer sues over Harvard tenure denial

Confessions of a Community College Dean

In particular, she asked plaintiff to discuss class action litigation in which he was representing a class of passengers suing American Airlines about baggage overcharges, and the disclosure statement accompanying an article he had written addressing the implications of consolidation among online travel agencies.

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Academic experts offer advice on ChatGPT

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Ever since the chat bot ChatGPT burst into public view in late 2022, students, professors and administrators have been woozy from a chaotic cocktail of excitement, uncertainty and fear. in 2015,” ChatGPT replied in a sample presented on the OpenAI website. Administrators can carve out time for faculty training support.