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Casino project opposed By Hofstra, supported by others

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has riled leaders of a nearby college who say the development would harm their students and the region. The community college also is partnering with the developers to serve as a workforce training hub. For example, students may be susceptible to gambling away their financial aid funds, she said.

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Political tensions erupt at Bakersfield College

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The Renegade members say they’ve been falsely accused of racism and their jobs are at risk after some of them raised questions about a racial climate survey at an October diversity committee meeting. The students raised their concerns about the group to the Kern Community College District Board of Trustees in a meeting last month.

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Sports betting contracts should be rethought (opinion)

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23 article in The New York Times , “ How College and Sports-Betting Companies ‘Caesarized’ Campus Life ,” which chronicled how universities have signed lucrative contracts with sports betting companies to promote online gambling to their students and campus communities.

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A small college is failing. Is a rich Canadian to blame?

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Bill Hwang, a trader who earned billions on Wall Street, pumped several million into the college before his 2022 arrest on fraud charges. Now another billionaire, Peter Chung, may hold the key to the fate of the King’s College. The college’s accreditor also required it to submit a teach-out plan , due this week.

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University of Kentucky trains teachers in Holocaust education

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The Holocaust Education Initiative, run by UK professors and funded by a grant from the Jewish Heritage Fund, aims to prepare teachers to meet state standards of a 2018 law requiring Holocaust education at Kentucky public schools. Teachers who participate receive a $250 stipend. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits Faculty Fellow.

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Trump's Jan. 6 legal adviser leads new law school

Confessions of a Community College Dean

As it relates to the events of Jan. “Regarding the 2020 presidential election, I was not retained as a lawyer by any individual or organization and did not serve as counsel of record in any legal proceeding,” Martin told Inside Higher Ed , noting that he was not present for the events that unfolded in Washington on Jan.

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Foxx, back in charge, pledges oversight, stronger accountability

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“Those are very divisive culture war issues that are being raised.” First elected to the House in 2004, she’s developed a reputation as a staunch conservative. Before serving in Congress, Foxx was a sociology instructor at Appalachian State University and president of Maryland Community College.