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Sports betting contracts should be rethought (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

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. Nowhere has this been more evident than in a Nov.

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Casino project opposed By Hofstra, supported by others

Confessions of a Community College Dean

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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Rural-Serving Institutions: Innovative Lessons for Higher Ed Success: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 147 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Andrew Koricich

The Change Leader, Inc.

Therefore, RSIs are tied to their community’s focused industry and must remain targeted. Public RSIs are more dependent on state appropriations but receive fewer appropriations per student because state funding metrics focus on enrollment growth, which is more constrained. But they must stay proactive and transparent.

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How the Work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was About Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He used powerful imagery to illustrate how the United States had failed to fulfill its promises of equality, comparing it to a bad check marked 'insufficient funds.' In his remarks during the March on Washington in 1963, King spoke metaphorically about a "check" owed to Black Americans. Jobs are harder to create than voting rolls.”

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Education Department faces calls to rescind outsourcing guidance

Confessions of a Community College Dean

institutions wouldn’t be able to partner with foreign universities or offer workforce development programs if they include placement at a foreign-owned organization. ” Other universities raised concerns about whether their current contracts for learning management systems would be allowed under the new guidance.

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EdTech Malaise: “He Not Busy Born is Busy Dying”

eLiterate

Then again, some companies—even some industries—may not have effective responses to the changes. And a small number of industries, some of which (like allied healthcare) have been doing stackable micro-credentials for decades before that term was invented. They may disappear. Talk from universities. Again, we have lots of surveys.

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The Forces That Are Shaping the Future of Higher Education

Confessions of a Community College Dean

It’s these long-term developments, processes and trends, which take place under the surface, that even the most powerful politicians or institutions must respond to. million in federal relief funding. How about industry credentials: Are these replacing traditional degrees? percent year over year. The flight to quality.