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House Committee Investigates UC Berkeley’s Antisemitism Response

Confessions of a Community College Dean

House Committee Investigates UC Berkeley’s Antisemitism Response kathryn.palmer… Wed, 03/20/2024 - 06:30 PM Following a campus protest of an Israeli speaker that turned violent last month, the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce is investigating UC Berkeley. Byline(s) Kathryn Palmer

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House Committee Advances Pell Grant Expansion

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Key lawmakers on the education committee say they are open to reconsidering a provision that would cut off federal student loans to the nation’s wealthiest private colleges.

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New College of Florida Presidential Search Committee Approved $487,000-$868,000 Presidential Pay Range

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A New College of Florida presidential search committee has approved a proposed $487,000-$868,000 pay range for its next president, WUSF reported. The move will now go to The New College Board of Trustees for approval.

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U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee and NCAA Office of Inclusion Launch Programming Initiatives for Adaptive Sports

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) and NCAA Office of Inclusion have launched multiple programming initiatives for adaptive sports, sports for people with disabilities. The initiatives will be implemented across the Women’s Final Four, Drake Relays and ITA Fall National Championships.

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House Committee Seeks Information on Berkeley’s China Ties

Confessions of a Community College Dean

the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party has requested extensive information about the Tsinghua–Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, which was set up by the University of California, Berkeley, in 2014 with Tsinghua University and the Chinese city of Shenzhen, The New York Times reported.

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Harvard Turned Over 1,000 Pages of Publicly Available Documents to House Ed Committee

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Harvard Turned Over 1,000 Pages of Publicly Available Documents to House Ed Committee Katherine Knott Tue, 01/30/2024 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) Katherine Knott

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Research ethics committees should rethink risk

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There are good reasons why institutional human research ethics committees (RECs) or research ethics boards (REBs) are needed in higher education institutions – namely, to ensure research participants are treated in accordance with a set of agreed standards and principles. by Jacqueline Stevenson, Tom Power and Alison Fox.