Fri.Dec 29, 2023

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Our 10 most popular blog posts of 2023

Terminalfour

From AI and Google Snippets to YouTube, esports, and accessibility, we stayed across all the emerging trends, topics, and technologies in higher education marketing in our blog in 2023. These were your favorite articles of the year.

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Academic paper based on Uyghur genetic data retracted over ethical concerns

The Guardian Higher Education

Exclusive: Study published in 2019 used blood and saliva samples from 203 Uyghur and Kazakh people living in Xinjiang capital Concerns have been raised that academic publishers may not be doing enough to vet the ethical standards of research they publish, after a paper based on genetic data from China’s Uyghur population was retracted and questions were raised about several others including one that is currently published by Oxford University Press.

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Questions over campus security, repairs linger in wake of UNLV shooting - Jacob Solis, the Nevada Independent

Ray Schroeder

University officials have not publicly released information on how much structural damage has been done across campus. That includes not only the cleanup of Frank and Estella Beam Hall — the site of the shooting — but also what multiple faculty and administrative sources described as at least “hundreds” of broken doors in every building on campus. Those doors were, in many cases, damaged by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department SWAT teams utilizing small battering rams to quickly enter rooms

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Why Pay for a Virtual Internship Program?

AIFS Abroad

After paying an arm and a leg for the cost of college, you’re probably wondering, “Why would I now pay for an unpaid internship that’s completely remote?” It’s a fair question, and we hear you! But there are some extremely valuable reasons to complete a virtual internship and professional development program through an organization like AIFS Abroad.

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Fall 2023 Highlights

PUC

With the new year upon us, we want to share a recap of this quarter. [link] Here’s to 2024!

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New UW deal does not affect already-announced layoffs, potential majors and minors cuts - Megan Carpenter, Spectrum 1 News

Ray Schroeder

The deal calls for a hiring freeze of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) positions through 2026, among other concessions. Republicans will release already-approved money for a 6% raise for 34,000 UW employees and for capital projects, including a new UW-Madison engineering building. The Board of Regents initially rejected the deal in a vote of nine to eight on Saturday.

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