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Jan Hardy obituary

The Guardian Higher Education

My friend and fellow campaigner Jan Hardy, who has died aged 77, was a committed anti-racist campaigner who became the county adviser for multicultural education in Hertfordshire local authority and a co-founder of the Anti-Racist Teacher Education Network. After achieving top grades at A-level and then a degree in chemistry and sociology from the University of Surrey (1968), Jan took a PGCE at Goldsmiths College, London, and, from 1968 to 1974, taught chemistry at Alperton high school in the Lo

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How Online Learning Can Prepare You For A Career Change - Caroline Castrillon, Forbes

Ray Schroeder

When preparing for your next professional move, it’s critical to identify areas for growth and development. That’s where online learning comes in. Online courses allow you to engage in affordable, asynchronous learning that can catapult you into a more fulfilling job or career. Recently, I spoke with Betty Vandenbosch, Chief Content Officer at online learning platform Coursera.

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TikTok and Higher Education

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Law, Policy—and IT? “There is a lot of political fervor over TikTok and its connections to the Chinese government, and this is coming out in the form of these perhaps symbolic bans,” said Kurt Opsahl, general counsel for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. “Those limitations suggested that Auburn was making more of a statement than a new policy.

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Cabrini University Lays Off Six Full-Time Faculty, Some Tenured, As Part of Budget Cuts - Arrman Kyaw, Diverse Eduction

Ray Schroeder

Cabrini University has laid off six full-time faculty – three of them were tenured – this month as part of budget cuts to help remedy its financial deficit, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.Cabrini University The six – 8.7% of the school’s 69 full-time faculty – included faculty in writing and narrative arts, science, math, and visual and performing arts, a Cabrini spokesperson said.

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