Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Properly upskilling and supporting immigrants, refugees, and asylees can help remedy the nation's predicted labor shortage, according to a new report from Upwardly Global. Jina Krause-Vilmar According to the organization, which seeks to help immigrants into the U.S. workforce, almost all U.S. working-age population growth for the next two decades is expected to be composed of immigrants, refugees, asylees, and their children.

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Ray Schroeder

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

The University Budget Committee held the first meeting of the academic year presenting budget cuts to all six colleges and a 25% cut to faculty affairs. The UBC meeting addressed concerns about class cuts, the future of lecturers and decreased enrollment. “I don’t want to minimize how hard it is to resize. These are people,” said San Francisco State University President Lynn Mahoney.

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Higher Education Whisperer

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

In a speech to the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering, Professor Brian Schmidt, Australian National University Vice Chancellor is reported to have said: “We are the only country in the world crazy enough to prop up our sovereign research capability with international funds. It produces huge distortions and vulnerabilities in our higher education system.

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The Guardian Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Campaigners criticise ‘tokenistic’ initiative started after polling showed almost all students experience bouts of loneliness Millions of teenagers across Britain will arrive at university for the first time on Monday as freshers’ week begins. Almost all will experience bouts of loneliness with nearly half being worried they will be judged if they admit to it, according to a sample of 1,000 students, collected by YouGov for the government.

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Ray Schroeder

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Political interference in higher education and changes to tenure are significantly affecting faculty morale and retention in a handful of southern states, new survey findings from the American Association of University Professors suggest. The association, working with state faculty groups, surveyed more than 4,250 faculty members in Florida, Texas, Georgia and North Carolina from Aug. 14 to Sept. 1.

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The Guardian Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Arm yourself with these useful tips to save cash on food, TV and music, beauty and more Every penny counts when you’re studying, and there are lots of discounts around that can help ease the cost pressures on students. Here are some tips to help you avoid paying the full price. • Sign up to sites and apps such as UniDays and Student Beans , which list scores of student discounts on everything from takeaways to tech.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

The recent arrival of National Black Voter Day is a matter of utmost significance given the storied history of Black voter suppression in this country. For readers who may not be well-versed in the underlying rationale behind this particular day, it is important to highlight the efforts of organizations such as the National Urban League, who strategically leverage the second Friday of September to orchestrate educational initiatives aimed at empowering Black voters with knowledge and strategies

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The Guardian Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Parents of young men facing conduct panels over assaults are raising the stakes by bringing barristers to them, academics say Universities left to tackle rising tide of sexual assaults Parents of male students accused of rape at university are starting to bring in barristers to help them avoid expulsion, the Observer has learned. As the number of serious sexual assaults escalates across universities , experts say female students often do not want to go to the police, fearing delays and traumatis

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The Guardian Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

As on-campus sexual misconduct cases escalate, there are increasing calls to talk openly with young people about sex, pleasure and consent ‘It’s a power game’: students accused in university rape hearings call in lawyers Among the stalls encouraging students to sign up for rock climbing, parkour, the law society, and inevitably the pub crawl group, university freshers’ fairs have for many years now given out free rape alarms to young women.

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