The Guardian Higher Education

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Partnership between Glasgow University and University of the West Indies was established as part of a reparative justice programme The world’s first master’s degree in reparatory justice has been launched by Glasgow University, in partnership with the University of the West Indies (UWI), as the global campaign for financial reparations for transatlantic slavery gathers momentum.

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Ray Schroeder

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Penn State’s Office of Government and Community Relations is encouraging all Penn Staters to speak up and voice support Penn State’s 2023-24 state appropriation, which is now more than three months past due. The advocacy campaign through Advocate Penn State urges support for the 7.1% funding increase proposed by Gov. Josh Shapiro in his inaugural budget.

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The Guardian Higher Education

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Three men say their visas will expire before they receive their degrees from Coventry university Three international students are facing deportation after an alleged technical glitch at their university meant they did not get a final grade. The students claim they had all tried to submit their exams ahead of the deadline given by Coventry university, but they received an error message and were unable to upload their assessments.

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Ray Schroeder

OCTOBER 8, 2023

The financial woes facing higher education continue to spread, evidenced by several colleges and universities recently announcing they would be forced to cut their budgets to regain fiscal stability and in some cases to remain open. The latest revelations come from both public and private colleges, small and large institutions, and they are occurring in several regions of the country, another indication that higher education’s financial precarity is not limited to any one kind of school.

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The Guardian Higher Education

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Arif Ahmed pledges to remain politically neutral in his role and to ensure academic freedoms are maintained England’s newly appointed university free speech tsar says his role is not to conduct “culture wars” and has pledged to be politically neutral in his efforts to combat threats to academic freedom. Arif Ahmed, a former philosophy professor at Cambridge University, said he would measure his success or failure by surveys of students and by the number of complaints made under procedures being

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AIFS Abroad

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Pursuing an internship as a college student or recent graduate is a great way to apply your classroom learning experiences to a real-world professional environment. But what do you do if you live or go to school in a place where internship opportunities are scarce? Introducing virtual internships , where you have the opportunity to gain invaluable career skills from your home, dorm, or any other remote location.

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Roompact

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Getting involved in a professional association has a number of benefits. Luckily for professionals working in residence life and college student housing, there are a number of ways to get involved. The Association of College and University Housing Officers – International (ACUHO-I) represents professionals on the national level, but there are also regional associations that.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 8, 2023

A recent guest essay in the New York Times , “ The Worst People Run for Office. It’s Time for a Better Way ” made a seemingly radical suggestion—improve our democracy by doing away with elections and choosing our leaders randomly. Could this actually work? Two kinds of evidence speak to that question: experience and experiments. Dr. Sandra Peart Although not many examples of randomized leadership exist, it has been tried and found effective.

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Experiential Learning Depot

OCTOBER 8, 2023

What are 21st century skills in education and w hy are 21st century skills important for 21st-century learners? In short, soft skills are essential for modern day life and the workplace. Therefore, teaching 21st century skills, in my opinion, is as important as teaching content. But why? ​Let me paint you a little picture. It is spring of 2020 and you are an urban high school biology teacher.

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