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Can Cheating on Steroids in Colleges and Universities be Stopped?

Higher Ed Ethics Watch

It is no surprise to college professors that academic cheating is on the rise even though virtually every university has a policy on academic integrity. But now, instead of meeting at the library like most students did before the pandemic, students can collaborate on group chats and email each other the material.

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How Virtual Reality is Being Used in Curriculum to Develop Empathy

Higher Ed Connects: Technology

The International Red Cross produced VR films to counter “compassion fatigue” and boost donations. A similar idea was portrayed by one of the researchers of “Learning Empathy through Virtual Reality”, and a research assistant at Université Paris, Descartes Philippe Bertrand in his collection called the Library of Ourselves. Fatma Katr.

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Survey data show disparities in college course registration holds

Confessions of a Community College Dean

But the statistic merits special attention because of its implications for current policy discussions about institutional holds. ” Melinda Anderson, executive director of the academic advising group NACADA, says she’s been encouraging institutions to re-examine their hold policies.

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Scholars: Racial Backlash Robs White Students of U.S. History

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Elementary school teachers have been forced to empty their classroom libraries in response to a law requiring that all books be approved by a media specialist as free of “unsolicited theories that may lead to student indoctrination.” He argued that the overall effect of the backlash and subsequent policies is to stymie true racial progress.

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Coronavirus COVID-19 Webinar: What higher education leaders need to know right now

Higher Ed Connects: News

Importance of institutional policy around the virus. The resources for institutions play out, he said, but the more importance aspect is more of a policy question. Edquity is doing some donation matching to this fund. “Everyone is copying each other’s language and using boilerplates. He gave the example of Harvard University.