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FIRE Releases List of Worst Campuses for Free Speech

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

On the other hand, Tennessee Tech earned a spot for cancelling the campus events of the Lambda Gay-Straight Alliance in response to a video of its drag show, and Texas A&M was featured for dropping its sponsorship of an annual drag show and preventing students from accessing the previous year’s profits.

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Achieving the Dream Releases New Equity Toolkit

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Before tackling systematic issues, leaders must develop an equity mindset and set the tone for the school’s work, the report stated. Case studies of schools nationwide – including Austin Community College, Chattanooga State Community College, and Coahoma Community College – doing the work to improve equity are featured in the toolkit as well.

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EAB Adds Artificial Intelligence to Popular Student Recruitment and Retention Technology 

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Advisors can also use AI to see recommendations for how they might adjust the tone to add urgency or use more supportive language without changing the essential meaning of the message. EAB has assembled a cohort of institutions to test the new features and expects to expand availability in 2024.

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Trash Talk as Resistance: It's Nothing New

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It's often featured in postgame commentary by analysts and writers as "taunting" and "improvisational brilliance." To be clear, the media has some responsibility in setting the tone. It is the norm in boxing, where press conferences are created to generate hype before matches. It's not for everyone, and not all can do it well.

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Turnitin's solution to AI cheating raises faculty concerns

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“Introducing this feature is a major change, but Turnitin’s timeline does not offer sufficient time to prepare technically or pedagogically. “By placing this feature into our learning environments, it can easily give instructors the impression that it has been vetted by our campus,” he wrote.

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Common App Essay Prompt 2: Overcoming Obstacles or Challenges

Great College Advice

You want to make the story short and readable, as it’s not the heart of the essay but rather a tool to engage the reader and set the tone for the rest of your writing. These essay examples feature students skillfully utilizing challenging incidents, obstacles, or failures to craft compelling narratives.

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ChatGPT and what we value in writing instruction (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Using Herman’s categories, I have seen students exhibit unique writing voices, rhythm, variety, creativity—features of his highest-level writers—while struggling with mechanical issues and organization. ” According to Herman, most students will never reach the highest level.

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