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Howard Earns $90 Million DoD Contract, a First for an HBCU

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

About 30% of African American STEM professionals begin their higher education at a Historically Black College or University, according to the United Negro College Fund, but only around 1% of the Defense Department’s research funding is directed towards HBCUs and other minority serving institutions. This week, the U.S.

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Fraud in academia: How can universities avoid costly litigation?

University Business

Fraud investigations are on the rise in higher education institutions. Armed with insider information, relators file fraud cases on the government’s behalf, leading to a recent uptick in government investigations of higher education institutions. Grants In 2020, the University of San Francisco paid $2.5

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Petitioning for the Right to Work

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Gavin Newsom Undocumented students in California’s higher education system may soon be able to get a job in California’s public universities and colleges. California would become the first state in the nation to employ undocumented college students without legal work permits, pending a signature from Gov. Gavin Newsom.

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Want a job at Cambridge?

SRHE

Fixed-term contracts have long been the norm for research-only contracts, which are usually dependent on short-term funding from a external grant. However, the Equality Act of 2010, making it discriminatory to enforce retirement by age, has helped to discourage contracts promising ‘permanence’. 2(5)(d) and s.2

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What is a ‘research culture’?

SRHE

by GR Evans Should higher education providers foster a ‘research culture’? As the body responsible for research under the Higher Education and Research Act (2017), UK Research and Innovation offers its own definition. That has remained the case with UCU’s ‘Post-1992 National Contract’.

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It’s the metrics, not the Matrix, part 3: Degenerative AI

Teaching Matters Online Learning

This post is part 3 of 3, and belongs to the Hot Topic theme: Critical insights into contemporary issues in Higher Education. For one, we do not prohibit the academic study of leisure, especially if it attracts big grants). Social sciences as sorcery. New York: St. Martin’s Press, May. Prénoms de personne. Paris: Seuil.

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It’s the metrics, not the Matrix, part 3: Degenerative AI

Teaching Matters Online Learning

This post is part 3 of 3, and belongs to the Hot Topic theme: Critical insights into contemporary issues in Higher Education. For one, we do not prohibit the academic study of leisure, especially if it attracts big grants). Social sciences as sorcery. New York: St. Martin’s Press, May. Prénoms de personne. Paris: Seuil.