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Report Documents Accountability, Culture in Northwestern Athletics

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Many of the student-athletes who participated in a recent review of athletics accountability and culture expressed appreciation for the resources made available to them at Northwestern University, according to a university report by law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.

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Lawmakers Sought to Mandate Class on Founding Documents. What Were Professors to Do?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Lawmakers Sought to Mandate Class on Founding Documents. In North Carolina, undergraduates now must study the founding documents. What Were Professors to Do? Ryan Quinn Fri, 05/24/2024 - 03:00 AM Conservative groups are pushing civics requirements in higher education, not just K-12. Will other states follow? Byline(s) Ryan Quinn

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Student Expelled After Getting Scholarship With Fake Documents and AI-Written Essay

Confessions of a Community College Dean

A Lehigh University student with a full scholarship pleaded guilty to a forgery change and was expelled after admitting online that he faked admissions documents and used ChatGPT to write his essay.

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Documenting the Growth of Responsibility Center Management Budget Models in Public Higher Education

Robert Kelchen

My outstanding research assistant Faith Barrett and I went through documents from 535 public universities (documents from private colleges are rarely available) to collect information on whether they had announced a move to RCM, actually implemented it, and/or abandoned RCM to return to a centralized budget model. [2]

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How Project 2025’s War on Higher Education Diversity Threatens Our Global Competitiveness

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This document, a roadmap for the next conservative presidential administration, frames diversity and inclusion efforts as a coordinated attack on American values, advocating for a radical restructuring of federal education policy that would have devastating consequences for historically underrepresented students.

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House Committee Seeks Documents From UCLA Over Antisemitism

Confessions of a Community College Dean

House Education and Workforce Committee wants the University of California, Los Angeles, to turn over a batch of documents ahead of next week’s hearing about campus antisemitism.

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Trustee Resignation Letters Document the Evolution of Higher Ed

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Trustee Resignation Letters Document the Evolution of Higher Ed jessica.blake@… Tue, 10/15/2024 - 03:00 AM Lauren Zalaznick, a former corporation member at Brown University, discusses what she learned from curating more than 250 years’ worth of exit reflections from board members at her alma mater. Byline(s) Jessica Blake

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