Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 4, 2024

Mary Kelly Tate A judge recently granted Marvin Grimm a writ of actual innocence that exonerates the Richmond man of murder. The judgment is thanks to the work of University of Richmond law professor Mary Kelly Tate and other justice advocates, including members of her class. Tate, director of the Institute for Actual Innocence, has spent over a decade working to identify and exonerate those wrongfully convicted of crimes.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JULY 4, 2024

Illustration credit: Giulia Forsythe, flickr, CC0 Welcome to July Learning and Teaching Enhancement theme: Open Textbooks Open textbooks have long been the common form of open educational resources in North America, with funding to support this activity, however to date, they have not seen extensive uptake in the UK, where there are different models of textbook use and engagement with OER tends to be supported by learning technologists rather than dedicated OER librarians.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 4, 2024

College graduates have a similar attitude regarding the American dream than those who do not have a degree, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center. A new survey from Pew Research Center reveals that Americans are divided, by age and income, on whether they believe the American dream is possible. The survey noted that a 57% majority of adults with a bachelor’s degree or more education said the American dream remains possible, compared with 50% of those with less education.

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Creatrix Campus

JULY 4, 2024

10 Key Benefits of Using Cloud Accounting Software for Higher Education Institutions admin Thu, 07/04/2024 - 14:59 Higher education institutions don’t need to purchase expensive accounting software or spend countless hours generating complicated reports. SaaS-based cloud accounting software provides capabilities to store and access finance and accounting data in the cloud, allowing users to perform their everyday tasks off-site.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 4, 2024

John Fry has been appointed president of Temple University. John Fry “I am deeply humbled by the opportunity to serve as the 15th president of Temple University, a globally recognized, mission-driven R1 university,” said Fry. “I am grateful for the confidence of Chair Mitch Morgan and the Board of Trustees, and particularly honored to succeed President Richard Englert and the late former President JoAnne Epps, both of whom I admire greatly.

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The Guardian Higher Education

JULY 4, 2024

University is taking legal action to shut down pro-Palestine encampment on Edgbaston campus The University of Birmingham is censoring students’ beliefs about Gaza by seeking to shut down a pro-Palestine encampment on its grounds, the high court has heard. Birmingham is one of several universities taking legal action to try to evict student protesters, with a case brought by the University of Nottingham due to be heard before the same judge on Friday.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 4, 2024

A lawsuit filed in Federal District Court in Chicago against Northwestern University’s law school claims the school’s hiring practices take away opportunities from better-qualified white men. It alleges the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law gives preference to less-qualified women and applicants of color. The lawsuit — which more broadly, negatively critiques faculty hiring practices at universities in the United States — argues that the law school is in violation of federal law that prohibits

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