The Guardian Higher Education

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Exclusive: Study published in 2019 used blood and saliva samples from 203 Uyghur and Kazakh people living in Xinjiang capital Concerns have been raised that academic publishers may not be doing enough to vet the ethical standards of research they publish, after a paper based on genetic data from China’s Uyghur population was retracted and questions were raised about several others including one that is currently published by Oxford University Press.

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Terminalfour

DECEMBER 29, 2023

From AI and Google Snippets to YouTube, esports, and accessibility, we stayed across all the emerging trends, topics, and technologies in higher education marketing in our blog in 2023. These were your favorite articles of the year.

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Ray Schroeder

DECEMBER 29, 2023

University officials have not publicly released information on how much structural damage has been done across campus. That includes not only the cleanup of Frank and Estella Beam Hall — the site of the shooting — but also what multiple faculty and administrative sources described as at least “hundreds” of broken doors in every building on campus. Those doors were, in many cases, damaged by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department SWAT teams utilizing small battering rams to quickly enter rooms

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AIFS Abroad

DECEMBER 29, 2023

After paying an arm and a leg for the cost of college, you’re probably wondering, “Why would I now pay for an unpaid internship that’s completely remote?” It’s a fair question, and we hear you! But there are some extremely valuable reasons to complete a virtual internship and professional development program through an organization like AIFS Abroad.

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PUC

DECEMBER 29, 2023

With the new year upon us, we want to share a recap of this quarter. [link] Here’s to 2024!

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Ray Schroeder

DECEMBER 29, 2023

The deal calls for a hiring freeze of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) positions through 2026, among other concessions. Republicans will release already-approved money for a 6% raise for 34,000 UW employees and for capital projects, including a new UW-Madison engineering building. The Board of Regents initially rejected the deal in a vote of nine to eight on Saturday.

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