Confessions of a Community College Dean
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Linda McMahon, nominated to lead the Education Department, helped turn WWE from a regional business into a multibillion-dollar global enterprise. President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Linda McMahon as education secretary came as a surprise to many in the education world, akin to a story line swerve befitting of her former employer, WWE.
The Guardian Higher Education
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Results of trial of benralizumab injection could be ‘gamechanger’ for millions of people around the world Doctors are hailing a new way to treat serious asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease attacks that marks the first breakthrough for 50 years and could be a “gamechanger” for patients. A trial found offering patients an injection was more effective than the current care of steroid tablets, and cuts the need for further treatment by 30%.
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Confessions of a Community College Dean
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
A Tennessee middle school will change its mascot and logo in response to a cease-and-desist letter from the University of Cincinnati, which claimed Cheatham Middle School’s use of the bearcat mascot infringed on the university’s copyright, The Tennessean reported Monday.
The Guardian Higher Education
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Worries about animal euthanasia and mishandling of complaints from students about racism among concerns The University of Cambridge’s prestigious veterinary course could be stripped of its professional accreditation after regulators uncovered “ethical concerns” over animal euthanasia and mishandling of complaints from students who experienced racism and discrimination.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
However, first-generation students and graduates of less selective law schools still struggle to break in, according to a new study. The legal professoriate is becoming more racially, ethnically and gender diverse, but new data shows that first-generation college graduates remain underrepresented among law faculty ranks.
Teaching Matters Academic Communities
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Image credit: Max Nyman In this post, Max Nyman, a 4th year chemistry student, describes how they used their Student Partnership Agreement funds to provide an inclusive community building event by buying a selection of board games, and hosting a staff and student games night at the School of Chemistry. This post is part of the Student Partnership Agreement 2024 series.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
American universities likely to be hampered by restrictions on spending money overseas, experts say. U.S. universities may be more cautious about establishing branch campuses in India than their British and Australian counterparts, academics have said, as a leading American institution discusses the prospect with the Delhi government.
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Confessions of a Community College Dean
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Occidental College has settled with two nonprofit organizations focused on combating antisemitism over a federal Office for Civil Rights complaint that the campus was a hostile environment for Jewish and Israeli students in the weeks and months following Hamas’s Oct.
SRHE
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
by GR Evans A change of government has not changed the government’s power to intrude upon the autonomy of providers of higher education, which is constrained chiefly by its being limited to the financial. Government can also issue guidance to the regulator, the Office for Students, and that guidance may be detailed. Recent exchanges give a flavour of the kind of control which politicians may seek, but this may be at odds with the current statutory framework.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
A deal for Miles College to purchase the closed campus of Birmingham-Southern College appears to be off the table after the purchase agreement expired earlier this week, Al.com reported. BSC officially closed at the end of May after years of financial struggles.
The Guardian Higher Education
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Former foreign secretary and Oxford graduate wins online vote, ending hopes a woman would fill role for first time The former foreign secretary William Hague has been elected as Oxford University’s next chancellor, ending hopes that a woman would fill the role for the first time in Oxford’s 800-year history. In the first ever online election for the ceremonial role, Hague triumphed over Elish Angiolini, the principal of Oxford’s St Hugh’s College and former lord advocate of Scotland, and Jan Roy
Confessions of a Community College Dean
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Embattled Keystone College is facing a potential loss of accreditation by the end of this year, according to a notice posted last week by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. The private college in Pennsylvania has faced mounting business challenges recently.
Higher Education Inquirer
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Since 1970, Indigenous people & their allies have gathered at noon on Cole's Hill in Plymouth to commemorate a National Day of Mourning on the US Thanksgiving holiday. Many Native people do not celebrate the arrival of the Pilgrims & other European settlers. Thanksgiving Day is a reminder of the genocide of millions of Native people, the theft of Native lands and the erasure of Native cultures.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Tennessee State University is in deep financial trouble.
Higher Education Inquirer
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Here is a list of schools where there are strong indicia of misconduct, per the Department of Education and/or the Department of Justice. Student loan debtors who have attended these schools, and believe they were defrauded, are encouraged to file Borrower Defense to Repayment claims if they haven't already. More than 750,000 Borrower Defense fraud claims have been filed , and tens of thousands have resulted in debt forgiveness.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump nominated Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on Tuesday night to be director of the National Institutes of Health.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Republican governor Jeff Landry, claiming to defend free speech, is publicly targeting a specific professor for brief alleged classroom comments on Trump voters. Louisiana’s Republican governor is publicly targeting a Louisiana State University law professor for allegedly making brief classroom comments about students who voted for President-elect Donald Trump.
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