Sat.Feb 15, 2025

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Is Student Affairs Ready for Influencer Marketing?

Dr. Josie Ahlquist

Whether on TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube, Influencers are everywhere. So, how can higher education better approach marketing and communications strategies to positively influence current and future students? In this session, three models of student influencer programs will be shared, from low-budget ambassador programs to paid influencer content on platforms like Instagram and TikTok.

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Fall in overseas students fuels threat to English universities despite rise in fees

The Guardian Higher Education

Higher tuition costs have already been wiped out by government tax hikes, critics claim A fall in international students applying for visas risks prolonging the existential threat facing some of Englands universities, sources in higher education say, amid warnings that an increase in tuition fees has already been wiped out by the governments tax rises.

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Ed Department: DEI Violates Civil Rights Law

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Ed Department: DEI Violates Civil Rights Law Liam Knox Sat, 02/15/2025 - 05:56 PM In a sweeping and unprecedented letter issued over the weekend, the Office for Civil Rights declared race-based scholarships, cultural centers and even graduation ceremonies illegal.

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List of Government Contractors Involved with the Student Loan Portfolio

Higher Education Inquirer

Thanks to Alan Collinge and Student Loan Justice for this information on government contractors for the US Department of Education's Student Loan Portfolio.

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Civil Rights Groups Sue Facebook and Instagram For Targeting Predatory College Ads at Black Users (David Halperin)

Higher Education Inquirer

A nonprofit advocacy group sued Meta this week, contending that the tech giants Facebook and Instagram platforms facilitate the targeting of ads for for-profit colleges to Black users, while disproportionately steering ads for public and non-profit colleges to white users. The lawsuit, filed in the District of Columbia Superior Court on behalf of the non-profit Equal Rights Center (ERC), alleges that Meta thus provides separate and unequal services to Black users in its places of public accommod