Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 18, 2024

Students may now have a living map for navigating college in the era of artificial intelligence, according to a new guide release by the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and Elon University. Dr. Connie Book Dr. C. Edward Watson, the vice president for digital innovation at AAC&U, described the first-edition guide as indispensable for students as they travel along their AI learning journey.

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The Guardian Higher Education

AUGUST 18, 2024

Adviser to imprisoned former prime minister of Pakistan says he submitted application to run in October election Imran Khan, the imprisoned former prime minister of Pakistan, is aiming to become Oxford’s next chancellor when the university’s graduates and staff vote later this year. Syed Zulfi Bukhari, one of Khan’s advisors, said the former international cricket star had submitted an application to run in the election in October to replace Chris Patten, the former Conservative minister.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 18, 2024

Dr Shaun Harper Racial equity expert Dr. Shaun R. Harper will be a featured speaker during September’s Tuesdays Together National Speaker Series conversation hosted by the North Carolina Central University School of Education's Higher Education Administration Graduate Program. Harper is a provost professor in the University of Southern California (USC) Rossier School of Education and the USC Marshall School of Business.

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The Guardian Higher Education

AUGUST 18, 2024

Higher tuition fees and lifting visa restrictions could help with funding crisis, says Office for Students chair The head of the universities watchdog in England has said the “golden age of higher education” could be over and all options should be on the table as the funding crisis facing the sector is “significant”. The Office for Students (OFS) interim chair, Sir David Behan, said increased tuition fees and lifting visa restrictions on international students could help revive embattled institu

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 18, 2024

Olusola Oyewole The Association of African Universities’ (AAU) African Research Innovation and Development (AfRID) network plans to set up a platform to serve as a database of all scholars in Africa and their research. AAU is investing $60,000 in an electronic research archive that will automatically capture research output by African universities published in international journals.

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The Guardian Higher Education

AUGUST 18, 2024

High rents and living costs mean almost half of students are travelling to campus instead of living on it. But are they missing out on the social side? The university experience used to be characterised by moving away from home, living in halls, and being immersed in campus life. But with rents and living costs soaring, more students than ever before are staying at home and commuting to university.

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