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Education Department Cancels Another $350M in Contracts, Grants

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Education Department Cancels Another $350M in Contracts, Grants Ryan Quinn Mon, 02/17/2025 - 03:00 AM The cancellations came after anti-DEI activist Christopher Rufo posted on social media about the programs. Byline(s) Ryan Quinn

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Florida’s Anti-DEI Actions Hit Hard for Alumna and Mom of Recent Grad

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Thirteen positions, 15 administrative appointments for faculty, the chief diversity officer role, and DEI contracts with outside vendors — ALL GONE. Johnson is director of grants administration at Lumina Foundation , a private foundation committed to making opportunities for learning beyond high school available to all. Dr. Susan D.

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How Universities Can Support Undocumented Students as Federal Policies Continue to Threaten Them

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

No Pell Grants. You can follow relevant social media accounts like Immigrants Rising , Informed Immigrant , National Immigration Law Center , and the President’s Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration. On top of that, undocumented students are ineligible for any federal financial aid. No student loans. No Federal work study.

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It’s the metrics, not the Matrix, part 3: Degenerative AI

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Social media metrics further entrench this commodification, transforming intellectual achievements into social capital. For one, we do not prohibit the academic study of leisure, especially if it attracts big grants). Shoshana Zuboff calls this “behavioural surplus” – a term that might as well fit within the academic landscape.

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Profiling Some of the Institutions With the Most Minority Business Graduates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

After degree completion, undergraduates get positions such as account analysts, managers, contract specialists, and business analysts. The business school also received a Missouri Career Attainment Network grant to provide minority students comprehensive information about career pathways.

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Invisible labour: visible activism

SRHE

We use the term wife work due to the pejorative nature of wife work in the media and the value placed on such work in wider society. we acknowledge that invisible and emotional labour can affect any academic of any gender, particularly those on education/ teaching focussed contracts.

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It’s the metrics, not the Matrix, part 3: Degenerative AI

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Social media metrics further entrench this commodification, transforming intellectual achievements into social capital. For one, we do not prohibit the academic study of leisure, especially if it attracts big grants). Shoshana Zuboff calls this “behavioural surplus” – a term that might as well fit within the academic landscape.