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Finding a Place at an HBCU

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

With her dream in sight, she started pursuing a doctorate in higher education administration in 2020 at Baltimore’s Morgan State University, an HBCU. Hollingsworth – who has also taught and advised students at Johns Hopkins University – anticipates that she’ll graduate next May. For her Ph.D.,

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Labour to revive controversial university freedom of speech legislation

The Guardian Higher Education

Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, paused implementation of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act shortly after last years general election, citing concerns that the law passed by the Conservative government potentially protected the use of hate speech while exposing universities and student unions to bureaucratic and legal costs.

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Cardiff students’ union bans chinos and blue shirts after violence

The Guardian Higher Education

Incident at university clubbing night leads to preppy staples being barred from union premises They may have been preppy fashion championed by Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein but chinos and blue shirts have now been banned by Cardiff University studentsunion after being associated with a violent incident at a nightclub.

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Rutgers University Unions Go on Strike After Year of Failed Contract Negotiations

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Members of Rutgers AAUP-AFT , Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union , and AAUP-BHSNJ picketed on the New Jersey school’s three main campuses in New Brunswick, Newark, and Camden, demanding improvements such as salary increases, improved job security for adjunct faculty, and funding for graduate students, union representatives said.

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Helping People Be Their Best

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It not only revitalizes the campus but also brings new fields of study to the students and faculty. She also hired an assistant dean for diversity, who has started Black and Latinx student union groups. The Board of Trustees is now just under 25% people of color, says De Vinne.

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Indian students’ union urges UK to retain graduate visas

The Guardian Higher Education

Chair of union for Indian students and alumni says visa scheme is vital for attracting high-paying international students to UK Indian students and alumni in the UK have urged the British prime minister to retain graduate visas, rejecting claims they are little more than “Deliveroo visas” that allow overseas students access to low-paid jobs in the (..)

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The Metaverse explained for university leaders: challenges for universities ahead (3/4)

Dr. Simon Paul Atkinson

I did not mean to imply that it is a fanciful dream that will never have an impact on higher education, but I have reservations. A student group, registered with your Student Union, organises a virtual event, hosted on a third-party application ( ZOOM for example) using a license owned by the controversial speaker themselves.