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Temple University Strips Tuition Assistance and Health Insurance for Grad Students on Strike

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Matthew Ford, a lead negotiator for the Temple University Graduate Students’ Association (TUGSA), said that Temple has also begun stripping students of health insurance. As a result, the students are required to pay full tuition balances by Mar. 9 or get a financial hold on their account and a $100 late fee.

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Disabilities Access is About Holding Space

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 1999, she says, she had been working as a low-salary adjunct instructor whose health insurance was cut off each year. Her then-wife was unable to get a job with health insurance — and for domestic partners. programs that offered domestic-partner insurance coverage.” After thinking it over, I decided to apply for Ph.D.

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Should Higher Education Be Worried About the Future of Cyber Insurance?

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

The equation powering cyber insurance coverage for higher education institutions isn’t adding up the way it used to. In response, cyber insurers have been making the moves one would expect to shore up their bottom lines, primarily by increasing rates and tightening coverage requirements.

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4 Tips for Securing and Keeping Cyber Insurance Coverage

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Cybersecurity insurance has proved its value, but coverage is becoming more difficult to obtain. Here are four tips for increasing the probability of qualifying for and retaining cyber insurance. Universities face increased scrutiny of their security measures, user training, and where and how data is stored and used.

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Time to shake up the Insurance Industry

Higher Education Whisperer

Greetings from Canberra Innovation Network where Emily-Rose Srbinovska & Stuart Russell from Austbrokers Canberra are talking on insurance for startups. As they point out startups are seen as high risk by insurers resulting in higher premiums. This dry sounding topic is being made exciting by the passion of the presenters.

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LEANA E. AMÁEZ

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She served as the first global leader for diversity, equity, and inclusion at the Boston-based insurance provider, Simply Business. Amáez has been named vice president for equity and inclusion at Bates College. Amáez earned a bachelor’s degree in Latin American studies from Wesleyan University and a law degree from Benjamin N.

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Columbia College Eliminates Vacancies After Faculty Cuts

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Adjunct professors at the college went on a weeks long strike in October 2023 with demands for job security and health insurance. Columbia College Chicago Columbia College Chicago Kim has received some criticism regarding staffing and budget management.

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