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Big Changes Loom at Southern Oregon University

March 22, 2023
Southern Oregon University may eliminate 82 jobs to fill a $5 million budget hole. Those cuts are part of an ambitious plan to fix SOU’s finances and attract new revenue streams.
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‘Antisemite of the Week’ Professor Says He Was Fired

March 22, 2023
Last year, a watchdog organization publicly called out Kareem Tannous, then a tenure-track assistant business professor at Cabrini University, about his tweets. Tannous said he was fired, and he now plans to sue.
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GPT-4 Is Here. But Most Faculty Lack AI Policies.

March 22, 2023
Faculty members and administrators are struggling to stay ahead of disruptive AI progress, a new report suggests.
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Pearson, Once a Market Leader, Leaves Online Services Business

March 22, 2023
The educational services giant, which has been supplanted in the space by 2U, Coursera and others, sells its online services unit to a private equity firm in an unsettled landscape.
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What Students Want (and Don’t) From Their Professors

March 22, 2023
The latest Student Voice survey reveals perceived barriers to academic success and the top actions students think professors should take. Mixing up teaching styles and being more flexible rank high.
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Academic Success Tip: Create Communities for Real-Time Learning Help

March 22, 2023
Digital support communities allow Western Governors University students to connect with peers and faculty to ask questions, find solutions and solve problems while working at their own pace.

Tenure Awarded… at Albion, Arkansas Tech, Pacific U

March 22, 2023
Albion College Marcella Cervantes, biology Zach Fischer, theater Joseph Ho, history Betty Okwako-Riekkola, education Arkansas Tech University Michael Bradley, agriculture and tourism Theresa Cullen, teaching and educational leadership Lisa Dubose, nursing Sarah Gordon, teaching and educational leadership Christopher Harris, music Gregory Michna, history and political science Jay Post, agriculture and tourism Bryan Rank, agriculture and tourism
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New Initiative Seeks to Provide Clearer Data on MSIs

March 21, 2023
Scholars launched a new database focused on minority-serving institutions to create more clarity among researchers, policy makers and others about how to classify and study them.
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Treating Farm Families Unfairly?

March 21, 2023
Students from families that own farms or small businesses could see less financial aid under the new formula set to launch this year, but some groups are calling on Congress to fix the issue before the new FAFSA is released.

Is For-Profit Higher Education on Its Last Legs?

March 21, 2023
Possible sale of the University of Phoenix to a public university raises existential questions about the for-profit sector and federal regulation of higher education. A panel of experts weighs them.
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Study Field Not Key to New Academic Program Success

March 21, 2023
A report identifying the types of new academic programs that succeed found no clear pattern favoring science programs over those in the humanities.
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Creators of Good School Podcast: ‘They Look for Student Success After We Succeeded"

March 21, 2023
Students from the Community College of Baltimore County write, research and produce a podcast evaluating the measures of success within higher education and the foundations of a good college.
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A Virtual Neurodiversity Hub

March 21, 2023
A Queens College professor and two students designed an online resource center to support neurodivergent students. Here’s how—and why—other institutions can better support faculty members and staff through a similar effort.

New Programs: Accounting, Engineering, Esports, Nursing

March 21, 2023
Niagara University is starting an M.S. in accounting. Quincy University, in Illinois, is starting new majors in electrical and mechanical engineering.
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President Defies Calls for Her Ouster

March 20, 2023
Many faculty, staff and students are united in calling for Connecticut College president Katherine Bergeron to step down after a dean resigned in protest. So far, she’s resisting.
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A Journal Article on Gay People, to Be Viewed With Caution

March 20, 2023
A peer-reviewed journal placed a warning to readers last month on a flawed article from 2001. But the journal hasn’t retracted it, as a professor who discovered errors has called for.
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Despite TikTok Bans, Colleges Are Thriving on the App

March 20, 2023
Several campuses have restricted their use of TikTok. For those still using the app, it’s proven a successful way to reach prospective students and leverage current students’ skills.
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A Time for Change at Gustavus Adolphus College

March 20, 2023
A change in the certification of athletic trainers drove the liberal arts college to add its first-ever master’s degree program. Its leaders acted with an eye toward recruiting more students in an era of declining enrollment.
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Student Success Champion: Q&A With Josh Landau, York College of Pennsylvania

March 20, 2023
Josh Landau, associate provost for student success, shares his philosophy for student success, his personal academic struggles and how to capture students in intentional touch points.
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Courses Offer Undeclared and Other Students Career Exploration Opportunities

March 20, 2023
Adelphi University’s interdisciplinary 360 seminars focus on narrow themes, with guest lectures and atypical assessments.

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