Nebraska regents campaign on antiabortion measures
Regents Rob Schafer and Jim Scheer, both Republicans, donated money for commercials reportedly produced by the Nebraska Family Alliance, a group that opposes abortion rights.
U.S. has certified unions for 50,000 student employees
The list of ways next week’s presidential election could affect higher education is long, with Trump and Harris administrations likely to differ significantly on issues such as student loans, accreditation, diversity and Title IX, to name just a few.
Brown U suspends Students for Justice in Palestine chapter
One pro-Israel trustee, Joseph Edelman, resigned from the corporation before the vote, saying the fact that the university would even consider divestment was “morally reprehensible.”
Beware of the Zombie College Scam Haunting Higher Education
At its heart, the zombie scam is an impersonation scheme, and that kind of manipulation takes place all the time in higher education, with bad actors bobbing for apples among current students, faculty and staff.
DePaul engages first-year students in cultural immersion
Similar to many first-year seminars, each course is co-led by a faculty instructor, staff member and peer Chicago Quarter Mentor.
Non-tenure-track faculty demand Harvard stop forcing them out
Sara Feldman, a Harvard preceptor who teaches Yiddish, described the policy as “cruel, destructive and frankly ridiculous.” She said her position “has been the joy of my life, and, at the same time, I’m limited in what I can do because I don’t have the opportunity to build past eight years.”
AI as a Service (AIaaS): What Higher Education Needs to Know
While the university’s supercomputing center allows in-house AI development, private sector companies such as Microsoft, Oracle and SAP are integrating GenAI and other learning automation functionality into their software platforms.
Survey: Student confidence in career prep, future success
VanDerziel worries about this, too, saying that “higher ed needs to help students with these life skills and provide services that will set them up for future success.” But he says that graduates are taking job security and well-being, including mental health, into account choosing where to work, according to NACE research.
Johnson & Wales University debuts 3-year bachelor’s programs
Brigham Young University-Idaho and Utah’s Ensign College, both of which are owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, won approval from their accreditor last year to begin offering a limited selection of three-year online bachelor’s programs.
Ed Dept. forgave $17.2B in student loans, report finds
North Carolina representative Virginia Foxx, the Republican chair of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, who originally requested the GAO report in 2016, cited the findings as further evidence that the Biden administration is trying to foist unpaid student loans on taxpayers.
State ballot measures would help improve college facilities
But opponents, such as Assembly Member Bill Essayli, a Republican, and Jon Coupal, president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, argued that increasing state debt is not the right approach.
Low-income students work more amid rising college costs, analysis finds
Lower-income students worked more hours to cover the rising net cost of college, while middle- and upper-income families have taken out more loans, according to a recent analysis from the Brookings Institution.