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"Opportunities now exist to pivot to alternative approaches to DEI that deemphasize person-level identities and experiences and put the focus on policies at the institution-level — for example, programs for dramatically increasing numbers of low-income students — that have a strong track record of making a real difference," he wrote.
He wrote to Kotlikoff just two days after Torres’s post, saying the course description’s assertion of there being “settler colonialism” in Israel/Palestine is a “false premise” that “seeks to delegitimize the State of Israel” and “justify Palestinian terrorism.” Rosensaft said it’s “safe to assume” that Cheyfitz would portray the atrocities of Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack in “a positive light.”
Toward determining the logic skills, analysis ability, context awareness and readiness of current models to serve as assistants, I ran a simple, short test as one might do with a human agent who is drafting reports and responding to email and inquiries on your behalf.
“Higher completion rates are welcome news for colleges and universities still struggling to regain enrollment levels from before the pandemic,” Doug Shapiro, the research center’s executive director, said in a statement dated Wednesday.
“In alignment with the court ruling, employees receiving increased pay in November and December will revert to their original salary in January,” the university said in an emailed statement.
The issue has pervaded campus discourse since the start of the current pro-Palestinian protest movement over a year ago, with some harshly condemning phrases like “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” as a call to eradicate Israel and its people, while others argue it’s simply a cry for peace and Palestinian self-determination.
Craig Lindwarm, senior vice president for governmental affairs at the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, added that it’s “overly simplistic” to view the sole function of state funding as keeping tuition prices low.
Drexel officials told the Inquirer in a statementthat the reduction in head count is part of the university’s “plan for resolving an approximate 10 [percent] imbalance in its operating budget in order to ensure resilience amid financial headwinds facing the higher-education sector.”
Occidental College has settled with two nonprofit organizations focused on combating antisemitism over a federal Office for Civil Rights complaint that the campus was a hostile environment for Jewish and Israeli students in the weeks and months following Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel.
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“These sorts of activities allow institutions to gain experience working in India and build their local reputation, which will be helpful should they decide to move forward with establishing a full-fledged branch campus,” said Lane.
Auditors told the Board of Trustees last week that the historically Black land-grant university would have a $46 million deficit by the end of the year without financial help, NewsChannel5 reported.