#Higher education’s perfect storm is becoming a tsunami

#Higher education’s perfect storm is becoming a tsunami

The war between Israel and Hamas has divided college campuses like no other issue in recent memory. Student walk-outs, vigils and protests, along with sharp increases in antisemitism and Islamophobia, have left many students feeling unsafe, have outraged parents and have prompted harsh public criticism of what many see as tepid responses from university leaders….

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#DeSantis denies shutting down pro-Palestinian campus groups violates free speech

#DeSantis denies shutting down pro-Palestinian campus groups violates free speech

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) denied that his attempts to remove pro-Palestinian groups from Florida university campuses violate free speech in Saturday comments. “We’re not throttling free speech at all,” DeSantis, a 2024 GOP presidential primary candidate, told Fox News anchor Brian Kilmeade. “I mean, these groups, Students for Justice [in] Palestine, they have said…

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#College closures set to increase amid enrollment drop: Fitch

#College closures set to increase amid enrollment drop: Fitch

The United States may soon see more higher education institutions shut their doors as college enrollment has declined in recent years, according to a new analysis. A new report from Fitch Ratings stated that “further closures, mergers and significantly reduced operations are inevitable” for a handful of colleges due to low enrollment numbers and high tuitions. Fitch…

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#Introducing the 2023 3M National Teaching Fellowship Award Winners

#Introducing the 2023 3M National Teaching Fellowship Award Winners

(Photo courtesy of the University of Calgary) The 3M National Teaching Fellowship was created in 1986 by the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) to recognize exceptional teachers in post-secondary education. Every year, the fellowship celebrates 10 university and college educators who show leadership in enhancing post-secondary education and a sustained dedication…

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#Florida woman earns her master’s degree at 89

#Florida woman earns her master’s degree at 89

“Florida woman earns her master’s degree at 89” A Florida woman proved that learning doesn’t ever stop when she earned her master’s degree at 89 years old. Great-grandmother Joan Donovan got an advanced degree in English and creative writing online from Southern New Hampshire University. The military spouse and breast cancer survivor were just 16 when…

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#Letters to the Editor — Jan. 4, 2023

#Letters to the Editor — Jan. 4, 2023

“Letters to the Editor — Jan. 4, 2023” The Issue: Ronald S. Lauder’s piece on the normalization of anti-Semitism on college campuses. The Ivy League should be renamed the “Poison Ivy League” (“Ivy Fear & Loathing,” Ronald Lauder, PostOpinion, Jan. 2). Few can any longer question that the ever-increasing hatred of Jews on college campuses…

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#Students using ChatGPT to cheat, professor warns

#Students using ChatGPT to cheat, professor warns

“Students using ChatGPT to cheat, professor warns” Welcome to the new age of academic dishonesty. A college professor in South Carolina is sounding the alarm after catching a student using ChatGPT — a new artificial intelligence chat bot that can quickly digest and spit out written information about a vast array of subjects — to…

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