U Rochester tells unionizing students to try luck with NLRB
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[ad_1] The University of Rochester’s Ph.D. students have been attempting to unionize for more than a year, part of the historic surge in graduate workers organizing that…

Protesters disrupt Larry Summers wealth tax Stanford speech
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Protesters disrupt Larry Summers wealth tax Stanford speech

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[ad_1] Protesters last week disrupted a Stanford University Democracy and Disagreement course in protest of guest speaker and former Harvard University president Larry Summers, according to a…

Federal antisemitism investigators to visit college campuses
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[ad_1] The Trump administration announced Friday that a federal task force will visit 10 university campuses to investigate antisemitic incidents that have been reported since the Oct.…

Findlay, Bluffton merger called off
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Findlay, Bluffton merger called off

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[ad_1] Almost a year after the University of Findlay and Bluffton University publicly shared plans to merge, the deal is off, both institutions announced last week, citing…

AGB leader resigns abruptly after six months
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AGB leader resigns abruptly after six months

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[ad_1] Less than a year into the job, Framroze Virjee is out as president and CEO of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges. Virjee…

Higher ed botched response to anti-DEI guidance (opinion)
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Higher ed botched response to anti-DEI guidance (opinion)

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[ad_1] While much of the now-infamous Valentine’s Day Dear Colleague letter from the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights was vague and void of specific information,…

Three in five students see themselves customers of their college 
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Three in five students see themselves customers of their college 

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[ad_1] Public confidence in higher education is declining. Even students, most of whom say they’re getting a quality education, question the value of a degree with respect…

Shaping the future before it shapes us
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Shaping the future before it shapes us

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[ad_1] I’ve worked closely with colleagues in Silicon Valley throughout my career. Through these interaction, there are always new ideas, and the level of confidence in predictions…

Senate vote finalizes Linda McMahon as education secretary
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Senate vote finalizes Linda McMahon as education secretary

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[ad_1] Linda McMahon was narrowly confirmed along party lines as President Trump’s secretary of education in a 51-to-45 Senate vote late Monday afternoon and sworn in shortly…

Academics should forcefully reject the claim they are “promoting ideology”
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Academics should forcefully reject the claim they are “promoting ideology”

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[ad_1] To the editor: Jonathan Eburne calls the National Endowment for the Humanities’ posting of the executive orders regarding the promotion of gender, equity and environmental justice ideology…