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John C. Brittain, a professor in the David A. Clarke School of Law at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC), is being honored with the Thurgood Marshall Award. John C. BrittainThe award is given annually to individuals who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to civil rights and the principles of justice championed by Justice…
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has dropped criminal charges against 31 people, including students and faculty members, among the protesters in antiwar demonstrations at Columbia University. Hamilton HallColumbia UniversityThe defendants appeared June 20 at the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse, where a prosecutor acknowledged the district attorney’s office lacked evidence to sufficiently prove cases against them. The…
A New Era of Wi-Fi Connectivity The introduction of Wi-Fi 6E in 2021 also marked the introduction of the 6GHz band to the wireless spectrum, which meant a massive amount of additional bandwidth was now available to users. That new bandwidth can connect more users with more devices in tighter spaces with more access…
Higher Education’s Trouble with Cloud Sprawl “Cloud sprawl occurs when different departments in an organization, such as a university, start using cloud services independently without central coordination. Imagine the research department using one cloud service, the admin offices using another and student services using yet another — all to quickly meet their needs without…
University of Arizona has reduced its projected deficit to $52 million in fiscal 2025 — down from an earlier estimate of $177 million — through numerous planned cuts at the institution, according to a presentation Thursday to the board of regents by John Arnold, interim chief financial officer. That comes as the state’s recently passed…
The move, which is part of Australia’s broader migration reform strategy and comes in from July 1, is aimed at closing loopholes that allow students and other temporary visa holders to reside down under. “Our Migration Strategy outlines a clear plan to close the loopholes in international education and this is the next step in…
The report from Acumen saw over 100 education agents across India participate through an online questionnaire and interviews. Although two-thirds of the agents surveyed maintained that the US (80%), the UK (79%) and Australia (77%) remain top study destinations, 82% and 73% believe that, respectively, Germany and France are key developing destination markets. These nations…
Maurice A. JonesMaurice Jones has been appointed chief executive officer at The Center for First-Generation Student Success, an initiative of NASPA—Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education and The Suder Foundation. Jones, founder of the professional and business services firm MJConnects, served as CEO of OneTen. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Hampden-Sydney…
Dr. Andy BowneAndy Bowne has been named president for Tarrant County College Southeast Campus in Arlington, Texas. He served as president of Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas. Bowne holds a bachelor’s degree in urban and regional planning as well as master’s and doctorate degrees in educational leadership from Western Michigan University. #ANDY…
The number of ongoing U.S. Department of Education investigations into complaints about shared ancestry discrimination at colleges and K-12 schools opened after the Israel-Hamas war broke out. The agency finished two of those reviews this week, finding that the University of Michigan and the City University of New York didn’t take the right steps to…