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John ThomasJohn Thomas has been appointed chief of police at the University of California, Los Angeles. He served as special advisor to the senior vice president for administration at the University of Southern California. Thomas holds a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, Maryland, and a master’s in executive…
Many of us woke up this morning certain about what we would eat and assured that breakfast would not be our last nutritious meal of the day. Unfortunately, that is not the case for everyone. Though options and access are characteristic of a free and developed society, billions of people worldwide continue to lack the…
When colleges and universities were first forced to go virtual in 2020, there was a scramble to get everyone online. And while those early virtual meeting rooms performed adequately under the circumstances, they were hardly operating as robust learning platforms. However, they were ideal for figuring out what worked and what needed improvement to support…
Listen to the article 6 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The House education committee continued its inquiry into antisemitism at colleges Wednesday as Republicans grilled leaders from Columbia University. Minouche Shafik, president of Columbia, along with other university officials, testified in front of the House…
Dr. Leslie Hall, director of the HBCU Program at the Human Rights Campaign — the largest LGBTQ lobbying organization in the U.S. — remembers the joyful opening of the LGBTQ+ Resource Office on the main campus of Prairie View A&M University. It coincided with HRC’s HBCU Out Loud Day, which takes place the third Wednesday…
Lisa Marie L. FerrellLisa Marie L. Ferrell has been appointed associate vice chancellor for university communications and marketing at North Carolina State University. She served as Lenovo’s communications officer for North America. Ferrell holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Roanoke College. #LISA #MARIE #FERRELL #Diverse #Issues #Higher #Education
Mellon Foundation has awarded a total $25 million in grant funding to five public colleges and universities to establish paid internship programs for humanities majors. The foundation announced that California State University, Fresno (Fresno State); the City College of New York (CCNY); Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia (ODU); the University of Missouri – Kansas…
The budget will provide grants of $1.8 billion to Canada’s three research funding agencies over five years and a $1.1bn investment in interest-free student loans for 2024/25. “[The] budget includes badly needed support for students and leading-edge research,” said Gabriel Miller, president of Universities Canada. “Research and development are a cornerstone of Canadian productivity and…
UPDATED (April 17, 2024): Last night, during a special meeting of the Indiana University Bloomington Faculty Council, hundreds of faculty overwhelmingly passed votes of no confidence in IU President Pamela Whitten, Provost Rahul Shrivastav, and Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs Carrie Docherty. Concerns over free speech and academic freedom are prompting Indiana University…
Published: 4/17/2024 Reading Time: 3 minutes The world is entering a golden age of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) underpinned by recent breakthroughs such as OpenAI models. ChatGPT could be the powerful impetus needed to shift from understanding assessment as the assurance of an educational “product” to assessment as learning. Many instructors may intend to assess…