Morning Docket: 05.29.24

* Trump case heads to jury. Not the best case… Aileen Cannon has that on ice. Not the January 6 case… the Supreme Court has slammed the brakes on that. Not the one with the extensive criminal conspiracy to steal votes… the DA screwed her underling. But the 2016 hush money one. [CNN] * Jenna…

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The agent supply chain is broken

This post was written by John Connolly, who has led international recruitment and conversion teams at universities in the UK and Australia for more than a decade. His software company, feezy.io, enables digital agreement of commission for sourcing students to the programs universities need to fill.  A dynamic which incentivises agents to attempt to service…

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Intercultural dialogue the ‘antidote’ to polarisation

“The moment we’re in requires that we widen our lens, [and] open our eyes and hearts to the human suffering around us,” said Aw in her opening address. “Among the crises surrounding this are conflicts and wars resulting in lives lost, dreams deferred, displacement and trauma,” Aw continued. “Climate disasters have engulfed many places around…

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Revitalizing University Missions with Community-Engaged HyField Teaching – Faculty Focus

In the past year’s news cycle, we have seen university presidents arraigned before Congress and levels of student activism unseen in decades. Whether spun positively or negatively in media coverage, unfortunately such events are now the only types of public engagement some individuals and communities associate with universities. At a time when universities are under…

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