Just over 1 in 10 faculty say their college has set classroom ChatGPT guidance, survey finds
[ad_1] Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Only about 14% of faculty members say their colleges’ administration has set guidelines for how professors and students should use ChatGPT in the classroom, according to a new survey published by analysis firm Primary […]
Walking the free speech tightrope: how to balance competing voices with campus safety
[ad_1] Listen to the article 6 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Gary S. May is the chancellor of the University of California, Davis. Note: The following op-ed was written prior to Tuesday’s protests against a student-organized far-right speaker event on the UC Davis campus. In today’s highly […]
Top-ranked law schools produce more fossil fuel industry lawyers, report says
[ad_1] Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Top-ranked law schools produce fossil fuel attorneys at more than three times the rate of the average U.S. law school, according to a new report. The findings from advocacy group Law Students for Climate […]
How colleges can keep donors happy and protect themselves from scandal
[ad_1] Listen to the article 6 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. For a lucky slice of universities, donations are the grease helping the wheels of the institution to turn. And lately, donations to American higher ed are up — rising about 12.5% from 2021 to 2022, to […]
Chamber of Commerce lands grant to bolster work-based learning, skill credentialing
[ad_1] Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation received a $1.5 million grant to create more training opportunities for high school students, postsecondary learners and incumbent workers, according to a March 6 announcement. The grant will fund a […]
Education Department will use ‘secret shoppers’ to monitor colleges
[ad_1] Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Education said Tuesday it will use secret shoppers to monitor whether colleges are misrepresenting themselves in areas like graduation rates and job placements. Shoppers will be one tool to “evaluate […]
Shuttered for-profit college firm to pay $28M settlement over closures
[ad_1] Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: A shuttered for-profit college corporation will pay $28 million to settle allegations it left students in the lurch following its sudden closure. A lawsuit against the Education Corporation of America and its subsidiaries claimed […]
Income-driven repayment regulatory proposal would cost at least $230B, Congressional Budget Office says
[ad_1] Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Education’s planned regulatory changes to student loan repayment plans that are income based will cost the federal government at least $230 billion over the next decade, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has newly estimated. The proposed rule for income-driven repayment, or IDR, would allow borrowers enrolled in these […]
A tale of 3 graduate student unions
[ad_1] Graduate student unions nationwide have been in the spotlight in recent months as some voted to strike, buoyed by a recently successful movement at the University of California system. The UC system’s graduate student and teaching assistant strike, which ended in late December, drew attention for being the largest ever in American higher education. […]
Merger Watch: Mergers in higher education are about the students
[ad_1] Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Ricardo Azziz has held numerous executive positions in higher education and led the merger that resulted in Georgia Regents University, now Augusta University. He is principal at Strategic Partnerships in Higher Education Consulting Group. He writes […]