Survey: Use of open educational resources increases during the pandemic
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Initiatives to raise awareness of open educational resources are working — with more faculty choosing OER over traditional textbooks, survey finds. Advocates say pandemic and recession are also driving interest.
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DIVERSE ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION — A new National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) report calls on colleges and universities to examine and revise their standardized testing policies so that “regardless of location and circumstance, such tests foster equity and access for their applicants.”
Read More about Report: Colleges should revise standardized testing policies to ensure equity and access for applicantsOpinion: Colleges should ensure students have information on voting
INSIDE HIGHER ED — While colleges must avoid partisanship, they should do everything they can to ensure that students get all the information they need to participate in the upcoming election, writes Gary Orfield.
Read More about Opinion: Colleges should ensure students have information on votingUSC Gould Law partners with five law schools on online series for prospective students
USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — The deans at six law schools across the nation have forged a unique partnership to launch an innovative digital discussion series which uses a virtual platform to engage prospective students and encourage a robust conversation about legal education.
Read More about USC Gould Law partners with five law schools on online series for prospective studentsMore colleges cut tuition rates amid pandemic
INSIDE HIGHER ED — In surveys, polling data and lawsuits, the message from students is clear: we expect to pay less for online instruction.
Read More about More colleges cut tuition rates amid pandemicPandemic may allow large private donors to expand influence over colleges and universities
USA TODAY — Long before the coronavirus hit the United States, cash-strapped public higher education systems looked to private donors to offset the steady decline in public funding, sometimes with significant secrecy and strings attached.
Read More about Pandemic may allow large private donors to expand influence over colleges and universitiesConcordia Law students ask Idaho and Oregon attorneys general to enforce school’s teach-out plan
IDAHO STATESMAN — Jenny Hoppie breathed a sigh of relief in February when Concordia University School of Law announced that oversight of the Boise school would transfer from the parent Lutheran university in Portland to another Lutheran university in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Read More about Concordia Law students ask Idaho and Oregon attorneys general to enforce school’s teach-out planDeadline for colleges to meet new Title IX guidelines passes
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The regulations for responding to campus sexual misconduct complaints go into effect today. Some colleges are implementing them along with their own guidelines to protect sexual assault victims.
Read More about Deadline for colleges to meet new Title IX guidelines passesSurvey: Use of open educational resources increases during the pandemic
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Initiatives to raise awareness of open educational resources are working — with more faculty choosing OER over traditional textbooks, survey finds. Advocates say pandemic and recession are also driving interest.
Read More about Survey: Use of open educational resources increases during the pandemicJustice Department threatens lawsuit over Yale University admission policies
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The Justice Department told Yale University Thursday that it had to change its admissions policies to no longer consider race and ethnicity because of violations of Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. It said that the university is discriminating against Asian American and white applicants.
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