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Friday, March 15, 2024

On Our Education "Virtual 66" This Week: Thoughts On Education & A Window Into Our World

We present the following for consideration:

THE REVIEW | ESSAY

By Steven Brint

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The sector isn’t prepared to defend itself.


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THE REVIEW | OPINION

By Domingo Docampo

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Predatory journals and bad-faith scholars are gaming the system — at scale.

PROFITABLE WAGER

By Nell Gluckman

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As the state becomes the latest to legalize online gambling, it’s earmarking a chunk of the profits for athletic departments. “I’m excited, no matter how much it is,” one administrator said.

LATITUDES

By Karin Fischer

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A Fulbright chapter and a special training program both seek to expand international opportunities at two-year institutions.

ADMISSIONS

This week the students will begin taking the SAT on their own or school-provided computers. The admissions test, which will still be administered in high schools and test centers, is also an hour shorter and offers digital tools, including a highlighter, a calculator, and a bookmark to return to skipped questions. The changes aim to make cheating harder and grading easier. (NPR)

FACULTY

The California State University campus was about to fire a biology professor, David Stachura, for dishonesty, sexual harassment, and retaliation when it agreed to withdraw the charges last month in exchange for his resignation in a deal that bars him from working again in the Cal State system, according to documents obtained by EdSource, which has made a series of revelations about the case.

CAMPUS CUTS

The provost said a review had suggested dropping 13 undergraduate majors, minors, and certificates, and terminating nine faculty members. The proposed cuts, intended to help close a $14.3-million deficit, face votes by the Faculty Senate and the Board of Trustees. (Iowa Capital Dispatch)

ELECTION 2024

Wyatt Gable, a 21-year-old undergraduate at East Carolina University, narrowly defeated Rep. George Cleveland, 84, who has served in the state’s House for nearly 20 years. Gable, who is president of his campus’s Turning Point USA chapter, will face Carmen Spicer, the Democratic nominee, in November’s general election. (Newsweek)

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