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Republicans considering forcing House vote on “intellectual diversity” bill to overhaul higher ed
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOUB) — Some Republicans in the Ohio House are working behind the scenes, trying to see if there’s enough support to force a floor vote on a controversial… Read More
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Ohio’s legislative leaders weigh in on guidance to scrub race-based criteria from scholarships
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Attorney General Dave Yost told Ohio public university leaders in January he sees race as unconstitutional criteria for scholarship awards, nearly eight months after the U.S. Supreme… Read More
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U.S. students are clashing over the Israel-Hamas war. What can colleges do?
By: Rachel Treisman | Elissa Nadworny | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The violence in Israel and Gaza has heightened tensions on college campuses across the U.S., as students, staff, and administrators grapple with how to respond. Pro-Israel… Read More
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Affirmative action divided Asian Americans and other people of color. Here’s how
By: Sandhya Dirks | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — In 2015 Edward Blum, the conservative activist behind the push to end affirmative action, stood in front of a group of a dozen or so mostly… Read More
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Universities, a prime target for cyber attacks, are seeing some relief because of the war in Ukraine
By: Conner Woodruff
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Universities are one of the most attractive targets for cyber attacks because of the wealth of digital information they store. Though there has been a dramatic… Read More
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Educators worry about students using artificial intelligence to cheat
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — Earlier this month, New York City public schools blocked access to the popular artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT. Educators are concerned that students could use this technology… Read More
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The college enrollment drop is finally letting up. That’s the good news
By: Elissa Nadworny | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Undergraduate college enrollment is continuing its years-long decline, though at a much less drastic rate than during the pandemic. According to preliminary data released Thursday, U.S…. Read More