Court rules that room scans performed by remote text proctoring services are unconstitutional
NPR — The remote-proctored exam that colleges began using widely during the pandemic saw a first big legal test of its own — one that concluded in a ruling applauded by digital privacy advocates. A federal judge this week sided with a student at Cleveland State University in Ohio, who alleged that a room scan taken before…
Read More about Court rules that room scans performed by remote text proctoring services are unconstitutionalOpinion: How to overcome impostor syndrome in higher education
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The dictionary defines impostor syndrome as “the persistent inability to believe that one’s success is deserved or has been legitimately achieved as a result of one’s own effort or skills.” In other words, impostor syndrome is the feeling that you know you are a fraud and eventually other people will figure…
Read More about Opinion: How to overcome impostor syndrome in higher educationGraduate school loans are eligible for forgiveness under new debt relief program
FIRST COAST NEWS — About half of all teachers have student loan debt, according to the National Education Association. A teacher who retired in May reached out to First Coast News for help. Even in retirement, Riva Newton is paying back student loans, but her loans may be eligible for forgiveness.
Read More about Graduate school loans are eligible for forgiveness under new debt relief programLooking at the long-term effects of student loan debt
ABA JOURNAL — Some older Americans who took out relatively modest student loans are finding themselves saddled with ballooning loan balances that can result in garnishment of tax refunds, wages and Social Security payments.
Read More about Looking at the long-term effects of student loan debtStudy finds that gender-diverse research teams produce more impactful scholarship
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Mixed-gender research teams remain significantly underrepresented in science. At the same time, male-female teams are more likely to produce novel and highly cited research than are same-gender teams.
Read More about Study finds that gender-diverse research teams produce more impactful scholarshipAdvice on being a productive scholar
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — Not every academic wants to be as productive as the late G. Michael Pressley. A professor of education and psychology at Michigan State University, Pressley had published more than 350 articles and books by the time he died in 2006. But most scholars — emerging and seasoned alike —…
Read More about Advice on being a productive scholarBlack college student enrollment drop over the past decade concerns experts
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — But from 2010 to 2020, as overall college enrollments fell, the number of Black students on campuses fell even more sharply, to 1.9 million. The pressures affecting students in general — the escalating cost of college and skepticism about a degree’s payoff, for example — have been acute for…
Read More about Black college student enrollment drop over the past decade concerns expertsHow colleges make admissions decisions
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT — The waiting period between submitting a college application and getting the final decision from the university can be an anxious one for high school seniors. The average turnaround time for an admissions decision for schools with rolling admissions is four to six weeks, and the regular decision process takes…
Read More about How colleges make admissions decisionsColleges advise students to protect their medical data following Dobbs v. Jackson
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Even as colleges adapt to the fall of Roe v. Wade, institutions have offered students a range of direct, indirect and sometimes outdated messaging about protecting medical information that could make them vulnerable.
Read More about Colleges advise students to protect their medical data following Dobbs v. JacksonOpinion: Equity is critical to building community among graduate students
INSIDE HIGHER ED — During the coming months, graduate departments will welcome new and returning masters and doctoral students to their campuses with online and in-person orientations and socials. At our institution, student services staff that coordinate such events will reach out to our student affairs team for consultation about strategies that might instill a…
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