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House bill pushes more transparency for student borrowers

Rep. Donna Shalala, a Florida Democrat and former university president, has spent much of her first year in Congress seeking tougher federal standards on for-profit colleges, an issue that has divided members of Congress along...
Report finds student loans make up growing share of severely delinquent debt

The New York Fed this week presented an unsettling picture of how student loans stack up to other household debt. Defaulted student loans have surpassed all other types of household debt classified as "severely derogatory," including...
Legal questions raised over links to Sci-Hub

There is little dispute that Sci-Hub, the website that provides free access to millions of proprietary academic papers, is illegal. Yet, despite being successfully sued twice by major American academic publishers for massive copyright infringement,...
Students and university-educated young people play central role in Hong Kong protests

Young, university-educated people are at the center of the unfolding struggle in Hong Kong, where protesters temporarily shut the airport earlier this week in the latest development in a summer of protests set off by...
Former Hofstra tennis coach accused of sexual harassment can sue, appeals court finds

A former Hofstra University tennis coach who was fired after being accused of sexually harassing a team athlete will be allowed to sue the university, a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday. The coach had alleged,...
Dutch academics fear language rule would hinder foreign recruitment

Universities in the Netherlands fear the government may force international students to do part of their degrees in Dutch, potentially decimating recruitment from outside the country. Several sources have told Times Higher Education that this is...

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10 May

TILT Tip: Ways to Improve Reading Assignment Completion

Around 70% of college students come to class having not competed the reading assignment for the day. How can you improve this statistic in your classroom? Here are a few ideas from Pedagogy Unbound: https://t.co/ZIcp9UuocT

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9 May

TILT Tip: Are your tried-and-true teaching strategies working as well as they always have? Or do you find yourself needing to rejuvenate your classroom activities with fresh ideas? Here are six to spark your creativity: https://t.co/iUvvu1iwXD

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8 May

TILT Tip: Making online courses accessible to all learners has been a challenge for many online instructors. Our instructional designers have collaborated with faculty members and used SoftChalk to create accessible online modules. https://t.co/3kq6AlVamu

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