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ICYMI | Views pieces from this weeK: 📘 Blue Books Are Not the Answer to AI 🎓 The Missed Opportunity for Graduate Student Leadership 🌾 Workforce Pell Can’t Leave Rural Communities Behind Read thee opinion pieces and more. ➡️ bit.ly/47rKtBC

ICYMI | Here are some headlines from this week: 🚧 Kent Warns Accreditors Over DEI 🙅 Writing Faculty Push for the Right to Refuse AI 🌍 Students at Qatar Satellite Campuses Briefly Evacuated From Housing Read the full weekly news update. ➡️ bit.ly/4uD6QOF

Marshall Backtracks on Plan to Cut Women’s Swimming and Diving bit.ly/4sRiQKu

Florida Passes Bill to Promote AP Class Alternative bit.ly/3Ntm9bV

Opinion | The Scourge of Avoidant Leadership in Higher Education If leaders refuse to confront threats directly and act with courage and conviction, institutions risk irrelevance or collapse. bit.ly/4lMQ9MG

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🦉 Monday on #WeeklyWisdom 🦉 @CUDenver Chancellor Kenneth Christensen joins @bburnsedu and @sarakcuster (@InsideHigherEd) to discuss clarity, collaboration, and student-centered leadership. Thanks to: @hey_mainstay & @CarnegieCorp

Opinion | Why It’s Good News That Student Loans Are Moving From Education to Treasury Shifting responsibility for student loans to the @USTreasury makes sense for students and taxpayers, while making it easier to shut down the @usedgov. By Andrew Gillen bit.ly/40NcArh

For AI Help, More College Students Ask Social Media First bit.ly/4szbiMA

Student Success | How One College Helps Students Navigate Civil Discourse Kalamazoo College’s senior seminar teaches students to approach disagreement around political views without shutting down dialogue. bit.ly/3PnQ45N

‘Unusually Steep’ Decline in U.S. University Autonomy, Index Shows Drop in institutional autonomy of 50 percent since 2015 means country is now only rated as “moderate” by experts. Read the latest from @timeshighered ➡️ bit.ly/4rILgp6

ICYMI | With roughly nine million student borrowers in default, the Treasury Department will “assume operational responsibility for collecting” on those loans, the Education Department announced Thursday. bit.ly/47Xxw2B

Who Would Be the Women’s March Madness Champion—Based on Brains? Inside Higher Ed has created men’s and women’s March Madness brackets using the teams’ academic scores since 2006. This year’s winner is… bit.ly/3PxD3GN

Colleges Back Away From César Chávez Multiple colleges removed the labor activist’s name from programs and awards and covered up statues, art and plaques honoring him following allegations of sexual abuse. bit.ly/4uMmLdA

Career Advice | Boards: Make ‘Advocacy’ Your Word of the Year Board members have an important role to play in rebuilding public trust in higher ed. bit.ly/478UovR

Faculty Outraged After Boston University Removes Pride Flags From Windows bit.ly/4uyLtxH

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ED Transfers Defaulted Student Loan Collection Responsibilities to Treasury The Education Department says its latest move to distribute its duties to other federal agencies will include Treasury taking on much more student financial aid oversight in ... bit.ly/4uGNism

Group Formed to Recommend Changes to Battered NCES bit.ly/3Pt0q4j

Opinion | When Two Become One The once-verboten idea of mergers and strategic partnerships is shedding its stigma in some corners of higher ed. bit.ly/4dgLdxp