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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

🆕🎧 In this episode of The Key Podcast, Sara Custer is joined by Sonya Christian, chancellor of @CalCommColleges, to discuss the governor’s proposed $15B investment, her team’s efforts to create a credit for prior learning, and more. Listen now ➡️ bit.ly/47VN6vD

@insidehighered: AI, Universities and ‘The Haves and Have-Yachts’ - What thinking about the ultrarich can teach us about higher ed in the AI era @eosnos insidehighered.com/opinion/column…

Opinion | Blue Books Are Not the Answer to AI Computer-based testing is a far better alternative. By Armando Fox and Craig Zilles bit.ly/41d88SL

Student Success | @CUNY Grads Face Shortage of Entry-Level Jobs in NYC A new Center for an Urban Future report finds that despite rising CUNY graduation rates, students face a tough job market and need stronger employer partnerships. bit.ly/4s024bv

Who Would Be the Men’s March Madness Champion—Based on Brains? Continuing a long-standing Inside Higher Ed tradition, we used NCAA data to determine which team would win if academic success, not athletic skill, was being judged. bit.ly/4bA1GtV

Historically Black Land-Grant Universities Celebrate @USDA Agreement as ‘Big Win’ College leaders hope to secure more funding and opportunities for their students as they ramp up collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. bit.ly/4lHrXv1

ED Plans to Ease Merger Pathways As more colleges look for financial lifelines, experts say the current rules are a barrier to mergers and bog down an already cumbersome process. bit.ly/4dwDECB

Are College Republicans OK? As the Republican Party has moved further right, so have its acolytes on college campuses. But a recent spate of bigoted remarks and gestures from conservative students illuminates infighting over the party’s values and future. bit.ly/4uL53XR

Career Advice Reminder | So You Want to Be a Disrupter Jeffrey Herbst offers advice for how college leaders can prepare themselves for bruising battles over controversial changes in institutional direction. bit.ly/4uEew30

Labor Soliciting Applications for TRIO Grant on ED’s Behalf bit.ly/4stXUt6

Higher Learning Commission Endorses First Microcredential Providers bit.ly/4rAzltz

Florida Legislature OKs Conditional Campus Carry Law bit.ly/4uHOImO

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Opinion | A College Where Career Readiness Is Unavoidable “If we taught musicians the way we teach engineers, we would make them take 12 years of music theory before we ever let them touch a piano.” bit.ly/4uAZhb1

Opinion | The Missed Opportunity for Graduate Student Leadership Graduate students face different challenges when it comes to participating in university leadership positions—positions that, all too often, they view as largely performative. bit.ly/4sSKXci