September 23, 2023

Times Argus Online: Vermont State University names David Bergh a new interim president

Times Argus Online: Vermont State University names David Bergh a new interim president. “Vermont State University has named a new president. The Vermont State Colleges System board of trustees announced Friday morning that David G. Bergh will lead VTSU as its next interim president. Bergh takes over following the planned departure of current interim president Mike Smith, who is set to resign from the role by Nov. 1.” Bergh takes over after the disastrous tenure of Parwinder Grewal.

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September 17, 2023

McKnights Senior Living: First national directory of university-associated retirement communities launches

McKnights Senior Living: First national directory of university-associated retirement communities launches. “The website provides a comprehensive list of the university retirement communities, or URCs, in the country, with information on the history, services and costs of those communities. Carle said the goal of the site is to provide a one-stop directory and information resource for consumers, a membership resource site for academic institutions and senior living providers, and a certification program.”

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September 12, 2023

VPNs, Verizon, and Instagram Reels: how students are getting around the TikTok ban (The Verge)

The Verge: VPNs, Verizon, and Instagram Reels: how students are getting around the TikTok ban. “Some of the restrictions, such as the one Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signed a few months ago, are far-reaching, stipulating broadly that TikTok may not operate within the state. That law is set to take effect next year. But for most — Texas included — the restrictions extend merely to government entities. Agencies have been tasked with eliminating the use of the platform on state-issued devices (as well as personal devices used for state business) and Wi-Fi networks. Those agencies include state universities.”

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June 27, 2023

Just launched: India’s best colleges now a click away (India Today)

India Today: Just launched: India’s best colleges now a click away. “Tracking over 2,000 colleges across 14 streams, our new website includes six years’ worth of ranking data, comparing colleges on over 100 attributes that have been grouped into five categories: Intake Quality & Governance, Academic Excellence, Infrastructure & Living Experience, Personality & Leadership Development, and Placement & Career Progression.”

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June 21, 2023

OPINION: Inactive groups on social media leaves new students in anguish (The Altestle)

The Alestle: OPINION: Inactive groups on social media leaves new students in anguish. “Moving to a new college can be hard, and many students look forwards to creating community through clubs, but when inactive groups run rampant it can be hard to find a place to fit in Well, that is what is happening right now at SIUE. There are a lot of student groups which are inactive and students who reach out are left in the dark.”

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April 14, 2023

VT Digger: Vermont State University president Parwinder Grewal resigns as system pauses library changes

VT Digger: Vermont State University president Parwinder Grewal resigns as system pauses library changes. “Vermont State University president Parwinder Grewal has resigned after less than a year in the position and less than three months before the university is set to officially launch. Controversial changes to libraries and sports programs will also be paused at the direction of the Vermont State Colleges board of trustees, officials said in a press release Friday.”

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February 17, 2023

CNBC: Promoting FTX was their side hustle. Now these student ambassadors are left to pick up the pieces

CNBC: Promoting FTX was their side hustle. Now these student ambassadors are left to pick up the pieces. “He had been identified as someone who could represent and promote the crypto exchange at his college. [Gabriel] Trompiz promptly applied through the link he was sent and became an FTX campus ambassador shortly afterward. No contracts were signed, and Trompiz says he wasn’t paid. But he was given a task: promoting the company to fellow students to help build its userbase in Europe.”

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February 1, 2023

EdTech Magazine: How Higher Ed Institutions Are Responding to Google Storage Limits

EdTech Magazine: How Higher Ed Institutions Are Responding to Google Storage Limits. “Google, which has long offered some of its services free to universities, is now capping the amount of free cloud storage available to institutions at 100 terabytes across Drive, Gmail, Photos and other apps that are part of the Google Workspace for Education suite. That number may seem high, but it’s insufficient for universities, particularly research universities, that can have tens of thousands of users storing data.”

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January 11, 2023

ProPublica: Does Your Local Museum or University Still Have Native American Remains?

ProPublica: Does Your Local Museum or University Still Have Native American Remains?. “The law, known as the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act or NAGPRA, sought to address this human rights issue by giving Indigenous peoples a way to reclaim their dead. But 33 years after the law’s passage, at least half of the remains of more than 210,000 Native Americans have yet to be returned.”

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January 11, 2023

Utah State University: USU COVID-19 Oral History Digital Collection Now Live

Utah State University: USU COVID-19 Oral History Digital Collection Now Live. “The last time USU faced a pandemic was more than a hundred years ago, in fall 1918. Evidence, especially firsthand accounts, of that period in USU’s history is limited in the archives. The University’s Libraries’ Special Collections & Archives sought to ensure that generations of future historians would be able to understand the institutional effects of COVID-19 on USU by collecting oral histories of USU administrators, faculty, staff and students as they experienced the effects of a global pandemic.”

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January 2, 2023

UCLA: Universities, rich in data, struggle to capture its value, study finds

UCLA: Universities, rich in data, struggle to capture its value, study finds. “Universities are literally awash in data. From administrative data offering information about students, faculty and staff, to research data on professors’ scholarly activities and even telemetric signals — the functional administrative data gathered remotely from wireless networks, security cameras and sensors in the course of daily operations — that data can be an invaluable resource. But a new study by researchers at UCLA and the MIT Press, published Dec. 23 in the journal Science, finds that universities face significant challenges in capturing such data, and that they severely lag the private sector and government entities in using data to solve challenges and inform strategic planning.”

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December 15, 2022

Samford Library News: Our NEW Digital Archive… is LIVE!

Samford Library News: Our NEW Digital Archive… is LIVE!. “Alongside collections containing hundreds of photographs of Alabama churches and religious life, the digital archive also includes the William E. Hull Sermons Collection, which is comprised of over 500 sermons, notes and presentations by Hull, a world-renowned theologian and former provost, university professor and research professor at Samford University.”

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December 8, 2022

Daily Targum: Rutgers School of Public Health stops using Twitter

The Daily Targum: Rutgers School of Public Health stops using Twitter. “The Rutgers School of Public Health announced on Tuesday that the school would no longer post on Twitter amid the spread of hate speech on the platform. The School of Public Health will not delete its Twitter account but will keep it as a digital archive and continue posting to other social media platforms including LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.”

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