This week in college admissions, a new resource offers guidelines for the use of AI in admissions, Harvard lays off three high-level administrators, Emory elects a new president, and Texas Tech faculty say they have changed course content due to teaching restrictions.
The National Student Legal Defense Network, a consumer protection group, has published a set of guidelines for admissions offices regarding the use of AI in college admissions. The recommendations include being transparent about AI use, training staff thoroughly and continuously, and monitoring for disparate student impact.
Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences is planning to eliminate three high-level administrative positions: the administrative deans of Sciences, Social Sciences, and Arts and Humanities. All three current deans have worked at Harvard for decades. The layoffs are part of a restructuring plan intended to help eliminate the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ $365 million structural deficit.
Emory’s Board of Trustees has elected Christopher Augostini as the university’s new president. He will assume his duties in September. Augostini is currently Emory’s executive vice president and chief operating officer, and was elected president by a unanimous vote of the board.
In a recent survey, about half of Texas Tech faculty members surveyed said they had made changes to their courses because of the university’s new restrictions on instruction related to race, sex, gender, and sexual orientation. More than half of the faculty members who responded to the survey said they were looking for jobs elsewhere as a result of the restrictions.
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