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ChatGPT prompting some professors to rethink how they grade students
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Strikes at two Atlantic universities tied to chronic underfunding: unions
Leaders of faculty unions say ongoing strikes at two Atlantic Canadian universities are a sign of growing frustration among instructors and staff, driven by persistent underfunding of public postsecondary education in the region.
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Ottawa urged to issue directive to universities halting joint research with Chinese military scientists
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