Archive for December 2024

My short request to you or anyone you care about is as follows: If you are thinking about enrolling in the University of Arizona Global Campus — don’t! I’m speaking with you as a professor at the UA who has seen this disaster unfold, and I cannot be quiet any longer. I care too deeply about students who are potentially wasting thousands of dollars on an education that does not live up to its promise.

“There are many questions including how cannabis can impact someone’s mental health positively or negatively. And social workers want to be prepared,” says Joan Pittman, PhD, MSW, LCSW-C, clinical professor and director of the MSW Program at the Universities at Shady Grove.

But it’s not AI that has a lot of professors worried. It’s what lies behind that willingness to cheat. While the reasons vary by student and situation, certain explanations surface frequently. Students are working long hours while taking full course loads. They doubt their ability to perform well. They arrive at college with weak reading and study skills. They don’t value the assignments they’re given. They feel like the only way they can succeed is to be perfect. They believe they will not be punished — or not punished harshly — if caught. And many, it seems, don’t feel particularly guilty about it.

The report, prepared by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, exposes a litany of complaints from social workers who say they are struggling with excessive caseloads, chronic understaffing, low wages and insufficient training.

The Swedish Board of Health and Welfare reports that in 2022 10.5% of boys and 6% of girls received an ADHD diagnosis, which is 50% more than in 2019. And the board forecast that the rates will eventually plateau at 15% for boys and 11% for girls.

The government says the harsher sentencing rules are in response to “community outrage over crimes being perpetrated by young offenders” and will act as a deterrent. But many experts have pointed to research showing that tougher penalties do not reduce youth offending, and can in fact exacerbate it. The United Nations has also criticised the reforms, arguing they disregard conventions on the human rights of children and violate international law.

A Glasgow learning disability worker has been hit with a warning after getting into a physical and verbal fight with a colleague outside a client’s home.