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President moves: Administrators prove popular picks as next leader on the job

University Business

Hired Devin Stephenson – Florida Polytechnic University Devin Stephenson has been selected to become Florida Polytechnic University’s next president, the second in the institution’s 12-year history. His contract is still pending approval from the state’s higher education system.

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College presidents move to cultural institutions (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

With the recent announcement that Sean Decatur would assume the presidency of the American Museum of Natural History in New York after nearly a decade at the helm of Kenyon College, at least five major American cultural institutions will be headed by former presidents of small liberal arts colleges. Why is that?

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Bringing Greater Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Two years in, Canton is preparing a proposal that outlines the reasons for making African American studies a department, and the benefit it would bring to the university, to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in which it is situated, and to the community. The college’s dean, Dr. David E. Two new hires are expected this year.

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Lest We Forget

Susquehanna President's Blog

Some of these overreaches have been in response to faculty serving as expert witness in court cases in which their testimony was unfavorable to the state’s position; some are battles over ideology; some are acts of political theatre; and some are attempts to whitewash history. In her opinion in the 2003 landmark decision in Grutter v.

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How much homework (and stress) is helpful? (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

A review of that history can help us reassess that relationship. It’s clear that the pandemic and remote learning have taken a serious educational toll. In higher education, many faculty report a decline in student focus and study skills, as well as patterns of poor attendance, late assignments and low grades.

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A Deeper Study of Higher Education Leadership

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

I've dedicated my life to helping more and more diverse students be more successful in the world of higher education so that they have more opportunities in their lives. Because we're a military-affiliated institution, we love The Wisdom of the Bullfrog , which is a neat book by William McRaven.