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Auburn professor awarded $646k in damages in speech case

Inside Higher Ed

The jury did not agree with Stern’s similar claims against two former provosts, however. In retaliation for Stern’s internal and external activism, Auburn in 2009 suddenly moved the department of economics out of the College of Business and into the College of Liberal Arts, the lawsuit said.

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Fine arts, communications degrees qualify as STEM for immigrants

Inside Higher Ed

degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics to extend their stays in the United States. Others, such as human-centered technology design and data visualization, live in the intersection of science and the arts. Department of Homeland Security expanded opportunities for international students who have earned U.S.

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New graduate program at Gustavus Adolphus College

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But a combination of competitive pressures, demographic patterns and accreditation requirements in one of its most job skill–focused undergraduate fields has led the private liberal arts institution to create its first-ever master’s degree—and to consider adding others. percent from the previous year and about 18.4

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Representation Matters

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When Dr. Adele Newson-Horst was developing a grant proposal, she quoted a 2015 article published in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education that noted HBCU institutions had been slow to introduce gender-related programs. Hollis, then dean of the College of Liberal Arts. Nobody is going to tell our story and keep it from erasure but us.”

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Small Liberal Arts Colleges: Punching Above Their Weight

Helix Education

percent between 2015 and 2019.” percent between 2015 and 2019.” A case study for small liberal arts colleges This really hit home for me earlier this year when I was invited to represent the university that I work for at the inauguration of a new president at my alma mater, West Virginia Wesleyan College.

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Lifting As They Climb

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At the time, Tate was the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in Arts and Sciences and Chair of the Department of Education at Washington University in St. The American Educational Research Association (AERA) was no exception. Linda Darling-Hammond, to the post in 1995-1996. Banks to serve as president. Dr. Carol D.

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President moves: Resignations and early retirements reigned in July

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said Raymundo Arroyave, professor of Materials Science and Engineering, in a special Faculty Senate meeting. “I However, three institutional leaders managed to escape national headlines and step down prematurely under either peculiar or contentious circumstances. We don’t exhibit a very good image of competence to the outside world.