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The Art and Science of Higher Ed Leadership

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

Embracing Leadership Opportunities From department chair to interim chancellor, President Stokes served in leadership positions at three institutions before joining UNM. Florida State had a lot going on at that time. I think that's what they were looking for when they named me as interim president. I hadn't thought about it.’

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President moves: Recent resignations show 3 reasons why a leader steps down

University Business

Prior to that, he served as the president of Wilmington College (Ohio) and the founding associate dean of health sciences at Heidelberg University. Ward, president since 2019, will retire at the end of June 2025, the conclusion of Luther’s 2023-25 strategic plan. William Pieczynski – Nichols College (Mass.)

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Manhattanville cuts tenured faculty, freezes programs

Inside Higher Ed

Manhattanville hasn’t publicly announced which programs are frozen, but faculty sources say they are art history, world religions, philosophy, film studies, music, music education, French, Spanish and chemistry. Following his and others’ departures, he said, just one full-time professor will remain in his department.

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Higher ed policies drive layoffs and cuts in the UK, Australia and Canada

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Cuts of the scale being threatened at universities including Goldsmiths, Lincoln and Sheffield Hallam will devastate local economies and cause long-term harm to key British industries like the creative arts.

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Move beyond student-deficiency mentality in math (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

When the instructors of business or science courses cannot (or would rather not) deal with the students who do not know certain basic math, they send the students to a developmental math class and make it a prerequisite. This applies not only to math departments but to all the other disciplines that use math as a prerequisite.

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Colleges deploy new strategies to revive English programs

Inside Higher Ed

“We’re not just marching through the archives,” said Blackwood, who chairs the English department at Pace. percent from 2012 to 2018, according to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Humanities Indicators. The number of bachelor’s degrees awarded in the humanities over all fell 14.1

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Assessing online courses—OSCQR rubric

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The College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences at the University of Colorado–Colorado Springs has seen a rapid increase in online courses offered over the past four years. The College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences at the University of Colorado–Colorado Springs has seen a rapid increase in online courses offered over the past four years.