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Georgetown University’s Trek to Turn Refugees into Students

WCET Frontiers

Today WCET Frontiers welcomes Kelly Otter, Dean of the School of Continuing Studies at Georgetown University, to discuss the University’s program to assist refugees in the Middle East. This outstanding work will have an incredible impact for refugee students, and future work will impact the lives of students around the globe.

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Oberlin's board seeks to limit faculty power

Inside Higher Ed

Jeff Witmer, professor of math, said that what the board appears to want “will change the ethos of Oberlin—a place where historically the faculty have made progressive decisions and where the dean has been viewed as first among equals. Yet the faculty didn’t lead Oberlin’s response to the incident.

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Acting in the Best Interest of the Institution

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

Hard Times in Higher Education We sometimes ask our guests about the hardest leadership challenge of their career and President Welch related this painful story: “In 2019, I got a call from the governor's office that Henderson State was facing serious financial challenges, and could the system step in an informal role?