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William & Mary professors cry secrecy on data school, more

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Take the college’s recent announcement that it’s exploring opening a computing and data science school. Some professors describe this as an end run around the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, which voted in early 2021 not to approve department status for William & Mary’s then year-old data science program.

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Growth in assistant professorships is uneven (opinion)

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Over all, we found that the number of assistant professors increased in 101 of 154 academic disciplines between 2011 and 2021. In STEM areas, health sciences professions and business disciplines, demand for new Ph.D.s percent between 2011 and 2021. is clearly growing. granting universities in the humanities decreased by 16.8

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Auburn professor awarded $646k in damages in speech case

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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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Utica proposing to cut a dozen programs, faculty ask why

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A member of the provost-appointed Academic Program Review Taskforce, which created the report, said the members expected the report was going to become public. As of fall 2021, the university had about 2,990 undergraduates and 1,260 graduate students. Image: Utica University’s president on Jan. She said 4.4

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Fine arts, communications degrees qualify as STEM for immigrants

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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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Lafayette dept. heads, program chairs raise governance concerns

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Image: Twenty-three Lafayette College department heads and program chairs say there are serious issues with governance at the college, according to “points of concern” four of them shared with the president and provost. “Trust and institutional culture are broken,” the first of the five points said.

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Nine insights from an integration process (opinion)

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In March 2021, the chair of the Board of Trustees of Becker College announced that the institution would close its doors due to financial difficulties accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The proposed substantive change was approved by Clark’s accreditor, the New England Commission of Higher Education, in April 2021.