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Number of Ph.D.s conferred dropped 5.4% in 2021

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percent between 2020 and 2021, the steepest decline ever for the NSF’s annual census of new Ph.D.s. In numbers, 52,250 research doctorates were awarded across fields in 2021. The survey period for the forthcoming report ran from July 2020 to June 2021, a full year of the pandemic. production in 2021 to COVID-19.

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U of Houston removes social justice–focused dean of social work

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Image: The University of Houston suddenly removed its dean of social work last month. The former dean, Alan Dettlaff—who is returning to the social work faculty, for now—says his views on racial justice got him fired. Magazine treatment: Trending: Trending text: Why Was a Dean Pushed Out? Abolition and Social Work.

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Lafayette dept. heads, program chairs raise governance concerns

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” The second point said that “Dean positions are created and filled before dean positions are defined[;] input is requested only after key decisions are made.” ” But the letter does discuss the dean situation. ” “I am one of many pretenure faculty who are leaving the college,” Bell said.

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Auburn professor awarded $646k in damages in speech case

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An Alabama jury awarded Michael Stern $645,837 in damages, finding after a two-week trial that Stern’s former dean illegally punished him for speaking out. Around this time, Stern’s new dean allegedly opposed his tenure bid, as did the provost, contradicting the positive recommendation of his department.

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HEED Schools Prioritize Recruitment and Retention of Diverse Employees

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In 2021, approximately 1.5 The Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine hired an associate dean for faculty affairs to work with junior faculty to ensure they meet important milestones toward promotion. This article was published in our November/December 2023 issue. million individuals in the U.S.

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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.

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Donations to higher ed had biggest boost in 20 years

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In fiscal 2021, giving rose 7 percent , and the previous year it declined slightly , by less than 1 percent. Ann Kaplan, senior director of the VSE survey at CASE, said most of the giving occurred at the end of 2021—still part of the 2022 fiscal year—when the stock market was bullish after a long pandemic slump.