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

Inside Higher Ed

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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Why these leaders want to secure the liberal arts in a digital world

University Business

These developments have thrust some higher education leaders to defend the place the humanities hold in the halls of our most prestigious institutions. Georgia Tech has been at the forefront of melding often siloed disciplines of the humanities, arts and social sciences with STEM.

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Roanoke College to Launch Cannabis Studies Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The science track will teach students about the biology, botany, and chemistry of cannabis, while the social justice and policy track will dive into matters of relating to the history and governmental regulations. News & World Report, recreational marijuana is legal in 24 states , along with Washington, D.C.

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Reflections on Fitzgerald and the Qatar World Cup (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

They were both American-focused courses, one on the history of American education and the other on the history of American public policy. Like my courses in the United States, I engaged my Qatari students in a critical history of the United States, one that centered the history of race. But they never came.

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Lafayette dept. heads, program chairs raise governance concerns

Inside Higher Ed

” 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. The fourth, Eric Ziolkowski, the religious studies department head, said he had no comment.

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These leaders’ commitment to DEI got them the nod for president

University Business

As Dean of the Faculty, she reviewed their recruitment, appointment and promotion; additionally, she oversaw the budget, personnel and graduate programs across multiple academic departments. Jenkins is set to become Bates College’s first Black president in its 168-year history. Rosenbury, Barnard College (New York, N.Y.)

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Conveying Fragility

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean. January 6, 2021 was the most jarring, though. The Whiggish interpretation of American history was easy enough: over time, the range of people included in public life grew. The fad for declaring the “end of history” in 1989 came from that story. (I’ve

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