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William & Mary professors cry secrecy on data school, more

Inside Higher Ed

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. William & Mary has long had a liberal arts orientation and strong tradition of shared governance.

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Move beyond student-deficiency mentality in math (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

From 2019 to 2021, Minneapolis Community and Technical College launched three pathways that allow students to complete their college-level math within one year. Math for Liberal Arts is a college-level course designed for non-STEM students to appreciate math. These pathways were received by the college community with enthusiasm.

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After spearheading Sweet Briar’s revival, President Meredith Woo will step down

University Business

Woo, a former University of Virginia dean, took over in 2017 shortly after alumnae, students, faculty and others successfully fought attempts by the board of trustees to shut the college down. Woo also cut tuition by about 30% , which led to an enrollment surge of more than 200 students in 2021-22.

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President moves: February breathes fresh air into these leaders’ careers

University Business

Hamilton College President Steven Tepper (Source: Hamilton College) Hamilton College has found an eclectic new leader in Steven Tepper, the current dean and director of the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University (ASU).

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Roanoke College to Launch Cannabis Studies Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Roanoke College is a small liberal arts school in the middle of a very red part of the state. Despite 2021 legislation allowing adults age 21+ to possess up to 1 ounce of recreational marijuana and grow up to four plants, in Virginia there is no framework for retail sales of cannabis yet, though efforts are being made.

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Presidential moves: Strong appointments and 2 headscratchers

University Business

Rhonda Phillips is an esteemed honors college dean, serving the position for the past decade at Purdue University. Previous to that she served as the associate dean for The Honors College at Arizona State University. She was the school’s first Black female president at the state’s first public HBCU.

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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. ” “I am one of many pretenure faculty who are leaving the college,” Bell said.

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