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China fails in effort to get top expatriates to return

Inside Higher Ed

They were also more likely to have overseas faculty appointments, with 89 percent of rejectors holding posts versus 14 percent of acceptors. The findings also suggest that, once they returned home, some YTT scientists struggled to “reintegrate into China’s academia,” causing their research output to slow down.

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Wave of Higher Ed Union Strikes Swells Nationwide

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

the highest number in academia in at least 20 years, according to The Guardian. So academia is actually the extreme case of that. higher ed has relied increasingly on contingent appointments, according to Glenn Colby, senior researcher for the American Association of University Professors (AAUP).

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

Building Pathways to Academia — Columbia University in the City of New York. Columbia University launched the Inclusive Faculty Pathways initiative to support students in pursuit of an academic career. Kendi, author of “How to Be an Antiracist.” . Campus-wide Strategic Planning for DEI — Kent State University.

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A Brief History: Black Americans in Higher Education

Today's Learner

John Henrik Clarke (1915-1998) created Pan-African and Africana studies and professional institutions in academia as a historian and professor. Blacks “have experienced greater gains in securing administrative positions than facultyappointments. Mary Frances Berry focuses on U.S.

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A Brief History: Black Americans in Higher Education

Today's Learner

John Henrik Clarke (1915-1998) created Pan-African and Africana studies and professional institutions in academia as a historian and professor. Blacks “have experienced greater gains in securing administrative positions than facultyappointments. Mary Frances Berry focuses on U.S.

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AAUP Report on Political Interference in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 185 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Henry “Hank” Reichman

The Change Leader, Inc.

These legislative actions have been perceived as direct attacks on academic freedom, faculty rights, and the sanctity of tenure. The report highlights instances where educational content, teaching methodologies, and faculty appointments have been influenced by a clear political agenda. I mean that speaks volumes. [00:39:05]