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

University Business

Outside academia, Scholz served the U.S. Other notable mentions: Dr. Stuart Rayfield, Columbus State University Dr. Cheryl McConnell, Saint Joseph’s University, the school’s first female president. she helped broaden the school’s admission of diverse students, specifically those of first-generation standing.

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Support for Educators Is All Around

Today's Learner

Reading Time: 5 minutes Diantha Ellis is a p rofessor of Business in the Stafford School of Business at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College If there is one good thing that came from COVID-19, academics learned how resilient we truly are. As the virus swept around the world, faculty were reminded to band together in support of our students.

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Why supply chain insights are key for liberal arts programs

University Business

Many political science majors do become policymakers—and the degree is a well-trodden stepping stone to law school. Besides, the humanities cloak an intensely practical side beyond the analytical and communication skills they grow: Shakespeare teaches us statecraft, after all. Perhaps that’s part of why the number of U.S.

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Universities on Fire

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The second half of this interview in particular provides some really interesting insight into issues of what enablers are required for academia to really turn the corner on CO 2 emissions. Not just climate science, but how humans respond to it and how we think about it. You can listen to the podcast here or read the transcript below.

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Stanford academic freedom event proceeds amid controversy

Inside Higher Ed

” At the same time, he said, “untenured faculty figured out they should not be seen here. He said, “I am growing tired of standing on principle while watching academia get sacked by latter-day Visigoths,” and, “This is war and our job is to vanquish them.”

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Defending Central European University and Academic Freedom: Elements of an Initial Response

GlobalHigherEd

Editor’s note : this guest entry, also posted on Inside Higher Ed , has been kindly developed by Sejal Parmar , Assistant Professor at the Department of Legal Studies and a core faculty member of the Center for Media, Data and Society at the School of Public Policy at the Central European University (CEU) in Budapest.

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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

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Drumm McNaughton McNaughton and Reichman cover the processes and conclusions of the AAUP report, emphasizing the detrimental effects on academic governance, academic freedom, and the well-being of faculty and students. Notable among these are faculty departures and a discernible decline in academic standards.