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Claudine Gay Resigns as Harvard President

Insight Into Diversity

Harvard University President Claudine Gay has resigned amid allegations of plagiarism and controversy surrounding her recent congressional testimony on campus policies related to student conduct and antisemitism. The congressional hearing also led to the resignation of Elizabeth Magill, president of the University of Pennsylvania.

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5 Reasons Why University Leadership Roles Should Be Open to Those Without a Ph.D.

Inside Higher Ed

" The (mostly) accepted consensus within academia is that a terminal degree is almost always table stakes for most academic leadership roles. Only a fellow PhD holder will "get" the existential value of institutional shared governance, faculty autonomy, and academic freedom.

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‘House of the Dragon’ Is Obviously a Thinly Veiled Exploration of Academic Politics

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Learning Innovation The best recent show about academia over the past few years is not The Chair , although it was pretty good. The show you want to watch if you want to understand how a university actually works is HBO’s thinly veiled academic drama, House of the Dragon.

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How universities have entered the dialogue on the Hamas-Israel conflict

University Business

When students took to X, formerly Twitter, to criticize UCLA on behalf of professors who advocated for their participation at a pro-Palestine teach-in on the recent Hamas-Israel conflict , the university quickly responded to cut down anyone’s belief that it intentionally endorses such an event.

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Free speech principles aren't just for students (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

But I do believe that at a university that has emerged as a leading voice for free inquiry in higher education, faculty members and other powerful members of the university community should be responsible for advancing free and open debate by exposing our own viewpoints to opposing arguments, especially within the university community.

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Indian & US universities seek closer ties in AI and tech

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We met with government officials, and faculty members at IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, IIT Hyderabad, the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and a few other IIT directors to discuss STEM,” Kumar continued. of its GDP on R&D, AAU’s involvement could provide a major boost to research in Indian academia.

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Ohio State president stays quiet on resignation

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Another Big Ten president is on the way out. Ohio State University president Kristina Johnson announced Monday that she is resigning at the end of the academic year. Michigan State University president Dr. Samuel Stanley Jr. Mark Schlissel, in January after learning he had an affair with a subordinate.