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Auburn professor awarded $646k in damages in speech case

Inside Higher Ed

An Alabama jury awarded Michael Stern $645,837 in damages, finding after a two-week trial that Stern’s former dean illegally punished him for speaking out. He said he looks “forward to working with Auburn University, charting a new and positive path toward achieving our educational mission.”

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Why Do Universities Lie About Program Information?

Higher Ed Ethics Watch

I have previously blogged about doctored program information submitted by four prominent universitiesā€”Rutgers University, Temple University, Claremont McKenna College, and Iona College. News & World Report. News & World Report. News & World Report. Examining the Ethical Issues.

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President mulls firing complainers after end to Faculty Senate

Inside Higher Ed

An AAUP advisory letter issued last week also said the “Campus Maverick” blog written by Robin Capehart, Bluefield State’s president, “would appear to be unhelpful in repairing the relationship between the administration and the faculty. The university didn’t respond to requests for comment Tuesday.

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Free speech concerns prompt calls to shun Yale Law grads

Inside Higher Ed

Judge James Ho, a Trump administration appointee to the U.S. ” Now other judges are slowly signing on to Ho’s boycott, an effort that has landed at the same time Yale Law announced new student disciplinary policies and efforts to protect free speech. Unpacking the Controversy. But I want nothing to do with it.”

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Higher Ed Lessons in Interim Leadership

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

He spoke with us on the Weekly Wisdom Podcast about his leadership style, expectations he's faced, lessons he's learning from the experience, and how future administrators might best prepare for this kind of leadership. I always set the ground rules with my teams that what happens in the meeting stays in the meeting.

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A Thousand Flowers Blooming

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

Since he began his distinguished academic career after transitioning from the private sector, we were eager to hear his wisdom about how it affected his approach to academic leadership, the guidance and opportunities that he's offering his students, and the perceptions and expectations around a job well done. Weā€™re scholars," he reminded us.

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The Transformational Power of Higher Education

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

She spoke about how she went from avoiding to embracing administrative leadership, the pandemic's lessons about collaboration and community, and her view of what it will take to reenergize higher ed. I prefer to talk about leadership rather than administration, because administration connotes bureaucracy.