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Florida A&M's football woes spotlight lack of resources

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Florida A&M University leadership is facing demands for accountability after 26 football players were declared ineligible for their season opener, which the players blamed on inadequate academic advising in a scathing letter to administrators.

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Treating an infection: How your institution must address sexual violence

University Business

Beyond the victims of sexual assault, these statistics are felt acutely by university administrators charged with preventing and responding to sexual abuse. Sexual abuse in higher education can be viewed as a malady that thrives when conditions support its growth.

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The Once and Future Advisor: Reflections from a Career Shift #CSAM17

The Student Affairs Collective

I didn’t realize those experiences would greatly shape my change in career path from journalist to higher ed practitioner. While I never thought I would serve our community in academic advising, it was one thing mastered when I was a college freshman. ” I started to believe that advising might be the career for me.

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Fraternities cut ties with USC

Inside Higher Ed

John Hechinger, author of True Gentlemen: The Broken Pledge of America’s Fraternities ( Public Affairs, 2017 ), said that, crucially, disaffiliated fraternities also lose out on access to free educational training in Title IX regulations and sexual assault prevention. “It is very difficult to rein them in.”

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When a college president is also a tech entrepreneur

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Adrian College president Jeff Docking has some innovative ideas for higher education leaders battling enrollment pressures and market forces. That allowed the college to build out new majors, which in turn brought in students and revenue. And despite the criticism, he doesn’t plan on going anywhere.

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Stanford hikes tuition by 7%. Will other institutions follow?

Inside Higher Ed

” The Department of Education’s Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System shows that full-time freshmen from families with incomes over $110,000 paid an average of $42,108 a year, whereas those in the $75,001-to-$110,000 band paid $9,562 in the 2020–21 academic year, according to the most recent data available.

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When outgoing presidents find their hiring powers limited

Inside Higher Ed

Higher education observers note that some colleges, such as Harvard, extend hiring powers to incoming presidents as a matter of custom, while others, such as the Texas A&M system, do so based on standing policies. Bacow said a similar process also played out when he was hired as president.

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