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Embedding Data in the Review Process to Improve Resource Allocation

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Embedding Data in the Review Process to Improve Resource Allocation Streamlining Department Review with Standardized Data About St. Ambrose University (SAU) is a private university located in Davenport, IA with a total enrollment of 2,916. Existing reports included disparate data points and required extensive manual analysis.

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Georgetown and Howard Universities Awarded $3 Million for Medical Humanities Center

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Georgetown University and Howard University have been awarded a $3 million grant to help fund the establishment of a center for medical humanities. Howard University The 3.5-year Williams, dean of Howard University’s Graduate School , professor of African-American literature, and grant co-leader.

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3 Questions on Academic Library Spending to the Scholar Who Wrote the Book on University Budgets

Inside Higher Ed

In his book, Like Nobody's Business: An Insider's Guide to How US University Finances Really Work (Open Book Publishers, 2021), Andrew digs into academic library budgeting. Q1: Overall, how do academic libraries allocate their budgets? How is the story of institutional spending on libraries changing? then versus about 1.5%

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Two top universities in Japan may merge

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Reports of a planned merger between two of Japan’s most prestigious universities, which come only months after a shift in government policy to reward top research performers, have prompted speculation in academe over whether there could be more such moves in the making. Oberlin University.

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Duke Invests in Community-Engaged Research to Increase STEM Access

Insight Into Diversity

Duke University is taking action to advance racial and social justice by investing in community-engaged research. The private university in Durham, N.C., recently allocated funding from its endowment to support seven faculty projects that will examine and address issues relevant to the surrounding population.

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Performance-based funding: The new normal or a schtick?

University Business

Rather than states basing money allocation explicitly on school enrollment or a system-wide base-adjusted formula, performance-based funding judges institutions on whether they meet certain metrics. Brenda Allen, president of Liberty University (Penn.), appeared first on University Business.

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Librarians' "new normal" includes pain points

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Ithaka S+R shared results from its triennial survey published last week, which sought to capture college library deans’ and directors’ perspectives three years into the pandemic. Librarians at master’s-granting colleges and doctoral universities felt similarly dispirited (13 percent and 20 percent, respectively).

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