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New presidents or provosts: Alma Folsom Maryland NVCC Purdue St. Thomas TCU

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Sean Burke , associate provost of Luther College, in Iowa, has been selected as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Alma College, in Michigan. Richmond Hill , interim provost of the Woodbridge campus of Northern Virginia Community College, has been named to the position on a permanent basis.

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William & Mary professors cry secrecy on data school, more

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Take the college’s recent announcement that it’s exploring opening a computing and data science school. Some professors describe this as an end run around the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, which voted in early 2021 not to approve department status for William & Mary’s then year-old data science program.

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As I take my leave.

Dr. Missy Alexander

This is my last day as provost, and it has been a rewarding and challenging ride. On this last day of 2023, I am reflecting on my 11 years at WCSU. The perfect storms of COVID-19 and the demographic shifts of New England presented abundant challenges to the academic and university planning processes.

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Manhattanville cuts tenured faculty, freezes programs

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Manhattanville hasn’t publicly announced which programs are frozen, but faculty sources say they are art history, world religions, philosophy, film studies, music, music education, French, Spanish and chemistry. Image: Manhattanville College in Purchase, N.Y., In addition to these cuts, one lecturer was not reappointed.

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Fine arts, communications degrees qualify as STEM for immigrants

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degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics to extend their stays in the United States. Many of the 22 new qualifying fields of study on the updated government list, including general forestry, cloud computing and geobiology, fall within conventional understanding of STEM fields.

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3 Questions on UT Austin’s New $10K Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence

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Blog: Learning Innovation I’m totally psyched about the newly announced master of science in artificial intelligence (MSAI) degree from the University of Texas at Austin. UT Austin’s Adam Klivans , professor of computer science, and Art Markman , vice provost of academic affairs, graciously agreed to chat.

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Nine insights from an integration process (opinion)

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Another 11 students in the master of fine arts program enrolled in eight sections and five unique courses. It was a blow to the students, faculty and staff of this private college in Worcester, Mass., which traced its history to the union of Leicester Academy, founded in 1784, and the Becker Business College, which opened in 1887.