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Biotech boot camp at Villanova exposes students to career paths

Inside Higher Ed

The half-day event promoted business and career advice and networking opportunities for science, technology, engineering and math students interested in pharmaceuticals and biotech, boosting students’ interest and confidence in postgraduate opportunities.

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A Missing Piece [Peace]: Teaching & Learning in the Digital Age

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In many instances, these individuals might not have had any training in the science and/or practice of teaching and learning. I was at a conference, and the attendees were workshopping solutions for increasing digital learning capacity at their respective institutions. However, one participant had an intense reaction to our suggestion.

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Presidential moves: Strong appointments and 2 headscratchers

University Business

He previously served as the Institute Community and Equity Officer at MIT and the chief diversity officer and senior associate provost at the University of South Carolina. Phillips will be responsible for revamping Chatham’s academic program catalog specifically in health sciences and liberal arts.

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Growth in assistant professorships is uneven (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

In STEM areas, health sciences professions and business disciplines, demand for new Ph.D.s But this is not the case in education, in social sciences and in particular in the humanities, all of which are characterized by stable or declining demand for assistant professors. is clearly growing. percent between 2011 and 2021.

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President moves: Milestone hires and dramatic exits start off the month

University Business

He came into power at the small liberal arts school after a DeSantis-backed overhaul of the Board of Trustees ousted former President Patricia Okker. Gillam currently serves as the executive vice president and provost at The Ohio State University, an institution whose student population doubles that of BU.

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Lafayette dept. heads, program chairs raise governance concerns

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Twenty-three Lafayette College department heads and program chairs say there are serious issues with governance at the college, according to “points of concern” four of them shared with the president and provost. “Trust and institutional culture are broken,” the first of the five points said.

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President moves: New hires, plus retiring leaders being lauded for their pandemic strategy

University Business

Milo Riverso, for example, has leveraged his esteemed background in construction and engineering to win over Manhattan College’s Board of Trustees. Anita Olson Gustafson, on the other hand, drew on her decades-long, relentless passion for liberal arts to gain favor at Presbyterian College.