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Why did Allegheny cut its Chinese program?

Inside Higher Ed

million in faculty salaries while increasing its student-faculty ratio, Allegheny College in Pennsylvania charged a task force with reviewing its academic programs. ” Allegheny said in a written statement that its program and staffing plan “involves the elimination of faculty and staff positions around the institution.

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Innovative and Engaging Communications in and Beyond the Academy

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This exciting approach to (re)discovery is at the forefront of a variety of (inter/multi/trans)disciplines ranging from bio-informatics and social statistics to the digital humanities. Examples of ICTs, “big data” and other emerging technologies leading to research breakthroughs in the natural and health sciences are well known.

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UT Southwestern settles long-running discrimination case

Inside Higher Ed

She co-founded the Women in Science and Medicine Advisory Committee, which proposed and won an on-site childcare center and which continues to sponsor events on women’s issues in science. The institution even erected a multimedia display wall of 60 “trailblazing” female faculty members last summer.