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Hector Balderas Appointed President of Northern New Mexico College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I’m honored that the regents, faculty and staff will collaborate with me as we take on Northern New Mexico College into the future, building on student success and institutional development. “I’m We’re going to enhance the student experience, creating opportunities for them in transformational, educational and professional opportunities.”

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Manhattanville cuts tenured faculty, freezes programs

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laid off eight tenured and tenure-track faculty members and froze various programs last month, citing realignment of academics with changing student demands. The college says it froze undergraduate majors with “very low student enrollment.” Current students in affected programs will be allowed to finish their studies.

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These leaders’ commitment to DEI got them the nod for president

University Business

Several of them are also coming in as either the first woman or the first of their race or ethnicity to lead their school. Other notable mentions: Dr. She is also a first-generation student. Outside academia, Scholz served the U.S. Treasury Department and the Council of Economic Advisors. from Arizona State University in Psychology.

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Why supply chain insights are key for liberal arts programs

University Business

The coursework in the crosshairs isn’t hard to divine, either: liberal arts mainstays such as literature, history, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, and psychology. Those with liberal arts degrees took umbrage. Many political science majors do become policymakers—and the degree is a well-trodden stepping stone to law school.

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2023 Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2023 has been a year notable for its ups and downs on the higher education landscape with the elimination of affirmative action and the implosion of President Joe Biden’s student relief program. Our constitutional history does not tolerate that choice.” Affirmative action struck down The U.S.

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President moves: Resignations and early retirements reigned in July

University Business

said Raymundo Arroyave, professor of Materials Science and Engineering, in a special Faculty Senate meeting. “I However, three institutional leaders managed to escape national headlines and step down prematurely under either peculiar or contentious circumstances. We don’t exhibit a very good image of competence to the outside world.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

It provides students, faculty, staff, and alumni with a single place to report nonemergency complaints or concerns, including those involving harassment and sexual misconduct. Adelphi also introduced Students Beyond the Binary, a new student organization focused on transgender and gender-nonconforming issues.