University Business

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The coursework in the crosshairs isn’t hard to divine, either: liberal arts mainstays such as literature, history, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, and psychology. If no one studies history, we don’t get the next Doris Kearns Goodwin; if no one studies English literature, whence the next David McCullough? New tools.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 22, 2023

“It’s spring break,” Mity Myhr, professor of history and associate dean of the School of Behavioral and Social Sciences at St. Edward’s University, said last week when asked whether faculty members at the private nonprofit Texas institution were discussing the even more sophisticated AI tool.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 30, 2023

When the pandemic closed down my university in spring 2020, most folks assumed that we would be back up and running a normal slate of face-to-face courses in fall 2020. Thus, the university remained “remote-only” in fall 2020. Networking activities among university teachers. Who do you talk to about your teaching?’:

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FIRE

OCTOBER 28, 2022

FIRE explained in its brief that, throughout our history, we’ve seen rogue public officials — from police to college administrators — violate well-established First Amendment rights far too often. If you are a student or a faculty member facing investigation or punishment for your speech, submit your case to FIRE today.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The ACE report is based on a survey conducted every five years, in which college and university leaders answer questions about how their institution is engaging on a global scale. But despite the bleak outlook, the report found that colleges and universities remain largely committed to internationalization.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 20, 2023

“It seems natural that something like this would be our first step into a master’s program or a higher-level degree,” said Brenda Kelly, provost and dean of the college, citing the lengthy history of the undergraduate athletic training program, which began in 1976. percent from the previous year and about 18.4

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 30, 2023

When the pandemic closed down my university in spring 2020, most folks assumed that we would be back up and running a normal slate of face-to-face courses in fall 2020. Thus, the university remained “remote-only” in fall 2020. Networking activities among university teachers. Who do you talk to about your teaching?’:

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2023

According to Collier (2022), one of the significant advantages of mentor-mentee relationships is that mentors provide personal connections to the university. For mentees, peer mentoring provides a sense of belonging and connection to the university community. He is currently employed as an online university professor.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 23, 2023

Image: When Andrea Mora enrolled at University of California, Irvine, in 2012, she was a low-income, first-generation student. She’d spent seven years as a part-time student at Los Angeles Pierce Community College after graduating from high school and struggled to earn money and find financial aid to pay for a four-year education.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2023

According to Collier (2022), one of the significant advantages of mentor-mentee relationships is that mentors provide personal connections to the university. For mentees, peer mentoring provides a sense of belonging and connection to the university community. He is currently employed as an online university professor.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 1, 2023

A new book, The Latinx Guide to Graduate School ( Duke University Press ), by Genevieve Negrón-Gonzales and Magdalena L. The message to readers is that our collective histories, values and ways of engaging in community can be our sources of strength as scholars. What should college administrators do to dismantle them?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2023

The rest is history. Gonzales’ passion for education has culminated in a swift rise to being named chancellor of the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) last September. The district comprises 10 independently accredited colleges in Arizona serving over 94,000 students. There, Gonzales earned an Ed.D.

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eLiterate

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

I also made a point of calling out the role of faculty in traditional universities as critical actors in the ecosystem. The opposition was clearly and vehemently articulated by the chair of the system-wide University Faculty Senate: Sandi E. At many universities, faculty decide what transfers. What should be eliminated?

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FIRE

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

In August, the court denied a motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity and ruled that Collin College administrators could be held personally and financially responsible for their actions. FIRE filed two other lawsuits against Collin College.

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University Business

JANUARY 22, 2024

Administrators stated their top concerns were how the decision would make it more challenging to recruit and retain a diverse student body, resolve legal issues and attract the best candidates. Looking at what lies ahead, some college leaders believe that affirmative action made institutions complacent in attracting diverse student bodies.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 23, 2023

” It was initially created with the blessing of college administrators to host events and programs after several professors raised concerns that the campus had a liberal bent, said Matthew Garrett, a professor of history and a founder of the institute. They would not be fair with me.’”

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 31, 2023

college presidents to have served in recent years. Both left their institutions—Michigan State University and Pennsylvania State University, respectively—under a cloud cast by predatory sex-abuse scandals that took place on their watch. Simon and Graham Spanier are arguably among the most controversial U.S.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Image: Ellen Vitetta, Distinguished Teaching Professor and Scheryle Simmons Patigian Distinguished Chair in Cancer Immunobiology at the University of Texas’s Southwestern Medical Center, worked for decades to make her institution more welcoming to women. But her relationship with Russell became untenable after that, she said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 19, 2023

College administrators and faculty have to be much more aggressive in reclaiming the importance of a liberal education, particularly in the wake of sweeping legislative efforts in some states to restrict academic freedom and to outlaw the teaching of some subjects. Gabrielle Starr, president of Pomona College and Dr.

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University Business

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Daniel Carter, a campus safety consultant who reviewed a copy of the Education Department’s preliminary report on Liberty University’s (Va.) I cannot think of a single other comparable case in the entire 32-year history of the Clery Act.” campus safety compliance, obtained by The Washington Post. “I More from UB: U.S.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 26, 2023

Image: Over the last five years, most of the Confucius Institutes hosted at American colleges and universities have closed down—but now a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine outlines a process for their potential return. Whether U.S. higher education and the U.S.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Given the importance that parents, students, college administrators, and graduate and professional schools attach to grades, the authors describe a number of options that they regard as fairer. Steven Mintz is professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin. Supplement grading with formative feedback.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Image: As an undergraduate at Christopher Newport University in Virginia almost two decades ago, Kristina Canfield felt helpless. Worst of all, Canfield said, was that the university wasn’t equipped to help her navigate those obstacles. But Canfield said she knew students in recovery needed—and deserved—more.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 20, 2023

So to limit access to the information that strengthens us is troubling for a government to do,” says Richard Baker , JD, P hD , executive director of institutional equity and equal employment opportunity and Title IX coordinator at Rice University. Ron DeSantis’ efforts to defund DEI offices at Florida’s public colleges and universities.

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