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Presidential moves: Strong appointments and 2 headscratchers

University Business

School leaders are appointed to lead an institution for their quantifiably successful work, like Ron Patterson at Chadron State College. North Idaho College is stuck paying two presidents although neither technically holds the position. Chadron State College’s Board of Trustees has appointed Ron Patterson at a momentous time.

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How Does U.S. News Rank Colleges?

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

News & World Report released its first list of annual college rankings in 1983. News college rankings often point out that much of the data used to compile the rankings is provided by “experts” who range from high school guidance counselors to admissions counselors and faculty members at various higher education institutions.

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Bringing Greater Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Two years in, Canton is preparing a proposal that outlines the reasons for making African American studies a department, and the benefit it would bring to the university, to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in which it is situated, and to the community. The college’s dean, Dr. David E.

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Reflections on Fitzgerald and the Qatar World Cup (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

But the next sentence of Fitzgerald’s often-quoted essay offers some further guidance and hope. A good liberal arts education should make us do that. And maybe, just maybe, I provided a better liberal arts education in Qatar than I thought. Both professor and student alike.

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Presidential habits: How a track record of successes (or failures) has shaped their careers

University Business

I believe Pitt stands on the threshold of even greater accomplishments and achievements in the future under her guidance. Webster – Albion College (Albion, Mich.) Beginning in July, this liberal arts college will be welcoming Dr. Wayne P. Tim McGrath – Golden West College (Huntington Beach, Calif.)

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Friday Fragments

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean Some great responses from readers came in this week! In response to the piece about secret shoppers, one former secret shopper wrote with a story of a time that it took him seven continuous hours, in person, to register for a class at a college, and that was with skipping financial aid.

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Auburn professor awarded $646k in damages in speech case

Inside Higher Ed

An Alabama jury awarded Michael Stern $645,837 in damages, finding after a two-week trial that Stern’s former dean illegally punished him for speaking out. Around this time, Stern’s new dean allegedly opposed his tenure bid, as did the provost, contradicting the positive recommendation of his department. Going Public.