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Communicating Effectively in a Presidential Search

Inside Higher Ed

It needs to recognize the college or university’s past in relation to its future. At this point in the process, it’s useful to remember the primacy effect , the human tendency to be influenced disproportionately by first impressions. The community needs to see its desires for the next leader reflected in the selection.

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Two Tri-C professors sue administrators for retaliation

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Two tenured professors at Cuyahoga Community College in Ohio are suing former and current administrators at the college. The college denies the allegations. College administrators denied the retaliation allegations through a campus spokesperson. “And we’re going to make an effort to rectify it.

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A sectorwide approach to higher ed's future (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

And we typically address them from the type of institution where we each sit, with emphasis on the distinctions between public, private and community college institutions or the perceived trade-off between scholarly research and student thriving. She is the first woman to lead the institution.

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A free, online, global university seeks seal of approval

Inside Higher Ed

Still others are climate refugees in search of land that supports human life. Half are nonwhite, and most (60 percent) are the first in their families to attend college. Colleges generally pay their faculty members, but Reshef bypassed that idea when he conceived of UoPeople. Others have fled wars in Syria or Ukraine.

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How Higher Ed Can Help Underserved Communities Access Broadband

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Karen Mossberger, the Frank and June Sackton Professor in the school of public affairs and director of the Center on Technology, Data and Society at Arizona State University. It’s important for economic development as well as individual opportunities. But just south of Colo. in Navajo Nation, only 27% of residents have access.

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Museums and College Campuses as Community Hubs and Cultural Centers

Inside Higher Ed

Or, to take another example: “Still life paintings pictured the bounty provided by newly established Dutch trade routes and the Republic’s economic success, while omitting the human cost of colonial warfare and slavery.” Colleges and universities don’t inhabit an ivory tower.

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Record bond measures, higher ed policy on states' ballots

Inside Higher Ed

“For the Arizona undocumented student population, this would be a huge step forward for their access to college opportunities,” said Tom Harnisch, vice president for government relations for the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association. The Los Angeles Community College District’s $5.3

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