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Lift Up Your Head

Dr. Missy Alexander

We’re opening new programs this fall that I am confident will be exciting for our students. We’ve reorganized departments and schools, to try to create stronger identities for each and partnerships that will cultivate more curricular change and collaboration.

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Nine insights from an integration process (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

It was a blow to the students, faculty and staff of this private college in Worcester, Mass., which traced its history to the union of Leicester Academy, founded in 1784, and the Becker Business College, which opened in 1887. The two institutions shared both history and a deep connection to the Worcester community.

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Temple gets $11 million gift for students with disabilities

Inside Higher Ed

” Rachel Stark, senior associate dean of students, said the donation will allow Temple to financially support more students with disabilities. Temple has a history of being a leader in supporting students with disabilities.

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Professor's murder on campus raises urgent safety questions

Inside Higher Ed

This dual reality was thrown into stark relief last week when Thomas Meixner, professor and chair of hydrology and atmospheric sciences at the University of Arizona, was shot dead in his office building, apparently by a former graduate student in the department. Dervish has a history of troubling behavior.

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Hazing prevention to be reviewed at New Mexico State

Inside Higher Ed

He said questions about how and why the hazing occurred are being asked of campus officials charged with safeguarding students, and that those questions extend beyond the athletic department. “There’s obviously responsibilities that go into the athletic department.

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Getting Through This Together, As We Always Have

The Student Affairs Collective

.” I did a quick cartoon style drawing of the Titanic hitting a “Conavirus” iceberg but with the student affairs administrators in a row boat with passengers, paddling away from the sinking ship. That means so much right now to students. At the end they answered questions that students submitted using the chat function.

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Columbia University Reaches Out to HBCUs for Fellowship Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

They get additional financial supports such as assistance with fees, stipends each semester, and campus “flex dollars” to spend on food and at the bookstore, says Zelon Crawford, SPS’s senior associate dean of student affairs, who oversees the fellowship program. Graduate and undergraduate degrees are expensive,” Crawford says.