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Presidential moves: Strong appointments and 2 headscratchers

University Business

Rhonda Phillips is an esteemed honors college dean, serving the position for the past decade at Purdue University. Previous to that she served as the associate dean for The Honors College at Arizona State University. He is a first-generation college and high school student.

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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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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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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. Beginning in July, this liberal arts college will be welcoming Dr. Wayne P. He has demonstrated a passion for liberal arts in small college settings like ours. Dr. Wayne P. Dr. Fayneese S.

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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.

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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! Finally, on integrating career navigation into the early stages of courses of study, one reader pointedly noted that in many fields, the career options vary so widely that it would be difficult to offer guidance with any specificity.

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How Does U.S. News Rank Colleges?

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

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. Critics of the U.S. The problem? For example, here are the top-ranked colleges in the U.S.

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