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Retired Vermont State University Dean Fatally Shot Near Campus

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Former Vermont State University dean and professor Honoree Fleming, 77, was fatally shot near campus last week, NBC News reported. Scores of students benefited from Dr. Fleming’s teachings and research,” Vermont State University said in a statement on social media. Honoree will be deeply missed."

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Duke University to Cover Full Tuition for Carolina Students with Family Incomes Below $150,000

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Duke University will be offering full tuition grants to students from the Carolinas with family incomes below $150,000, effective Fall 2023. The program will also give those with family incomes of $65,000 or less financial assistance for housing, meals, and some course materials or other campus expenses. 1 that reflect this change. “One

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UNCG cuts 20 programs due to conform to budget - Eli Baine, East Carolinian

Economics and Change in Higher Education

The chancellor of the University of North Carolina Greensboro, Franklin Gilliam Jr. announced this month the university will be doing away with 20 academic programs due to budget constraints, and some students at other public universities worry it could happen elsewhere.

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Iran forces dissenters out of universities

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Iranian academics face being forced out of their jobs as the regime clamps down on any remaining dissent in universities, researchers have warned. He listed examples of those already targeted, such as Mohsen Borhani, a law lecturer at Tehran University who was fired after he questioned the legitimacy of death sentences for protesters.

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President search committees are overlooking women – Here’s why

University Business

A new study conducted by leaders from Colgate University has identified that a permeating reason why female leadership has stagnated is that president search committees tend to overlook women who have not served in academic roles, whereas the same is not true for men. . There’s a bias against women who are not in an academic rank.

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Filling the Gaps: How a Transparent Partnership Began

Helix Education

I recently met with a university dean to discuss her school ending their long OPM relationship. Researching the average marketing investment used by universities intending to grow programs, we used a cost of 10 percent of tuition revenue as our benchmark for budgeting. Together, we laid out a plan: 1.

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Birmingham and IIT Madras reveal joint masters

The PIE News

The UK’s University of Birmingham and the Indian Institute of Technology Madras have announced a joint masters agreement, in addition to a new research fund. The partners noted that the arrangement is the first partnership at masters level between any IIT and a UK Russell Group University.