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Endowed Chairs and the "Dark Matter" of Higher Education

Higher Education Inquirer

More than a century ago, Thorstein Veblen and Upton Sinclair critically exposed the structure and history of US higher education. Donor influence: Donors offering significant financial contributions often have certain expectations, which may include influencing curriculum, research focus, or even faculty appointments.

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Lest We Forget

Susquehanna President's Blog

Some of these overreaches have been in response to faculty serving as expert witness in court cases in which their testimony was unfavorable to the state’s position; some are battles over ideology; some are acts of political theatre; and some are attempts to whitewash history. It is also our history.

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Wave of Higher Ed Union Strikes Swells Nationwide

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

They give us advice on how things went for them, advice on strategy, and just mutual support and encouragement, reminders of why we're doing this, why it matters, how we will be on the right side of history in the end, things like that." Contact and collaboration of this kind occur amid other higher ed labor organizations as well.

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Why did U of Florida suddenly fire its honors director?

Inside Higher Ed

He said that while having a tenured faculty appointment offers some security after being fired from his longtime role, he’ll miss the job at which he was always told he was doing well, and he will miss students most of all. Law remains a distinguished professor of engineering at UF.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity Health Professions HEED Award Winners

Insight Into Diversity

The University of California, Los Angeles School of Nursing (UCLA Nursing) doubled the size of its transfer student class for the 2022-2023 academic year, marking the school’s largest transfer class in its history. During the past five years, URSON has hired seven faculty members through the program, and four are now assistant professors.

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A Brief History: Black Americans in Higher Education

Today's Learner

Reading Time: 9 minutes Black History includes success stories of numerous Blacks who have contributed to the progress made in higher education. Throughout history, Black Americans have endured a long, tedious journey in achieving educational opportunities. at an American university. Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr.

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A Brief History: Black Americans in Higher Education

Today's Learner

Reading Time: 9 minutes Black History includes success stories of numerous Blacks who have contributed to the progress made in higher education. Throughout history, Black Americans have endured a long, tedious journey in achieving educational opportunities. at an American university. Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr.

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