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China fails in effort to get top expatriates to return

Inside Higher Ed

Established in 2010 as a key pillar of Beijing’s Thousand Talents Program, the Young Thousand Talents (YTT) initiative seeks to recruit science and technology experts from abroad, especially among Chinese expatriates. publications per year versus 2.39 per year among the YTT participants.

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Innovative and Engaging Communications in and Beyond the Academy

GlobalHigherEd

Examples of ICTs, “big data” and other emerging technologies leading to research breakthroughs in the natural and health sciences are well known. What is perhaps less known is the growing use and study of emerging technologies in the social sciences and humanities. What are the implications of this for institutional and program design?

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Why did Allegheny cut its Chinese program?

Inside Higher Ed

Based on AAUP standards, tenured faculty appointments may be terminated other than for cause in cases of financial exigency, which Allegheny never declared. Elsewhere, the AAUP has identified and objected to a trend of institutions laying off faculty members without declaring financial exigency during the pandemic.)

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

This academic and professional development initiative encourages and assists students from underrepresented groups to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math. . Scaling Up Programs for Underrepresented Students — Georgia Institute of Technology. Minority Male Initiative — Broward College.