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Book Review – The New Leadership Agenda: Pandemic Perspectives from Global Universities by Martin Betts

HEPI

As someone who has carried out similar qualitative work, the effort and hurdles involved in recruiting even a small number of participants from the upper echelons of university management is significant. These discussions are inexplicably intertwined with the consequences of COVID on the higher education sector.

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Incidents on AU campus prompt look into policy

Inside Higher Ed

“It is unacceptable that anyone would intentionally cause pain in our community through this kind of hateful act,” Fanta Aw, the university’s vice president for undergraduate enrollment, campus life and inclusive excellence, wrote in the email sent out campuswide on Feb.

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The Impact of Crushing Student Debt on American Society: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions: Changing Higher Education Podcast 164 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest David Linton

The Change Leader, Inc.

Drumm McNaughton speaks with economist and investment manager David Linton about his findings from his upcoming book, Crushed: How Student Debt Has Impaired a Generation and What to Do About It. Looking at history, there’s been this pendulum swinging back and forth. It used to be for the public good, creating good citizens, etc.

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Tennessee State cites past underfunding as cause of problems

Inside Higher Ed

“In the fall of 2021, management decided to conduct an extensive recruiting campaign to bring in more students, which by itself is not an issue. But unfortunately, these students were promised housing—housing the Tennessee State University management knew they did not have a sufficient supply of,” Mumpower said.

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The Return of Bad Arguments for the Humanities

HESA

Is a University a University without the Liberal Arts” asks Devereaux, referring to a recent shuttering of nine programs in mathematics, history, art, English and philosophy at Marymount University in Virginia. Let’s ignore the headline, which the author doesn’t necessarily choose, and get to the crux of the argument. “Is