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

HEPI

Troy is a Fulbright Scholar and Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester’s Institute of Education. 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.

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Incidents on AU campus prompt look into policy

Inside Higher Ed

Image: The reaction was swift when an anonymous student wrote “Black people suck” on a library whiteboard at American University in February. “This incident is particularly harmful to our Black community members during this important celebration of Black History Month.”

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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. Podcast Highlights The cost of higher ed in terms of percentage of household income has risen dramatically in the past 50 years.

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Tennessee State cites past underfunding as cause of problems

Inside Higher Ed

Image: An enrollment surge at Tennessee State University combined with a lack of student housing led to a scathing comptroller’s report calling for a change in the historically Black university’s leadership. Lowe voted in favor of the one-year extension. million, from $5.2 million the previous year.

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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