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New policies guide removal of controversial building names

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Students, staff, faculty and alumni of Towson University in Maryland gathered last month to celebrate the renaming of two dormitories, now called Barnes Hall and Harris Hall, after the university’s first two Black graduates.

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Cost allocation in the research university and what it tells us

Changing Higher Education

Universities often report a number that appears to indicate how much the university spends on instruction. Lombardi , in How Universities Work. These conclusions lead to a consideration of why cost -shifting between missions is so important in the current approach of the research university. We would be wrong to do so. .

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Venezuelan Higher Education

HESA

This week’s guest on The World of Higher Education Podcast is Juan Carlos Navarro, international expert in higher education, innovation and digital talent; senior advisor to several international institutions and universities; and Member of the international faculty of the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración , in Caracas, Venezuela.

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The divestment problem

University Business

Columbia University President Minouche Shafik’s testimony on Capitol Hill last week , followed by the arrest and suspension of over 100 pro-Palestine student demonstrators, has ignited a new wave of fiery campus protests across some of the country’s most reputable schools, including Yale, MIT and NYU.

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