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University of Rochester Black Studies Department to Accelerate Cluster-Hiring

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The budding Black studies department at the University of Rochester will fast-track their hiring of faculty with the help of a $3 million grant from the Mellon Foundation. chair of faculty programs and departmental initiatives in the university's Black studies department. Dr. Jeffrey Q. McCune, Jr. McCune, Jr.,

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Field of study not key to new academic program success

Inside Higher Ed

Image: The success rate for new academic programs at colleges and universities depends more on the type of institution launching them than whether a program is in the sciences or humanities, according to a new report identifying what sorts of programs fare better when it comes to growth. ” The study listed a failure rate of 39.4

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AAU task force to build US-India HE partnerships

The PIE News

The Association of American Universities has launched a task force that will seek to expand partnerships between the US and India. Led by five US university leaders, the initiative was created in coordination with the government’s U.S.-India Pennsylvania State University president, Neeli Bendapudi, is one of the five chairs.

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