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Holistic Communication Plans Help Enact Change in Higher Ed IT

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Breaking down the silos between IT leadership and university leadership is a solid step toward reaching the overall university mission, but can you take it further? Ask faculty about what works in their classrooms or if there’s new a tool they’d like to try.

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We 7 former Florida college presidents say enough is enough - Tampa Bay Tribune Column

Economics and Change in Higher Education

Taken together, they forbid faculty members from including a set of so-called “divisive concepts” about race, gender and identity in their classrooms; ban most diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives; restrict general education curricula and university mission statements; and limit the power of higher education accreditors to perform quality assurance (..)

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NJCU to lay off 30 teachers, cut academic programs - Thirteen (media with impact)

Economics and Change in Higher Education

NJCU’s Board Chair Joseph Scott called the announcement "a difficult but necessary next step towards the long-term sustainability of the university mission." The layoff of 30 teachers has been announced along with the ending of 48 undergrad programs, 28 graduate programs and more.

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NDSU president warns deep budget cuts are coming - Patrick Springer, InForum

Economics and Change in Higher Education

25, by Cook, who warned of difficulties ahead and said he cannot promise the “core university mission” will emerge unscathed. The looming budget cuts were announced in a campus email sent the afternoon of Tuesday, Oct. In his email, he called the budget cuts “daunting.”

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After a ‘no confidence’ vote, JSU sits its seventh president since 2010

University Business

. “I want to thank the Institutions of Higher Learning for entrusting me with the institution that I love, Jackson State University,” she said. “I am committed to upholding the Jackson State University mission to serve the student body.”

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Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig Named Provost at Western Michigan University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Vasquez Helig—who is currently the dean of the School of Education at the University of Kentucky—is slated to step into his new role in January. "We He is a proven scholar who also has been elevated to leadership roles at major public universities in three states, including at Kentucky's flagship institution.

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We need to talk about staff retention in the sector

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We then used this research to examine how staff numbers – both academic and non-academic – have either increased or decreased within that time frame across specific universities. We then grouped the data to enable us to calculate an average student:staff ratio for a range of university mission groups from 2014/15 to 2021/22.