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Preaching to, and Challenging, the Liberal Arts Choir
In a conversation with presidents of small private colleges, tech company executives praise graduates’ leadership and critical thinking ability but say they need to develop skills for a first job, too.
New Presidents or Provosts: Berea College, California State U–Northridge, Kennesaw State U, McGill U, Prairie View A&M U, San José State U, Tufts U, U of Nebraska–Omaha
Ni (Phil) He, vice provost of faculty diversity at Northeastern University, in Massachusetts, has been selected as senior vice chancellor...
New Hope Center Report on the ‘College SNAP Gap’
A new report released by the Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice at Temple University offers guidance to state...
Foxx Wins Chair of House Ed and Workforce Committee
Representative Virginia Foxx is returning to the top post on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce following a...
An ‘Ax Falling’ at Manhattanville
College announces tenured faculty layoffs and program suspensions as part of an academic realignment. Professors wonder what will be left after the college is done cutting.
UW Madison Scholar Resigns Amid Ancestry Scandal
Kay LeClaire, a Wisconsin artist and activist accused of faking various Native American identities, resigned as the University of Wisconsin at Madison’s first ever community leader in residence at the School of Human Ecology and the Center for Design and Material Culture. Critics say LeClaire is white with no Native American ancestry.
Opinion
Why We Need Better Data on Faculty Diversity
Institutions need better data on faculty backgrounds, their experiences and working conditions, and (in)equities in measures of success, Laura W. Perna writes.
Cultural Survival Happens One Word at a Time: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Mneesha Gellman, associate professor of political science in the Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts and...