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‘Piedmont Is in for Some Very Tough Times’
Piedmont University provost Daniel Silber resigned abruptly this week to protest proposed budget cuts and faculty layoffs, which he called “morally wrong.”
Preventing Gun Violence on Campus
Alarmed by mass shootings in Uvalde and Buffalo, colleges are working to protect their campuses with threat assessment teams, active shooter drills and partnerships with law enforcement.
A Crosstown Merger in Philadelphia
Saint Joseph’s University and the struggling University of the Sciences merged on June 1. Higher ed observers expect more mergers to come as some small private institutions continue to flounder.
Ex–Sonoma State President’s Husband Defied Campus Ban
Judy Sakaki’s husband, Patrick McCallum, defied orders to stay off the Sonoma State University campus, according to new details that...
Ed Department: Use ARP Funding to Address Teaching Shortage
Miguel Cardona, U.S. education secretary, on Thursday outlined a strategy to address the national teaching shortage that rose as a...
Opinion
The Exclusivity of Inclusive Excellence
Andrea Y. Simpson reflects on how the phrase, as interpreted at so many institutions, can undermine the goals of diversity and inclusivity, as well as limit the scope of first-rate scholarship.
‘Stronger Together’
Twenty Hispanic-serving research universities are banding together to increase the number of Latino graduate students and professors at their institutions.
New Presidents or Provosts: Aquinas College, Cleveland State CC, DePaul U, Fresno Pacific U, Lone Star College–Cyfair, Shippensburg U, State U of New York at New Paltz, Tennessee College of Applied Technology Elizabethton, U of Massachusetts Lowell
Julie Chen, vice chancellor for research and innovation at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, has been appointed chancellor there...