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College presidents move to cultural institutions (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

With the recent announcement that Sean Decatur would assume the presidency of the American Museum of Natural History in New York after nearly a decade at the helm of Kenyon College, at least five major American cultural institutions will be headed by former presidents of small liberal arts colleges. Why is that?

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President moves: Administrators prove popular picks as next leader on the job

University Business

Three college administrators—including one president—will be coordinating goodbye parties at their current institutions as they prepare to move on to bigger opportunities elsewhere. Stephenson is currently the president of Northwest Florida State College, a community college. The former engineer proved a natural as president.

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Bringing Greater Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Two years in, Canton is preparing a proposal that outlines the reasons for making African American studies a department, and the benefit it would bring to the university, to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in which it is situated, and to the community. The college’s dean, Dr. David E. I had to get used to that.

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How much homework (and stress) is helpful? (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Others denounced the use of gateway courses to “weed out” less prepared students from difficult majors and demanded that colleges and universities do more to help them manage workload-related stress. In 1961, students spent about 24 hours a week studying outside class, a number that had fallen to about 14 hours in 2003.

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Lest We Forget

Susquehanna President's Blog

New College in Florida is an example of a wholesale change in mission and leadership of an institution connected to a board change. In her opinion in the 2003 landmark decision in Grutter v. Beginning today, Ohio State University will not have a president. Bollinger being overturned.

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Effective Sharing in Higher Ed Leadership

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

As Mr. Lederman explained: “There are differences between institutions: a research university a community college; a 1500-student private liberal arts college; a regional public institution with 15,000 people. They have some different priorities. What resonates and why? Please join others and rate and review this podcast.

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Ratings and bias against women, over time

Inside Higher Ed

These colleges and universities generally argue that students’ experiences with a given instructor must be measured at some kind of scale, and that end-of-course evaluations remain the most practical method. The material, pace and assessment patterns for all of the courses were nearly identical, the paper says.

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