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Watch for these 5 high-impact trends shaping higher education business in 2025

University Business

The University of Pennsylvania’s Pennovation Center is an example of industry and academia collaborating to provide pathways to commercialization. increase in unionized faculty and a 133% surge in unionized GSEs since 2012.

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Searching for the Optimal Class Design to Maximize Learning

Faculty Focus

Reflecting on my years in academia, I find myself increasingly drawn to the challenge of designing the optimal classone that not only engages students but also maximizes student learning. Why do some classes leave an indelible mark on students, while others quickly fade from memory?

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Interdisciplinary Studies: Preparing Students for a Complex World

Faculty Focus

2009; Kezar & Elrod, 2012). Finally, both on and off-campus networks can play a valuable role in inspiring and informing faculty in their interdisciplinary endeavors, providing guidance, leadership approaches, and strategies to overcome barriers (Kezar & Elrod, 2012; Weiberg & Harding, 2004). 2017; Liu et al.,

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Effect of Institutional Autonomy on Academic Freedom in Higher Education Institutions in Ghana

SRHE

The incorporation of corporate governance into academia introduces a set of values and priorities that can restrict the traditional autonomy and academic freedom that define a self-governing profession. The institutional dynamics of the European university Springer Netherlands. Tricker, R. Oxford University Press, USA. Zikmund, W.G.,

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Interdisciplinary Studies: Preparing Students for a Complex World

Faculty Focus

2009; Kezar & Elrod, 2012). Finally, both on and off-campus networks can play a valuable role in inspiring and informing faculty in their interdisciplinary endeavors, providing guidance, leadership approaches, and strategies to overcome barriers (Kezar & Elrod, 2012; Weiberg & Harding, 2004). 2017; Liu et al.,

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Is a 4-Year College Degree Still Necessary?

MindMax

I remember in 2012, when Rick Santorum called President Obama a “snob” for wanting “everybody to go to college.” After spending years in the Greater Boston area, a hub of academia teeming with colleges and universities, I relocated to upstate New York. It wasn’t long ago that I felt differently.

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Funding source shouldn't affect postdoc benefits (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

A working group at the NIH investigated the issue and released a report in 2012 recommending that all NIH-supported postdocs should have “benefits that are comparable to other employees at the institution,” including “paid time off, health insurance, retirement plans, maternity leave, etc.

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