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Small College America – Profile Earlham College

Edu Alliance Journal

February 17, 2025, by Dean Hoke: This profile of Earlham College is the second in a series presenting small colleges throughout the United States. Background Founded in 1847 in Richmond, Indiana, Earlham College is a private liberal arts institution with deep Quaker roots. For the 2023-24 academic year, U.S.

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Corruption, Fraud and Scandal at Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD Whistleblower)

Higher Education Inquirer

The focus of these articles was corruption, fraud and scandal in the Los Angeles Community College District, primarily at Los Angeles Valley Colleges Media Arts Department. SAC, and Los Angeles City College. SAC, and Los Angeles City College. A few of these articles summarized.

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UNC Chancellor Dr. Kevin M. Guskiewicz Appointed President of Michigan State University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2013, Time magazine named him one of 18 “innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America” in 2013. Jackson, dean of the MSU College of Education and search committee member. In 2011, he was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for his work on sport-related concussions.

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Have Academic Library Staffing Numbers Really Declined That Much Over the Past Decade?

Inside Higher Ed

Here is what it looks like: Full+Part-Time 2020 38,510 2019 40,884 2018 41,479 2017 41,490 2016 41,993 2015 42,782 2014 43,610 2013 44,677 2012 67,074 Not sure why there was such a significant drop between 2013 and 2012. Even if we start looking at 2013 compared to 2020, the decline in library staffing appears large.

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Texas consortium of 44 colleges strikes deal with Elsevier

Inside Higher Ed

colleges face strained library budgets, many seek creative ways to lower costs and preserve access to scholarly content. That shared goal brought 44 colleges in Texas together to negotiate a deal with Elsevier, the behemoth publisher of over 2,500 scientific journals, including The Lancet and Cell. Image: As pandemic-weary U.S.

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Auburn professor awarded $646k in damages in speech case

Inside Higher Ed

An Alabama jury awarded Michael Stern $645,837 in damages, finding after a two-week trial that Stern’s former dean illegally punished him for speaking out. Around this time, Stern’s new dean allegedly opposed his tenure bid, as did the provost, contradicting the positive recommendation of his department. Going Public.

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Disability as a Valuable Form of Diversity, Not a Deficit

Faculty Focus

Typically, educational professionals focus on how to help students better access what is considered ‘typical’ learning (Ong-Dean, 2005). 10) and to accept autism as a positive aspect of one’s identity (Berger, 2013). American Psychiatric Association (2013). Teachers College Record, 107 (3), 453-474. References.

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