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Kenyon College President Dr. Sean Decatur to Depart for American Museum of Natural History

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Sean Decatur will be stepping down from his current role at the end of 2022 to become president of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City in April 2023. Decatur Decatur has been the school’s president for almost a decade, his tenure having begun in 2013. Dr. Sean M. 6 message to the Kenyon community.

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Remembering Dr. Willis Braswell Sheftall Jr.

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a pioneering educator who served for more than a decade as provost of his alma mater, Morehouse College, and later acting president, died last week at the age of 80. Economic History. F rom 1999 to 2013, he was the chief academic officer at Morehouse and served as acting president in 2013. Willis Braswell Sheftall Jr.,

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What Should We Do About Undergrads Who Want to Pursue a Humanities Doctorate?

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program in French and history, tells a story that resembles that of many humanities graduate students: that “the transformative experience I had in the classroom led me to dedicate my whole life to academia. The institution has a storied history. history survey course to be delivered in the summer.

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A professor's job is endangered for teaching about race

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The professor, Samuel Joeckel, said in an email that the dean of his department and the university’s provost waited outside the class he was teaching last week to inform him of the news. Lewis Phenomenon: Christianity and the Public Sphere (2013) and Golden Notes , a novel (2016). “On Feb.

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Lieberman Expected to Lead La Verne to Next Stage

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At the time she was offered the position, she was the provost of Wagner College in New York City, which caused the hiring committee to ask how a New Yorker would adapt to Southern California. University of La Verne President Dr. Devorah Lieberman is shown with graduating students in 2013.

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Oberlin's board seeks to limit faculty power

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A separate proposal provides flexibility on establishing a provost’s position (Oberlin doesn’t currently have a provost). It’s hard to say, but I’m sure it will change over time, and it will change the nature of the institution.”

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About Those Rankings

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Emory University (in 2012), Claremont McKenna College (the same year) and Tulane University (in 2013) have all been previously exposed. As IHE’s coverage notes, there is nothing new about schools getting caught gaming the ratings with incorrect data. Students taking these courses in the spring were undoubtedly harmed by the practice.

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