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President moves: Recent resignations show 3 reasons why a leader steps down

University Business

The three presidents to step down demonstrate a variety of reasons for making a change: to reengage in academia, pursue other professional opportunities or make way for new leadership during trying times. Ward, president since 2019, will retire at the end of June 2025, the conclusion of Luther’s 2023-25 strategic plan.

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Two-year colleges strain to hire instructors in technical fields

Inside Higher Ed

Community colleges across the country are having similar issues recruiting professors, particularly in career and technical education fields such as nursing, computer programming and automotive technology, where potential instructors can often find better pay outside academia. percent drop.

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

Inside Higher Ed

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 article’s author, Hannah Leffingwell, A.B.D. in New York University’s joint Ph.D.

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AAUP Report on Political Interference in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 185 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Henry “Hank” Reichman

The Change Leader, Inc.

We are reminded that what’s happening in Florida is not just an isolated issue but a warning sign of the potential nationwide impact of political interference in academia. Vice-President, AAUP, 2012-18, 2019-20; Chair, AAUP Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure, 2012 2021; Chair, AAUP Foundation, 2013-2021.

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Teaching and Thinking with Technology

Faculty Focus

Not dissimilar are the college classrooms of smaller, liberal arts colleges. However, technology contains multitudes of weaknesses which have been documented and analyzed in recent years, first in academia and now even in popular media. ii] O’Neil, C. New York: Crown Publishers. iii] Zuboff, S., & Schwandt, K.

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Teaching and Thinking with Technology

Faculty Focus

Not dissimilar are the college classrooms of smaller, liberal arts colleges. However, technology contains multitudes of weaknesses which have been documented and analyzed in recent years, first in academia and now even in popular media. ii] O’Neil, C. New York: Crown Publishers. iii] Zuboff, S., & Schwandt, K.

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HEI Resources 2025

Higher Education Inquirer

Academia Next: The Futures of Higher Education. A Former United States Secretary of Education and a Liberal Arts Graduate Expose the Broken Promise of Higher Education. 1979/2019) The Credential Society. 2019) The Educated Underclass: Students and the Promise of Social Mobility. and Brendan Cantwell (2019).

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