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Number of Ph.D.s conferred dropped 5.4% in 2021

Inside Higher Ed

percent between 2020 and 2021, the steepest decline ever for the NSF’s annual census of new Ph.D.s. In numbers, 52,250 research doctorates were awarded across fields in 2021. The survey period for the forthcoming report ran from July 2020 to June 2021, a full year of the pandemic. production in 2021 to COVID-19.

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The Changing Face of Executive Education

MindMax

The Breakfast Club, hosted by Chief Learning Officer, has a 17-year history of connecting leaders over breakfast to strengthen the link between learning and development, and business strategy. Watch “The Changing Face of Executive Education” webinar event which took place on October 13, 2022 and moderated by MindMax CEO, Lee Maxey.

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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As his reputation grew, Williams was recruited by Northwestern University, where he served as assistant dean of diversity and inclusion between 2017 and 2021, and then until 2022 as the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion lead of Northwestern’s Public Health Program. I needed them to speak the language [of diversity,]” says Williams.

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President moves: USC, Urbana-Champaign must now look for leaders

University Business

Sandeep Mazumder, Berry College The Berry College Board of Trustees has tapped first-time president Sandeep Mazumder , dean of Baylor University’s business school beginning in July. Unclear: He became dean at Baylor in July or he becomes president of Berry in July? Hired Sandeep Mazumder – Berry College (Ga.)

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Cleveland State University Drops John Marshall From Law School’s Name

Insight Into Diversity

The decision comes after an ad hoc committee recommended the university rebrand the law school to cut association with Marshall due to his history of owning enslaved people. In May 2021, the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Law dropped his name following calls from students and alums.

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Why these leaders want to secure the liberal arts in a digital world

University Business

Despite Pepperdine adding a data science minor to its liberal arts undergraduate curriculum (bolstered by a $10 million grant in 2021), Hooten is looking to hire new faculty members to help expand the Great Books program due to strong enrollment this fall.

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Lafayette dept. heads, program chairs raise governance concerns

Inside Higher Ed

” The second point said that “Dean positions are created and filled before dean positions are defined[;] input is requested only after key decisions are made.” ” But the letter does discuss the dean situation. The fourth, Eric Ziolkowski, the religious studies department head, said he had no comment.

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