Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 15, 2022

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 University of Iowa’s full time history faculty has declined from 26 to 16 in about ten years.

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University Business

MARCH 14, 2023

Outside academia, Scholz served the U.S. As Dean of the Faculty, she reviewed their recruitment, appointment and promotion; additionally, she oversaw the budget, personnel and graduate programs across multiple academic departments. She also championed diversity and inclusion in faculty and staff hiring and promotion practices.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Perhaps the following conversation between Anita Casavantes Bradford and Steven Mintz about how R-1s can support their faculty to find fulfillment in meaningful research and as transformative teachers and mentors can suggest some answers. ” However, our campuses and our faculty roles have changed dramatically in the last few decades.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 21, 2023

Brooke Vick, PhD The organization is a consortium of senior diversity officers from 36 private liberal arts institutions across the U.S. In your view, how will this decision affect academia in the long term? who exchange ideas and best practices to implement equitable and inclusive strategies on their campuses.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 6, 2022

” To this end, what would happen if colleges and universities asked teaching faculty from multiple disciplines to play active roles in internships?

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

My own professional experience—which ranges from Big Ten universities to my current small, liberal arts setting—suggests that if the humanities are dying, it is not for the reasons Professor Mintz focuses on in this essay. Did we all actually do those long readings word-for-word as students?

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University Business

JUNE 29, 2023

Anita Olson Gustafson, on the other hand, drew on her decades-long, relentless passion for liberal arts to gain favor at Presbyterian College. Specifically, he oversaw increased diversity among his faculty and staff and created a new cabinet position overseeing DEI and belonging.

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University Business

OCTOBER 6, 2023

He came into power at the small liberal arts school after a DeSantis-backed overhaul of the Board of Trustees ousted former President Patricia Okker. Faculty trustee Amy Reid reported that 40% of its faculty have left this year. New College cannot escape a litany of controversy since the newly formed leadership took over.

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University Business

APRIL 14, 2023

will be moving into entrepreneurial pursuits after serving in academia for 30 years, according to The Oklahoman. . — Langston University The only HBCU in Oklahoma will be looking for a new leader as Kent J. retires after an 11-year tenure at the school. Despite this, Smith Jr.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 21, 2023

Also, don’t fully disregard liberal arts education since students still need a well-rounded education. Faculty don’t like it. One thing that I would caution against is when we think about the liberal arts and humanities as easy punching bags. But they must stay proactive and transparent.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 18, 2023

Adding to the rising tuition costs, most administrators discuss expanding departments or hiring new faculty versus cost-cutting and reducing tuition—many plan to construct a new building once a year or every other year. Bring in a consultant or have faculty figure out ways to increase revenue without raising tuition.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

It’s always about the faculty member. As they take their institutions on this journey, university leaders must help faculty and staff to see a different but better future. 00:07:45] Catherine: Yeah. and Drumm, I think that’s true. And of course, digital. It must be driven from within the university itself. Am I crazy?

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

AUGUST 24, 2023

In academia, I've always been enamored with folks who can work the art of leadership in a really clear way, all kinds of models, all kinds of people who've inspired me to think, 'If I could just steal a little of that, a little of that.'

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Faculty Focus

JULY 9, 2023

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. New York: Little, Brown.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 9, 2023

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. New York: Little, Brown.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Second, many in academia fail to acknowledge that different people can hold distinct moral ideas, some of which will be offensive to others. Faculty, staff and students in liberal arts colleges, particularly elite ones, rarely think of religion when they invoke DEI.

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

As the new administration goes even more energetically after academia Id like to share some data about our sectors standing. Today Ill continue that line for the reasons Ive previously given: to document key stories in higher education; to witness human suffering; to point to possible directions for academia to take.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 6, 2025

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. The Adjunct Underclass: How America's Colleges Betrayed Their Faculty, Their Students, and Their Mission University of Chicago Press. Johns Hopkins Press.

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HESA

APRIL 5, 2023

I see we’re back into tiresome public debates about the value of “Liberal Arts” and the “Humanities” (not synonyms, even though most people use the terms interchangeably). HOLY SWEET CRAP that casual equation of “fewer liberal arts students” = universities becoming vocational schools.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Drumm McNaughton McNaughton and Reichman cover the processes and conclusions of the AAUP report, emphasizing the detrimental effects on academic governance, academic freedom, and the well-being of faculty and students. Notable among these are faculty departures and a discernible decline in academic standards.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 20, 2023

Measures have been introduced that would limit faculty speech both in and out of the classroom on topics such as race, gender, and sexuality; halt inclusive and equitable hiring practices; and eliminate programs that purportedly give “unfair” advantages to underrepresented groups.

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