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Manhattanville cuts tenured faculty, freezes programs

Inside Higher Ed

“This will result in both academic and administrative staff changes. ” Of the eight professors laid off, Manhattanville says three will take on other administrative roles and five will leave after the spring term. Other faculty sources said that history has two remaining full-time faculty members.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Utilizing a holistic approach, its mission is to ensure that all students thrive in engineering and computer science, particularly Latino, Black and women students, who are underrepresented in these fields. million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). We are an affordable institution.

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How to Improve College Teaching in 2023

Inside Higher Ed

The interests of administrators, faculty, staff, and students frequently collide. Let’s not delude ourselves: Today’s curriculum is, first and foremost, a product of political compromise and administrative convenience. These four traditions co-exist uneasily within the contemporary college and university.

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Colleges award tenure

Inside Higher Ed

Alberto Bartesaghi, computer science. Xu Jiang, business administration. Adam Mestyan, history. Sudeepa Roy, computer science. Rebecca Steorts, statistical science. Yehua Wei, business administration. Walker, Africana studies. Duke University. Xiuyuan Cheng, mathematics.

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The Midlife Crisis’s ‘Evil Younger Brother’: The Quarter-Life Crisis

Inside Higher Ed

A recent book by American University’s provost emeritus and professor of business administration and policy Scott Bass offers his advice. Anthropology, history and sociology departments might offer classes that examine changes and cross-cultural variations in the life course, rites of passage and the challenges of achieving adulthood.

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Nine insights from an integration process (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

which traced its history to the union of Leicester Academy, founded in 1784, and the Becker Business College, which opened in 1887. It also was a serious loss for the Worcester region because of Becker College’s long and impactful history in the area and the prominence of several academic programs.

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Why we need better data on faculty diversity (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Nationally representative data can address these issues and provide benchmarks that university administrators can use to understand how faculty work and life at their institution may compare in relation to peer institutions. The survey was last administered in fall 2003, with earlier administrations in 1987, 1992 and 1998.

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