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The Art and Science of Higher Ed Leadership

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

We asked how she’s met these opportunities: “When I think about my role as Provost at Florida State University , at that point in my career, I was not at all certain that I wanted to be a university president. When I left for a provost job at University of Missouri , I was excited about a new opportunity at a Midwestern university.

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Auburn professor awarded $646k in damages in speech case

Inside Higher Ed

The jury did not agree with Stern’s similar claims against two former provosts, however. In retaliation for Stern’s internal and external activism, Auburn in 2009 suddenly moved the department of economics out of the College of Business and into the College of Liberal Arts, the lawsuit said.

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Growth in assistant professorships is uneven (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

In STEM areas, health sciences professions and business disciplines, demand for new Ph.D.s But this is not the case in education, in social sciences and in particular in the humanities, all of which are characterized by stable or declining demand for assistant professors. is clearly growing. percent between 2011 and 2021.

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McBride First Gerald Early Distinguished Professor at Washington University in St. Louis

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He will be appointed to the Department of African and African-American Studies in Arts & Sciences and serve as a senior adviser to the chancellor. Previously, he was provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at Emory University. Dr. Dwight A.

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A professor's job is endangered for teaching about race

Inside Higher Ed

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. “On Feb. “On Feb. “They asked to speak with me privately. We stepped back into the classroom. I asked him what the concern was.

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Nine insights from an integration process (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Another 11 students in the master of fine arts program enrolled in eight sections and five unique courses. It was a blow to the students, faculty and staff of this private college in Worcester, Mass., which traced its history to the union of Leicester Academy, founded in 1784, and the Becker Business College, which opened in 1887.

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Dr. Condoleezza Rice

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Condoleezza Rice is a professor of political economy in the Graduate School of Business, the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution and a professor of political science at Stanford University. Bush’s national security adviser from January 2001-2005, the first woman to hold the position.