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Imran Khan aims to be Oxford University’s next chancellor

The Guardian - Higher Education

Adviser to imprisoned former prime minister of Pakistan says he submitted application to run in October election Imran Khan, the imprisoned former prime minister of Pakistan, is aiming to become Oxford’s next chancellor when the university’s graduates and staff vote later this year.

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Florida A&M's football woes spotlight lack of resources

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Florida A&M University leadership is facing demands for accountability after 26 football players were declared ineligible for their season opener, which the players blamed on inadequate academic advising in a scathing letter to administrators.

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Hidden in Plain Sight: The Real International Student Scandal

HEPI

The basics are clear: long-term underfunding of HE, a marketized higher education system, and university leaderships that value the generation of a financial surplus above all else. For the best students, the experience of Masters-level study is frequently terrible: we both now advise our best students to go overseas.

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Chatham University initiates a campus-wide reorganization amid a $6 million deficit - Maddie Aiken, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Economics and Change in Higher Education

About 8% of staff positions have been eliminated — putting 20 staffers out of a job — and the university leadership team has been restructured, according to school officials.

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First African American Dean Blazes Trail for Northwestern Music

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Based on her extensive years in university leadership, Montgomery suggested that younger people look for mentors in many places, of many kinds. There are many different types of mentors,” Montgomery said. “I I would encourage younger people to speak to individuals.

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Defending DEI: University Leaders Share Lessons Learned and Strategies for Moving Forward

Insight Into Diversity

Overall, Hutchens feels university leadership may have initially tried to avoid upsetting politicians, afraid of causing greater harm. Martin also advises campus leaders to coordinate their efforts and speak as one voice in opposition to anti-DEI measures.

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Access Must be Front Burner for Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Larry Johnson, president of Guttman Community College-City University of New York (CUNY), said most community college presidents would say funding is the most pressing institutional issue. Guttman engaged with lawmakers and policy makers as a collective through CUNY.