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William & Mary professors cry secrecy on data school, more

Inside Higher Ed

William & Mary has long had a liberal arts orientation and strong tradition of shared governance. The letter also expressed concerns about lack of faculty involvement in a hiring pilot that is supposed to increase faculty diversity but that also cedes more hiring power to deans. (A This is the field we are playing on.”

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Penn’s Sniegowski Named Earlham President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Earlham has an important and longstanding place within the distinctive liberal arts tradition in the United States. Levin Family Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a strong researcher, a frequently honored teacher, and much appreciated academic leader.

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Representation Matters

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Hollis, then dean of the College of Liberal Arts. She is active in the National Women’s Studies Association and has been a vocal advocate for HBCUs developing women’s and gender studies programming. and presented it to the department chair who in turn presented it to the dean, Dr. Marshall Stevenson.

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Auburn professor awarded $646k in damages in speech case

Inside Higher Ed

An Alabama jury awarded Michael Stern $645,837 in damages, finding after a two-week trial that Stern’s former dean illegally punished him for speaking out. Around this time, Stern’s new dean allegedly opposed his tenure bid, as did the provost, contradicting the positive recommendation of his department. Going Public.

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These leaders’ commitment to DEI got them the nod for president

University Business

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. Jenkins, Bates College (Lewiston, Maine) Garry W. Jenkins is set to become Bates College’s first Black president in its 168-year history.

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Career-readiness initiatives are missing the mark (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Especially from the perspective of someone like me, who has long been an advocate for the transformative impact of experiential learning on students’ social and economic mobility, and a critic of higher education’s tendency to overlook students’ career preparation in favor of other goals? or Seattle—an untenable dream.

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Survey: Campus facilities' impact on student success

Inside Higher Ed

That goes for buildings and their surroundings, says Frater, dean of student services at Rochester General College of Health Careers. Whether it’s building something new or redesigning existing space, Frater also advocates for nimble spaces. “When there’s proper upkeep of our lawns, the aesthetic value rises.”