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Organizational problems underlie 'cancel culture' (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

It’s hardly a new observation that, in corporatespeak, colleges and universities are ailing companies. As Temple University president Jason Wingard writes , our attrition rates would send a corporate entity into meltdown. Later, students email the dean demanding the instructor publicly apologize and undergo training.

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Some trustees aim to oust Michigan State president

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Michigan State University president Dr. Samuel Stanley Jr. Dr. Stanley was previously president of Stony Brook University before joining MSU. The Association of American Universities president condemned efforts to remove Dr. Stanley.

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SOULS: The Academy’s Recipe for Transformation, Retention, and Creating a Better World

Insight Into Diversity

As a tenured full professor of political science, a former director of graduate studies and admissions, dean, and now vice president for diversity, I view the crisis of Black faculty and staff retention in the Academy as a quiet earthquake — slowly moving beneath the ground, embodying the terrors that make academic life untenable.

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A Thousand Flowers Blooming

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

And then I’ll talk about Peter Freeman , one of the first Deans of Computing at Georgia Tech. Peter Freeman (Founding Dean and Dean Emeritus at Georgia Tech's College of Computing). Presidencies Derailed: Why University Leaders Fail and How to Prevent It by Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, Gerald B. Kauvar, and E.

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Newly named president of College of Saint Mary backs out

Inside Higher Ed

Although it’s relatively rare for someone who has been selected as a university president to pull out after accepting the position, it does happen. For example, in 2021, the reported top pick for president of the University of South Carolina, Mung Chiang, backed out within hours of being named in a published report.

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DeSantis puts into action his plan to end "woke activism"

Inside Higher Ed

FIRE also weighed in on plans to expand the power of presidents over faculty tenure. “Giving university presidents expansive power over hiring, firing, and post-tenure review jeopardizes academic freedom ,” FIRE’s statement read. Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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A college widens faculty involvement in search for a president

Inside Higher Ed

Image: In the perpetual tug-of-war between openness and confidentiality in searches for new college and university presidents, secrecy has been winning in a rout. Newsletter Order: 0 Disable left side advertisement?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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