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Manhattanville cuts tenured faculty, freezes programs

Inside Higher Ed

Manhattanville hasn’t publicly announced which programs are frozen, but faculty sources say they are art history, world religions, philosophy, film studies, music, music education, French, Spanish and chemistry. Other faculty sources said that history has two remaining full-time faculty members.

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President moves: Recent resignations show 3 reasons why a leader steps down

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Prior to that, he served as the president of Wilmington College (Ohio) and the founding associate dean of health sciences at Heidelberg University. One campaign he oversaw helped draw in $66 million, the largest in school history, Telegram & Gazette reports. The throughline of Bates’ career is his passion for healthcare.

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HBCU students, faculty denounce 'Cop City'

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Some students and faculty members at historically Black Atlanta colleges and universities are speaking out against plans to build an 85-acre, $90 million police training facility nearby in forested land owned by the city. “This training needs space, and that’s exactly what this training center is going to offer.”

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How to Increase Scientific Literacy

Inside Higher Ed

” In other words, that which isn’t science is a trivial and inconsequential waste of time. Facile speech doesn’t get you through Physical Electronics.” Americans once revered science and scientists. That doesn’t, however, mean that faith in science is the same, say, as religious faith.

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Can Public Universities Scale Honors-Like Experiences for a Larger Number of Undergraduates?

Inside Higher Ed

A small college within a much larger institution, with its own facilities, faculty, course offerings, scholarship and grant programs and perks for honors students. I think the answer is yes and, as we will see, this builds on the history of university honors, which has radically reworked its model over the past century.

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Some HBCUs strive for R-1 status with record research dollars

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Leaders of historically Black colleges and universities have been working to achieve Research-1 status in recent years, the coveted Carnegie Foundation classification reserved for doctoral universities that demonstrate a certain level of research prowess. Meanwhile, North Carolina A&T State University earned $97.3 ” Dr. Wayne A.

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How Can We Bring Many More Students to Math, Data and Statistical Literacy?

Inside Higher Ed

A data science pathway as an alternative to the standard Algebra II, precalculus and calculus sequence. A data science pathway as an alternative to the standard Algebra II, precalculus and calculus sequence. At stake are hot-button issues involving equity, privilege, socioeconomic class and gender, ethnicity and race.