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Oklahoma Regents Request $96 Million Funding Increase

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“The state system of higher education’s budget request focuses on continued investment to meet growing workforce needs in several key fields, including health care, teacher education, engineering, and computer science,” State Regents chair Michael C. Turpen said in a press release last week. Hide by line?:

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Purdue and Indiana University split joint venture at IUPUI

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According to details in university statements, “Purdue will assume responsibility for engineering, computer science and technology as a fully integrated expansion of Purdue West Lafayette.” Indiana will also look to build out more science programs around its School of Medicine in the new structure.

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AAUP to Investigate Cuts at Emporia State

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Early announcements of the departments tapped for reinvestment at Emporia State include art , computer science and nursing , with more to come. Ad keywords: administrators executive faculty institutionalfinance Editorial Tags: Academic freedom College administration Faculty and staff protections Is this diversity newsletter?:

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New presidents or provosts: Alma Folsom Maryland NVCC Purdue St. Thomas TCU

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Hovde Dean of the College of Science and the Miller Family Professor of Statistics and Computer Science at Purdue University, in Indiana, has been appointed as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs and diversity there. Editorial Tags: College administration New presidents Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Why supply chain insights are key for liberal arts programs

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In the United States, as many computer science degrees were conferred in 2021 as there were across the entire scope of humanities—computer science degrees having roughly doubled in number since 2010 even as humanities degree counts fell by half. Student perspectives can help change that.

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Valerie Sheares Ashby on leadership and succeeding a legend

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Like in computer science, for example, or in economics, fields that are lucrative and game changing for the world, and they are also the least diverse fields. Editorial Tags: College administration Presidents Image Caption: Valerie Sheares Ashby took over as president of the University of Maryland Baltimore County last year.

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How colleges measure and prove their value: Key podcast

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Given the bar that you just described, what else do we do to enhance and flesh out the discussion about college quality and college value? If you’re a college administrator, you know about this data, or you should be aware now. Itzkowitz: You put the data out there.

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