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N.C. A&T Receives $4.8M NIH Grant to Study Alzheimer's Disease

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

million grant to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s Center for Outreach in Alzheimer’s, Aging and Community Health (COAACH) will help the historically Black college and university study Alzheimer’s disease in middle-aged African Americans. A&T’s College of Science and Technology, successfully secured the grant.

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Why did U of Florida suddenly fire its honors director?

Inside Higher Ed

He said that while having a tenured faculty appointment offers some security after being fired from his longtime role, he’ll miss the job at which he was always told he was doing well, and he will miss students most of all. Law remains a distinguished professor of engineering at UF. Working with young people is amazing.”

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Wave of Higher Ed Union Strikes Swells Nationwide

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Earlier in 2022, the union at Barnard College was able to win compensation for out-of-class work for adjuncts and full-time faculty there. higher ed has relied increasingly on contingent appointments, according to Glenn Colby, senior researcher for the American Association of University Professors (AAUP).

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

Elevating Stories of the Unrecognized — Agnes Scott College. In July, Agnes Scott College launched the Acknowledging our Past: Acting Now for a Transformed Future project, which aims to elevate the lives and stories of the people of color who built the college. Multicultural Mentorship — Augustana College.

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Endowed Chairs and the "Dark Matter" of Higher Education

Higher Education Inquirer

More than a century ago, Thorstein Veblen and Upton Sinclair critically exposed the structure and history of US higher education. The Association of American Colleges and Universities estimated in 2011 that there were approximately 10,000 endowed chairs in the United States. Others have followed. One Fascism or Two?:

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Lest We Forget

Susquehanna President's Blog

Some of these overreaches have been in response to faculty serving as expert witness in court cases in which their testimony was unfavorable to the state’s position; some are battles over ideology; some are acts of political theatre; and some are attempts to whitewash history. It is also our history. Bollinger being overturned.

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AAUP Report on Political Interference in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 185 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Henry “Hank” Reichman

The Change Leader, Inc.

” This report marks a critical juncture in the AAUP’s history, being one of only eight special reports issued, and underscores a growing concern over political interference in the realm of academic governance. The Human Toll of Political Interference The emotional and professional impact on faculty and students is significant.