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UPitt Dean Works to Advance Equity in Policy, Practice

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

"The work that we do in the world is so important,” said Kinloch, describing her hopes for advancing equitable policies and practices that benefit students, faculty, staff, communities of people in schools, school districts, and universities around the world. “To The individual in that position reports to her.

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U of Houston removes social justice–focused dean of social work

Inside Higher Ed

Image: The University of Houston suddenly removed its dean of social work last month. The former dean, Alan Dettlaff—who is returning to the social work faculty, for now—says his views on racial justice got him fired. Magazine treatment: Trending: Trending text: Why Was a Dean Pushed Out?

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GPT-4 is here. But most faculty lack AI policies.

Inside Higher Ed

“It’s spring break,” Mity Myhr, professor of history and associate dean of the School of Behavioral and Social Sciences at St. The likeliness to have developed policies was inversely related to age. That is, younger instructors were more likely to have developed policies than were older instructors.

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Two top universities in Japan may merge

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Reports of a planned merger between two of Japan’s most prestigious universities, which come only months after a shift in government policy to reward top research performers, have prompted speculation in academe over whether there could be more such moves in the making. Newsletter Order: 0 Disable left side advertisement?:

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When outgoing presidents find their hiring powers limited

Inside Higher Ed

But now, six years later, Simmons has left her post several months ahead of a planned June departure, resigning in protest over a Texas A&M University system policy that bars presidents of system colleges such as Prairie View A&M from hiring permanent cabinet members when they are on their way out.

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Brown faculty votes to restrict P&T committee to full profs

Inside Higher Ed

Proponents of the measure have said that the committee faces logistical problems when judging promotions to full professor, as associate professor members who have not yet experienced that process personally have to recuse themselves, per Brown’s policies. The university referred questions about the new policy to Wong.

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Colleges hire directors to tackle student basic needs

Inside Higher Ed

Garret Naiman, associate vice chancellor and dean of students at UC Santa Cruz, believes the director’s position is key to harnessing all the services available to students in need. Of those, 61 have “director” or “assistant director” titles, and 16 are at the dean or assistant dean level.

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