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Retired Vermont State University Dean Fatally Shot Near Campus

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Former Vermont State University dean and professor Honoree Fleming, 77, was fatally shot near campus last week, NBC News reported. Honoree Fleming and Ron Powers Vermont News & Media Fleming was killed from a gunshot to the head on the Delaware & Hudson Rail Trail, officials said.

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Former Dean Awarded Nearly $4 Million in Retaliation Lawsuit

Inside Higher Ed

A former Bloomsburg University dean will be awarded $3.9 million after a jury found that he was fired in retaliation for helping an administrative assistant report that she had been sexually harassed by the university’s president,

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Columbia removes three deans over text messages with alleged ‘antisemitic tropes’

The Guardian - Higher Education

University president says private text exchange during school event was ‘unacceptable and deeply upsetting’ Three Columbia University deans have been indefinitely removed from their positions after sending text messages that the university president said included antisemitic tropes.

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Columbia University President Steps Down

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Many on faculty at the university expressed no-confidence in the administration partly for its aggressive response to on-campus demonstrations. University leadership was chided by congressional leaders for not fully cooperating with their investigation into on-campus harassment complaints.

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Duke University to Cover Full Tuition for Carolina Students with Family Incomes Below $150,000

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

So we think of this as both a commitment to our students and our families, but also to the communities where they live.”

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Birmingham and IIT Madras reveal joint masters

The PIE News

.” “Students will have their educational achievements recognised by both institutions” Under the agreement, students will study in Birmingham and Chennai before receiving a single degree awarded by both universities.

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UNCG cuts 20 programs due to conform to budget - Eli Baine, East Carolinian

Economics and Change in Higher Education

The chancellor of the University of North Carolina Greensboro, Franklin Gilliam Jr. announced this month the university will be doing away with 20 academic programs due to budget constraints, and some students at other public universities worry it could happen elsewhere.