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Citing 'Unprecedented' Financial Challenges, Miami U. Tells Low-Enrollment Majors to Change

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Emma Pettit Illustration by The Chronicle; image from 636Buster, Wikimedia Commons It's not professors’ fault that the university can no longer afford to support its current lineup of academic programs, the office of the provost wrote in a document shared with department chairs.

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Firing Reopens ‘Old Wound’ Regarding Treatment of Women

Inside Higher Ed

Firing Reopens ‘Old Wound’ Regarding Treatment of Women Ryan Quinn Mon, 10/02/2023 - 03:00 AM North Dakota State’s ouster of a female vice provost is part of a pattern, women at the university say. Lawyers, in unusual release of documents, say her office mishandled discrimination complaints. Byline(s) Ryan Quinn

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Utica proposing to cut a dozen programs, faculty ask why

Inside Higher Ed

A member of the provost-appointed Academic Program Review Taskforce, which created the report, said the members expected the report was going to become public. Casamento’s recommendations weren’t a “mirror image” of what’s in the document, the member said. Image: Utica University’s president on Jan.

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The Growing Role of Artificial Intelligence in College Admissions

Insight Into Diversity

One common use for AI is automating an applicant’s preliminary screening using the data from documents like transcripts and SAT or ACT scores.

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Auburn professor awarded $646k in damages in speech case

Inside Higher Ed

The jury did not agree with Stern’s similar claims against two former provosts, however. Around this time, Stern’s new dean allegedly opposed his tenure bid, as did the provost, contradicting the positive recommendation of his department. The First Amendment and academic freedom are the cornerstones of higher education.

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West Virginia U proposal outlines process for firing faculty

Inside Higher Ed

The draft document urges credit for faculty members supporting the university’s diversity, equity and inclusion mission, or who are otherwise doing community-engaged or interdisciplinary work; this presumably addresses long-standing concerns across academe that such efforts go unrecognized in traditional faculty reward structures.

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College Board Updates AP African American Studies Course

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

1 version of the framework – a 234-page document with input from high school teachers and African American studies professors – received backlash from advocates, who criticized how the framework downplayed topics such as Black Lives Matter, slavery reparations, intersectionality, and queer life. “One public high schools last year.

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