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Higher education in England needs a special administration regime

Wonkhe

If a provider is facing financial distress and potential insolvency there is no legal framework to guide and protect trustees, lenders, or students.

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Creating a Course Calendar that Aligns to the Rhythms of the Semester

Faculty Focus

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on January 4, 2018 Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! Do you have a system or standard process for prepping a course youve taught before? Where do you start? Early in my career, one chapter per week described my course outline. It wasnt an effective system.

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Connect more: creating the conditions for a more resilient and sustainable HE sector in England

Wonkhe

Wonkhe and Mills & Reeve have been exploring how stronger connections between providers could prepare the sector to face the future as well as tackle today's financial challenges and what's missing from the current legal and regulatory landscape

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Report: A Growing Number of Faculty Feel Censored

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A growing number of faculty say that they find it difficult to have an open and honest conversation on campus about at least one hot button political topic and fear being disciplined for their teaching, research, academic discussions, or off-campus speech. Thats some of the findings from a newly released report titled, Silence in the Classroom: The 2024 FIRE Faculty Survey Report , by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression(FIRE).

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Understanding the Social Change Model of Leadership (SCM): Igniting Students’ Academic Development P

The article addresses the Social Change Model of Leadership Development. It elucidates the SMC background, key assumptions, and the main pillars of the model to form a a change agent who could be helpful with institutional in-service delivery.

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Frugal Spending as a Youth Social Movement (Arirang News)

Higher Education Inquirer

This episode of Within The Frame discusses frugal spending as a global cultural phenomenon. Guests on the show are Shin Eun-kyong, Assistant Professor at Korea University's Department of Sociology, and Kim Yong-Jin, Professor at Sogang Business School.

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The AAUP Condemns Faculty Arrests at NYU

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) condemned the arrest of New York University (NYU) faculty members who were present at pro-Palestine protests on campus recently. This crackdown on NYU faculty is part of a distressing pattern of repression of pro-Palestinian speech on college campuses, said AAUP President Dr. Todd Wolfson. The AAUP condemns this practice and we will fight to defend academic freedom and the right of faculty, students, and staff to peacefully assemble on cam

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