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

Inside Higher Ed

Several faculty critics of Brown’s plan directed requests for comment to Ken Wong, Walter and Leonore Annenberg Chair for Education Policy and chair of Brown’s Faculty Executive Committee. The university referred questions about the new policy to Wong. Is this diversity newsletter?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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Oberlin's board seeks to limit faculty power

Inside Higher Ed

A separate proposal provides flexibility on establishing a provost’s position (Oberlin doesn’t currently have a provost). ” Faculty Editorial Tags: Faculty Governance Image Source: Oberlin College Image Caption: Oberlin College’s board will vote today on proposed bylaw changes about faculty governance.

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Lifting As They Climb

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Janelle Scott, a professor in the School of Education and African American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. and Mary Catherine Birgeneau Distinguished Chair in Educational Disparities, and is the chair of the Race, Diversity, and Educational Policy Cluster of the Othering and Belonging Institute.

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Passionate pleas for and against tuition-sharing agreements

Inside Higher Ed

OPMs “imported the worst features of predatory for-profit institutions into traditional higher education and normalized them through ubiquity,” said Barmak Nassirian, vice president for higher education policy at Veterans Education Success, an advocacy group. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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A free, online, global university seeks seal of approval

Inside Higher Ed

The courses are designed in-house by the university’s academic team in collaboration with the provost, deans, department chairs, faculty members, course developers and, if necessary, outside subject area experts, according to Kalmanson. Some students need lower costs. Others need easier or more flexible access.

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Why does Florida have so many failed leadership searches?

Inside Higher Ed

Some 150 miles away, the University of South Florida underwent its own failed search for a provost and has since rebooted the effort, announcing that none of the first-round finalists were still under consideration. The failed provost search at the University of South Florida also remains shrouded in secrecy.

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Florida's college presidents stay silent on major reforms

Inside Higher Ed

Students at Florida State University tried to force a meeting with President Richard McCullough last week by marching on the administrative building but were given an impromptu listening session with Provost Jim Clark instead. Presidents of Florida’s public institutions are caught in a “no-win scenario,” said Michael S.

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