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The University of Severance

Academe Blog

A few months ago, University [of Michigan] Provost Laurie McCauley banned diversity statements in hiring. And a few days ago, University President Santa Ono told the audience at an event hosted by the… BY SILKE-MARIA WEINECK The following is reposted with permission from theMichigan Daily.

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Becker to Depart Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Mark Becker plans to leave his role as president of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) at the end of the year. “I I am in good health, and at the same time recent life events have led me to the conclusion that I need to devote more time to my health and family,” said Becker.

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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He had been very excited to attend, until the week of the event. “We Because of the dean leads, the vice provost, the team members working with me, we were able to do great things with faculty and faculty fellows. Williams, Jr., We got uninvited, because Blacks weren’t allowed in the country club,” says Williams. Williams, Jr.

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He’s out: MSU President Samuel Stanley to leave post two months early

University Business

On Wednesday, Michigan State University President Samuel Stanley announced he will be stepping down from his post on Friday, two months earlier than he originally planned. “It has been an eventful three years since my arrival. . “It has been an eventful three years since my arrival.

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AU Reaches Agreement With Staff Union After Weeklong Strike

Inside Higher Ed

Marchers also chanted slogans outside university president Sylvia Burwell’s residence, accusing her of hiding from confrontation with the strikers, and inflated a giant blow-up of Scabby the Rat , a common union tactic to communicate bitterness with management.

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U of Arizona professors say they're blackballed from service

Inside Higher Ed

The Senate chair and university president are supposed to be consulted on nominees for CAFT, but a faculty nominating committee prepares the final list of nominees. But he says that he apparently became a problem for the university following that role, around 2018.

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Higher Ed Lessons in Interim Leadership

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

Building institution-wide trust is essential, especially on the accelerated timeline of an interim leadership position, so Chancellor Reyes described his shortcut: "I immediately asked the president to allow me to get a provost colleague, Karen Colley , to become the interim provost. I think it's very valuable.