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N.C. A&T Receives $4.8M NIH Grant to Study Alzheimer's Disease

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

million grant to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s Center for Outreach in Alzheimer’s, Aging and Community Health (COAACH) will help the historically Black college and university study Alzheimer’s disease in middle-aged African Americans.

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New Law Gives Civic Center Control of Utah State’s Gen Ed

Inside Higher Ed

Utahs governor signed into law a bill that creates a Center for Civic Excellence at Utah State University and requires that all general education courses be taught by faculty appointed to that center.

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UMN report reveals fewer professors offered tenured positions

University Business

Faculty at the University of Minnesota are alarmed that fewer professors are offered tenured positions. In 2023, there were 4,823 tenured faculty members across the five University campuses, compared to 5,656 professional staff members, including lecturers. Read more at mn Daily.

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Universities can set up in India but regulations pose challenge

The PIE News

Depending on how they are set up, foreign universities could be subject to the country’s Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, and the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010. But the criteria is more stringent around which universities are eligible and what courses they can offer.

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Report Shows the Shift Away from Tenured Faculty in the U.S. Academic Workforce

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

That's according to a new report from the American Association of University Professors (AAUP)which provides data depicting the shift away from tenure to contingent faculty at most U.S. colleges and universities. There are also adjunct faculty, who are part-time or temporary. The report notes that U.S.

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Under Siege: Attacks on DEI and its Implications for Students

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In response, college and university leaders nationwide made significant commitments to improve campus racial climates. At the University of Southern California’s (USC) Race and Equity Center , we collect survey data about undergraduate students’ educational experiences concerning race and other critical topics.

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Tenured faculty in steady decline while part-time and graduate workers rise, per report

University Business

is slowly but surely relying more heavily on contingent faculty and graduate student employees as tenure and tenure-track faculty positions decline, according to a key summary from the American Association of University Professors. In 1987, part-time faculty made up 33% of the workforce. The academic workforce in the U.S.

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