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U.S., Other Countries Issue Statement Supporting Academic Freedom

Inside Higher Ed

“Academic freedom is key to human rights education but also essential for technical and scientific progress and for the development of the creative industries and the arts,” says the statement, issued at the 52nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?:

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Fierce Advocate for Community College Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Her undergraduate degree is in radio/television/film: news and public affairs. The human development she studied in her doctoral program opened her eyes to what was needed on the college level to ensure student success. I’m a great facilitator. That’s one of my top leadership skills.

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Two Tri-C professors sue administrators for retaliation

Inside Higher Ed

The faculty members claim they were retaliated against after they raised concerns about course scheduling practices disadvantaging students of color in an interview with a local media outlet last year. But a public college can’t issue policies that violate the Constitution. The college denies the allegations.

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Meet the Authors of New Titles in the Major Problems Anthology Series

Today's Learner

He has traveled widely and was awarded a Faculty Scholar Medal for Outstanding Achievement in 1996. Arlt Award in the Humanities. politics, foreign relations and human rights. A former foreign service officer with assignments in Taiwan and South Vietnam, he is the author of several books on East Asia. She received her B.A.

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A sectorwide approach to higher ed's future (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Both the higher education system and the health-care system initially were built with the providers at the center—the faculty and the doctors, respectively. More than 50 percent of chemistry and biology research papers published by AU faculty have undergraduate student co-authors. Higher education is not an individual sport.

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A free, online, global university seeks seal of approval

Inside Higher Ed

Saleema is one of more than 126,000 students, including nearly 17,000 refugees, studying at this tuition-free, nonprofit online university with an all-volunteer faculty. Still others are climate refugees in search of land that supports human life. Nearly a third (30 percent) of the faculty is Black, according to the institution.

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Museums and College Campuses as Community Hubs and Cultural Centers

Inside Higher Ed

Or, to take another example: “Still life paintings pictured the bounty provided by newly established Dutch trade routes and the Republic’s economic success, while omitting the human cost of colonial warfare and slavery.” Even the most elite and exclusive institutions fail to connect to the public at their peril.

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