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As free speech controversies mount, Indiana University faculty pitch vote of no confidence in university leadership

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IU’s postponement of an event featuring Hamas critic Mosab Hassan Yousef is the latest in a long line of recent free speech issues at the university.

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How Being a Mother and Academic Helped Me Fix Higher Education’s Transfer Crisis

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As the largest public urban university system in the nation, CUNY had a real opportunity to make a change. In 2023, CUNY s Board of Trustees charged the Universitys leadership including myself to fix the transfer system. Truly universal transferability would require faculty buy-in and better digital tools.

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5 Reasons Why University Leadership Roles Should Be Open to Those Without a Ph.D.

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Learning Innovation Should top university leadership roles be open to non-PhDs? " The (mostly) accepted consensus within academia is that a terminal degree is almost always table stakes for most academic leadership roles. Any resources spent on staff positions are that many fewer dollars to spend on faculty.

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Morgan State University Launches Task Force to Combat Declining Black Male Enrollment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This interdisciplinary group brings together faculty, researchers, staff, and students to develop innovative solutions for improving recruitment, engagement, and retention.

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Diverse Students Need Diverse Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jessica Enders COD's leaders support staff development to ensure its faculty, administrators, and staff are up-to-date on issues and teaching and learning strategies. Increased faculty communication and outreach began with the fruitful communications participants had with other members of the CCLP Roadrunner cohort.

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Faculty Ends Inquiry After U of Ariz. Dismissed Report on Professor’s Death

Inside Higher Ed

The faculty committee that criticized the University of Arizona in the wake of professor Thomas Meixner’s murder won’t continue its inquiry. On Friday, members of the faculty committee wrote a letter to the chair and vice chair of the faculty.

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Saint Louis University’s Clock Tower Accords: Transforming Protest into Change

Insight Into Diversity

On October 12, 2014, demonstrators marched onto SLU’s campus and established a six-day encampment at the university’s iconic clock tower. What began as a demonstration turned into a historic dialogue between the students, faculty, administration, and community leaders. University leadership — led by SLU President Fred Pestello, PhD.—