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

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history, world history and western civilization. Spielvogel is Associate Professor Emeritus of History at The Pennsylvania State University. from The Ohio State University, where he specialized in Reformation history. in history, and M.A. in art history from The Pennsylvania State University.

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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.

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Lunchtime Reading: Communicating the value of higher education to government in a new political era

HEPI

We need to move more HE communications and public affairs away from the conference panel or Whitehall meeting room and into local business, hospitals, community groups, prisons, startups, factories or schools. Those which in an age of AI, climate emergency and global conflicts ask what is to be human and how can we live together.

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Record bond measures, higher ed policy on states' ballots

Inside Higher Ed

The district has had a history of mismanaging bond-funded projects, with some going over budget and needing costly repairs, according to a Times investigation , but officials have worked to address those issues.

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Museums and College Campuses as Community Hubs and Cultural Centers

Inside Higher Ed

opened with a searing attack that is at once ferocious and amusingly sarcastic: “Recent visitors to the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum were greeted with some unpleasant news: the museum was contaminated. Steven Mintz is professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin. Inquiring minds would like to know.

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HEI Resources 2025

Higher Education Inquirer

Public Affairs. The Last Professors: The Corporate University and the Fate of the Humanities. 2017) For the Common Good: A New History of Higher Education in America Cornell University Press. Women and Higher Education in American History. Fast and Curious: A History of Shortcuts in American Education.

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Strategic Presidential Communication in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 192 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Erin Hennessy

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I helped oversee the public affairs work and worked very closely with the government relations team there. Help tell their good news stories, get their faculty expertise out in the world, but also really work with them to identify and then potentially mitigate reputational and crisis issues that come around, seems more and more often.