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University Presidents Called to Action

Higher Education Inquirer

[Editor's note: This essay, written for elite university presidents, is intended as a rhetorical device rather than a statement of facts. Elite universities, long considered the pinnacle of higher education, have become increasingly entwined in a broader conversation about privilege, access, and power.

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Cost allocation in the research university and what it tells us

Changing Higher Education

Universities often report a number that appears to indicate how much the university spends on instruction. Lombardi , in How Universities Work. These conclusions lead to a consideration of why cost -shifting between missions is so important in the current approach of the research university. We would be wrong to do so. .

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The Work We Do: Reflecting on CARL’s Competencies for Librarians in Canadian Research Libraries

ACRLog

The vision and mission statements of your library or institution? Direction from your supervisor or administration? CARL lists eight competencies including collaboration, leadership and vision, equity, diversity, and inclusion, curation, and assessment, among others. The CARL Competencies. With your job description?

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Venezuelan Higher Education

HESA

This week’s guest on The World of Higher Education Podcast is Juan Carlos Navarro, international expert in higher education, innovation and digital talent; senior advisor to several international institutions and universities; and Member of the international faculty of the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración , in Caracas, Venezuela.

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Strengthening data and insights into our changing university research landscape by Jessica Corner

HEPI

The UK continues as a global leader in research and innovation and our universities are uniquely strong contributors, among which are the highest performing in the world. We have some of the highest-intensity innovation ecosystems in the world, with universities as the core driver. As a country, our invention record is well recognised.

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AAUP on Florida: authoritarian control wilting higher education

University Business

“Bottom line: Big Brother is watching,” wrote one University of Florida professor in an email to his colleagues and collected by the special committee. The college has since abolished all diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, axed its top officer and ended its gender studies program. “He is taking names.

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New policies guide removal of controversial building names

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Students, staff, faculty and alumni of Towson University in Maryland gathered last month to celebrate the renaming of two dormitories, now called Barnes Hall and Harris Hall, after the university’s first two Black graduates.

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