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Boston College Names Father Jack Butler as 26th President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Butler brings to the role a deep understanding of Boston College's mission, having spent the past 22 years serving the institution in various capacities. Since joining the university's Campus Ministry in 2002, he has been instrumental in advancing several key initiatives, including formative education programs and Core Curriculum renewal.

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Funding source shouldn't affect postdoc benefits (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Reports of this issue go back decades: see, for example, this 2002 article in Science , which asked, “What will it take to create a single employment class (status) for all postdocs, regardless of funding source?” The policy also precludes institutions from using grant funds to pay for benefits other than health insurance.

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What is a ‘research culture’?

SRHE

There is therefore some way to go before degree apprenticeships can become accepted postgraduate qualifications expressly involving research and with reliable sources of funding. However, the REF added the criterion of ‘impact’, broadly conceived in terms of the benefit an institution’s research brought to the economy and society.