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Academic freedom policies should mean something (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Events in the Sunshine State also reflect an ongoing legal debate over the extent that First Amendment rights apply to public college and university professors in carrying out their teaching, research and service duties. Florida looked to a 2006 U.S. Supreme Court decision, Garcetti v.

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Effective University Leadership – What Does It Take?

The Change Leader, Inc.

However, some faculty members have expressed concerns about this approach, stating that a president must understand about research, grants, and other academic components of the job. Other universities have broken the traditional mold of a university president by hiring candidates who are described as hybrids.

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Social Security Offsets and Defaulted Student Loans (CFPB)

Higher Education Inquirer

million in 2006 to 8.8 The Debt Collection Improvement Act set a minimum floor of income below which the federal government cannot offset Social Security benefits and subsequent Treasury regulations established a cap on the percentage of income above that floor. million in 2017 to 2.1 million in 2019. million to $429.7

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Beyond ideological debates, a focus on process (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

In a 2018 Pew Research Center poll , 61 percent of Americans said they believe higher education in the U.S. That takes us to issues of higher education governance—a process that is often tediously slow and too often inefficient but nevertheless the way we do business today. is going in the wrong direction.

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Understanding the purpose and role of the CAA UAE in higher education

Creatrix Campus

It accredits all higher education institutions not affiliated with the federal government by taking them through a series of quality assurance steps and offering them a license to operate. Even the Degree programs offered by federal (government-run) institutions are now also accredited.