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Spartanburg Community College Faculty Criticize Administration's Governance

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Some faculty at Spartanburg Community College (SCC) are criticizing what they allege is heavy-handed governance and changes without faculty input by the school administration since new leadership in 2020, The Post and Courier reported. SCC’s current president Dr. Michael Mikota took office in summer 2020.

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What’s Behind the Push for ‘Institutional Neutrality’?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

In the two weeks after George Floyd’s 2020 murder, more than 200 U.S. colleges and universities issued statements mentioning his name, according to a joint report from associations representing student affairs administrators and diversity officers. But what does it mean for a university to go neutral?

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Mitchell Hamline School of Law Names New President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Davidson serves as professor of law at the law school and has served as dean at SIU Law since July 2020. Davidson holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi, and a J.D. Camille Davidson “I am thrilled to be leading Mitchell Hamline,” said Davidson.

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How to Approach Higher Ed’s Hybrid Cloud Migration

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Whether that’s because of administrative red tape or a lack of funds, colleges and universities often approach large-scale technology projects in manageable phases rather than with an overnight transformation. When it comes to cloud migration, we’re seeing this to be the case.

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Looking to Grow Your Health Care Administration Program? Here Are Four Tips

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Blogs Looking to Grow Your Health Care Administration Program? Here Are Four Tips Health care administration programs are increasingly attractive to both students and employers. Here are four components of a successful health care administration program—and profiles of five institutions succeeding in this market.

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Calls for Change at Penn State

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We as a faculty, Black faculty and others, have been fighting the administration to address matters of racial justice, and in a very forceful and progressive manner, for the last 20 years or so in different iterations,” said King in an interview with Diverse. “My Racism came from administrators, colleagues, and even students.

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Reports Indicate High Employment Among Law Class of 2023

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

for the Class of 2020. This dip was likely due to the initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the legal market, cancelations and delays to bar admission exam administrations, and an approximately 1.4% increase in the size of the graduating class that year,” he said.