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A New Era of Excellence

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In August 2023, Kinloch became the 15th president of JCSU — the only historically Black college and university (HBCU) in the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, founded in 1867 by formerly enslaved Black people. “I Whether she could visualize it or not, that young freshman at Johnson C. And that’s how it started for me.”

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Leaders weigh in on why the time to improve faculty affairs is now

University Business

Through the tuition revenue they accrue by teaching lectures to the federal grant dollars they gain through sponsored research, faculty may be the financial pulse of an institution. Not only does their work drive revenue, but it also serves as the beacon of a school’s academic reputation. ” Brooks says.

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Penn State provides voluntary buyouts to mitigate its deficit

University Business

The Voluntary Separation Incentive Program (VISP), announced last week, financially incentivizes eligible faculty and staff to retire early or leave their jobs and still receive one year of their base salary and six months of subsidized health insurance. Employees also must have been hired before April 1, 2023.

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The importance of academic mental health

SRHE

Increased workloads, pressures of research funding, lack of work-life balance and lack of management support are universal trends globally ( Kinman and Jones , 2008 ) leading to many university academics leaving the profession ( Heffernan et al , 2019 ; Ligibel et al , 2023 ). What can universities do?

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AAUP Report on Political Interference in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 185 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Henry “Hank” Reichman

The Change Leader, Inc.

Drumm McNaughton McNaughton and Reichman cover the processes and conclusions of the AAUP report, emphasizing the detrimental effects on academic governance, academic freedom, and the well-being of faculty and students. Notable among these are faculty departures and a discernible decline in academic standards.

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Friday Fragments

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Additionally, many faculty in liberal arts fields have never worked in corporate America above an hourly level, and even that may have been in previous decades, so they might not be particularly well suited to helping students decode the market that exists now. Happily for me, the ability to carry a tune isn’t a job requirement.

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Nearly 90% of staff report major barriers between traditional and emerging academic programs

University Business

These responses largely confirm the work of Modern Campus and UPCEA’s annual State of Education 2023 report in March. In that report , administrative burden and lack of staffing contributed to respondents’ belief that their institution was unprepared to meet its professional, continuing and online (PCO) unit goals.