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MSU Tenure-Track Faculty Look to Unionize

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Michigan State University (MSU) tenure-track faculty have launched a public unionization campaign to gain more influence in administrative decision-making, The State News reported. Though MSU's non-tenure track faculty and many of MSU's non-academic staffers are unionized, its research-focused, tenure-track professors are not.

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Combating Gender-Based Violence on College Campuses Must Start at the Top

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Faculty and staff are also at risk of harm. All too often, instead of taking proactive internal approaches to prevention, schools often spring to action reactively in the face of high-profile Title IX investigations, or legal threats. Collectively, higher education must give this issue the attention and priority it deserves.

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The Erosion of DEI in Higher Education: A Threat to Progress and National Strength

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This moment demands that we clearly communicate the value of DEI programs to all stakeholders – students, parents, faculty, administrators, and policymakers. For faculty members: As educators, you have a profound influence on shaping future leaders.

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Report: Racial and Gender Hiring Practices in College Athletics is Concerning

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The report examines personnel data – from sources such as the NCAA Demographics Database – concerning university presidents, athletics directors, coaches, administrative staff, and faculty athletics representatives for college sports. of faculty athletic representatives, 80.0% points, a decrease from 2021’s 75.8 in 2020-2021.

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‘Compliance U’: Colleges and universities are facing new legal complexities

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Chief legal officers, faculty members, university presidents and other college leaders gathered at Touro University New York to share insight, wisdom and even their worries about the changing regulatory landscape of higher education over the past two decades. It is a vexing challenge every day.”

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Ethics and Title IX

Higher Ed Connects: Ethics

million fine , the largest-ever of its kind, to Michigan State for “its systemic failure to protect students from sexual abuse” and requires the school “to make major changes to its Title IX procedures.” This article will cover: Title IX and Compliance. Title IX and Compliance. It is a civil right.

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Mapping the Legacy of RPI's First African American Woman Leader

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Jackson and a few other African American students came together and created a list of recommendations that was submitted to administration and prompted the formation of a task force. Sponsored research awards tripled and more than 325 tenure-track faculty members were hired. I believed we’re going to live out Title IX,” she said.

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