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Central State Grad Dr. Morakinyo Kuti Appointed University’s President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He served as the vice president for research and economic development and director of land-grant programs and as its associate provost for research. In June, Dr. Jack Thomas, Central State University's former president opted not to renew his contract. “I intend to make the board very proud of this decision.”

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Community Colleges Increase Housing Options

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Post-pandemic, we have more individual students coming to us than actual school contracts.” The pandemic has increased awareness of housing insecurity, and she says research shows that students cannot focus on their education if they don’t have reliable housing. During the school year, there are some academic achievement scholarships.

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How to write more supportive, inclusive syllabi (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

This is often used as an opportunity to present the syllabus as a “contract” and to make course policies and penalties clear to students. Trending: Live Updates: liveupdates0 Most Popular: 0 In-Article Advertisement High: 4 In-Article related stories: 7 In-Article Advertisement Low: 0 Include DNU?:

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Hearing the voices of care-experienced academics

SRHE

While there is vibrant interest in, for example, the careers of working class or disabled academics, we don’t believe that care-experienced academics have been the explicit focus of research before. In our study, we spoke to 21 academics, spanning roles from research assistant to professor in universities across the UK.

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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. In alignment with institutional academic freedom policies, public higher education faculty should not fall under Garcetti.

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3 Questions on Academic Library Budgets for an Assessment and Planning Librarian

Confessions of a Community College Dean

A: The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) collects statistics on academic library budgets annually. The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) also collects statistics on research library budgets annually. Statistics are available through a subscription to ACRL Benchmark.

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Fraud in academia: How can universities avoid costly litigation?

University Business

Any program, contract or grant involving government dollars can fall under the FCA. Though healthcare fraud is the largest type of FCA fraud, this article focuses on non-healthcare fraud in higher education: research and grant fraud, unlawful recruiting, failure to disclose ties to foreign governments, and cybersecurity failure fraud.