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Bringing Greater Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

there were protests on campus. Students organized Black student unions demanding more African American studies courses, Black faculty and staff,” says Canton. Canton, who is also an associate professor of history, hired two faculty members in year one. Last year, he hired another faculty person.

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Florida seeks to silence speech on social activism across state schools, per regulation

University Business

Subsection 3 of the regulation also bars state schools and their direct-support organizations from using public dollars on campus activities that “promote or engage in political or social activism.” Specifically, what kind of research or academic pursuits may be shunned due to the language of this regulation?

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Sustainability actions students take and want their colleges to take

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Johnson County Community College, which has signed the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment along with hundreds of other institutions since 2006, offers workshops to help faculty across academic disciplines integrate sustainability content into their courses, explains Antle.

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Opening International Branches of US-Based Higher Ed Institutions: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 153 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Olgun Cicek

The Change Leader, Inc.

2 May · Episode 153 Opening International Branches of US-Based Higher Ed Institutions 34 Min · By Drumm McNaughton Opening international branches of US-based higher ed institutions can help recover lost enrollment caused by the pandemic and government policy. He completed his Ph.D.

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Not Your Traditional Student: Changing Demographics on Campus

Higher Ed Connects: Student Success Blogs

Retired New College professor Danney Ursery said, “The better students seem to always get to know the faculty, and not just know them as scholars, but as human-beings.”. Fowler also said that grandparents have returned to school in hopes of being a role model for their grandchildren.

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Trump Administration Freezes $2.2 Billion in Harvard Funding Amid Campus Activism Dispute

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In an unprecedented move that signals escalating tensions between the federal government and higher education institutions, the Trump administration has frozen more than $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts to Harvard University after the institution refused to comply with demands to limit campus activism.

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American Universities Complicit in Genocide, Again

Higher Education Inquirer

This is not simply an issue of campus policy. It is an indication of how institutions of higher learning align themselves with powerwhether it be the Nazi government in the 1930s or the Netanyahu government todayat the expense of justice and free expression. Today, students calling for an end to U.S.