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2022 Delphi Award Winners Share Practices to Support Part-Time Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Offering advice about professional development opportunities, shared governance, and health benefits were but some of the practices presented and discussed by Montgomery College and the Dominican University of California, the two winners of the 2022 Delphi Award, at a webinar onWednesday.

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Presidential Evaluations: How University Boards Strengthen Oversight: Structured evaluations strengthen governance, accountability, and institutional success

The Change Leader, Inc.

This gap in evaluation practices not only weakens institutional governance but also raises concerns about board independence and effectiveness. This article explores the significance of presidential evaluations, best practices for implementing them, and how they contribute to stronger institutional governance.

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See what’s driving the sudden rise in institutional neutrality

University Business

At public universities, which made up most of the list, governing boards were most often responsible for going neutral. Only 33 private institutions have adopted institutional neutrality. The majority of these decisions were driven by the president or faculty bodies.

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Lesley Faculty Vote No Confidence in President—Again

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Lesley University’s Faculty Assembly says it has voted no confidence in university president Janet Steinmayer for the second time in roughly a year. This time, it says, it also voted no confidence in the university’s Board of Trustees. “A coalition of faculty and students held a protest outside.”

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This for-profit believes it’s being “targeted” by the government

University Business

In a sudden public statement published last week, Grand Canyon University (Ariz.) believes government officials are waging “coordinat[ed] efforts to unjustly target GCU” in response to its lawsuit against the Department over its nonprofit status. If you wanted us to change this or that, we would have willingly done that.

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These are the top 10 colleges for cybersecurity education

University Business

Along with its list are six must-have modules for any cybersecurity course: “Foundational aspects of cybersecurity, hands-on program training, privacy and ethics, government and national security, risk and information assurance, and capstone projects.” Carnegie Mellon University (1). George Washington University (4).

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Presidential worries: What’s keeping these Northeastern presidents up at night?

University Business

“Both public and private institutions are slow to adjust to this stark reality for several reasons, including, government subsidies that prolong reckoning with failing business models, resistance to mergers and acquisitions, and sheer wishful thinking that things will somehow magically improve.