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Agriculture Department Attempts to Keep Rural Colleges and Universities Afloat

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Secretary Tom Vilsack “Beyond the educational prospects, these institutions support small businesses who depend on the student and faculty population, and they make their communities a more attractive place to live,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. They generate opportunity.”

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Advocacy group survey: Faculty fear backlash for free speech

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: The authors of a new survey and report on faculty members’ free speech views concluded that they generally oppose punishing free expression. Faculty members also express more support for what the report, released Tuesday, labels “soft authoritarianism. ” He said the findings reflected previous research.

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President moves: Yale taps next leader, plus more hires abound

University Business

She has led academics, research and operations in her four-year run at Stony Brook and oversees the Brookhaven National Laboratory, a U.S. Moreover, she served as provost of the University of Texas at Austin and vice provost at the University of Virginia, where she earned her bachelor’s degree. McInnis begins in July.

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Reflections on 2018 and Predictions for 2019: with Drumm McNaughton | Changing Higher Ed Podcast 012

The Change Leader, Inc.

Some of those mergers were huge ( Purdue acquiring Kaplan , Strayer acquiring Capella, National University System acquiring Northcentral ). In addition, 14 nonprofit universities closed and five merged while 36 public institutions merged or consolidated. Negotiations with Faculty. Faculty Promotion and Tenure.