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Finding a mission-oriented job beyond the professoriate (opinion)

[ad_1] Nuthawut Somsuk/iStock/Getty Images Plus When I began writing recently for Inside Higher Ed about career opportunities beyond academe, my first essay mentioned a sentiment that is pervasive among Ph.D. students: “I don’t know how to pick a new career path.” The following is an elaboration on the perspectives I have encountered on the topic, …

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Survival machine learning for breast cancer patients: Academic Minute

[ad_1] Today on the Academic Minute, part of University of California, Irvine, Week: Jung In Park, assistant professor in the Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing at the University of California, Irvine, finds a way to tackle biases in machine learning and make a difference for vulnerable populations. Learn more about the Academic Minute …

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Faculty vote no confidence in Owens Community College leaders

[ad_1] The faculty union at Owens Community College in Toledo, Ohio, recently voted no confidence in the college’s president, Board of Trustees, chief financial officer and vice president of business affairs, The Toledo Blade reported. The majority of union members, 86 percent, signaled their lack of support for campus leadership, said Paul Adams, president of the …

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New College of Florida denies contract to DeSantis critic

[ad_1] A visiting history professor at New College of Florida who criticized NCF’s Board of Trustees and interim president—as well as Governor Ron DeSantis’s efforts to reshape higher education in the state—is out after the administration decided not to renew his contract, Miami New Times reported. The decision reportedly leaves NCF without a faculty member …

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Education Department looks to ban transcript withholding in some cases

[ad_1] A proposed ban to limit when colleges and universities can withhold a student’s transcript could help thousands of students, if not more than a million, access their credits and resume their college education, experts and advocates say. “It’s a modest but important step,” said Martin Kurzweil, vice president of educational transformation at Ithaka S+R, …

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Jury sides with blind students against L.A. Community College District

[ad_1] A jury has awarded $240,000 in damages to two blind students who sued the Los Angeles Community College District. The jury concluded that the district violated the Americans With Disabilities Act in 14 different ways, according to a press release from Brown, Goldstein & Levy, the law firm representing the students. The students, Portia …

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North Idaho College president wins reinstatement lawsuit

[ad_1] North Idaho College president Nick Swayne has won a lawsuit allowing him to be permanently reinstated to his position after a majority of the Board of Trustees removed him earlier this year for unclear reasons. A judge found last week that trustees had violated the terms of Swayne’s employment contract when they placed him …

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