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Graduation Caps

[ad_1] Are you graduating from high school this year? If so, will you be participating in the long tradition of decorating your graduation cap? What are you planning to include on it, and what do those things mean to you? If you’re not quite to graduation yet, do you think you will decorate a mortarboard …

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Astronomy preprint withdrawn over a co-author’s inclusion

[ad_1] An astronomy preprint’s lead author withdrew the paper and is removing one of the co-authors: Geoff Marcy, who resigned his professorship at the University of California, Berkeley, in 2015 after the institution concluded he repeatedly violated sexual harassment policies.   Science reported Tuesday that “outrage erupted on Twitter and multiple co-authors requested their names …

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Despite opposition by Ohio State board, anti-DEI bill passes

[ad_1] In a rare move, the Ohio State University Board of Trustees has publicly opposed sweeping state legislation that will profoundly alter higher education in the state through a number of reforms that touch on multiple areas of campus life. The pushback landed one day before the legislation passed the State Senate on a 21-to-10 …

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Layoffs and closures at Upper Iowa University

[ad_1] Upper Iowa University will resort to layoffs and other major cuts to combat revenue losses from declining enrollment, shifting demographics and rising costs, according to The Gazette. The 166-year-old private institution announced Tuesday that it would eliminate 37 faculty positions and close seven of its regional education centers across Iowa and Wisconsin. Twenty-two of the …

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Faculty vote no confidence in Pennsylvania two-year college president

[ad_1] The Federation of Teachers of Bucks County Community College recently voted no confidence in the president of the Pennsylvania institution, The Bucks Courier Times reported. The news outlet said the union’s vote on Felicia Ganther was announced at a Board of Trustees meeting last week. Ganther has led the college for almost two years. …

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