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Darren Catalano of HelioCampus: Pulse podcast

[ad_1] This month’s episode of the Pulse podcast features an interview with Darren Catalano, CEO of HelioCampus, a data analytics provider. In this conversation with Rodney B. Murray, host of The Pulse, Catalano discusses how the company’s tools help institutions make decisions, assess their performance and serve students.  Most Popular Stories Most Popular [ad_2] Source …

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New presidents or provosts: Adams Arkansas Augusta Cortland Deep Springs Randolph Saint Mary SBCC

[ad_1] Shah Ardalan, president of Lone Star College–University Park, in Texas, has been chosen as president of Randolph Community College, in North Carolina. Jenifer Cushman, chancellor of Pennsylvania State University’s Beaver campus, has been appointed president of the University of Maine at Augusta. Erika Endrijonas, superintendent/president of Pasadena City College, in California, has been selected …

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Mayo threatens firing professor for interviews—and idioms

[ad_1] A Mayo Clinic medical school department chair, in a letter a free speech group shared online, threatened to fire a professor after a CNN interview in which he criticized the National Institutes of Health for not backing a COVID-19 treatment and after a New York Times interview where he suggested testosterone improves athletic performance. …

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Controversy mars Connecticut College interim hire

[ad_1] Connecticut College last week named trustee Les Wong interim president to replace Katherine Bergeron, who is stepping down at the end of June in the wake of a fundraising fiasco that prompted campus protests earlier this year. Faculty are not happy with the choice. They don’t question Wong’s credentials; he previously led San Francisco …

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Fewer students complete internships than before COVID-19

[ad_1] Internship participation declined during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research from the Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions. While 26.4 percent of undergraduates completed an internship in the 2019–20 academic year, only 22 percent did so in 2021–22, according to the College Internship Study, a longitudinal study that surveyed 554 students across three predominantly white …

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Undergraduate employees unionize at Western Washington U

[ad_1] Student workers at Western Washington University have voted to unionize by a margin of 98 percent, according to a press release by the union, known as Western Academic Workers United–UAW. The union will be composed of 1,100 tutors, teaching assistants, research assistants and other students who do research and instructional work for the university. The …

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American Jewish University campus sale fails

[ad_1] Plans by American Jewish University leaders to sell its 22-acre Los Angeles campus fell through last week, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported. The $65 million deal with a Swiss education company, EF Education First, was intended to alleviate the institution’s financial struggles. American Jewish University’s rabbinical school, like many seminaries, has struggled to attract applicants …

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Report suggests improvements for UNC system governance

[ad_1] North Carolina governor Roy Cooper released the preliminary findings of a state commission to investigate the state’s public university governance on Monday, with recommendations for broadening political representation on the UNC system board of governors and on the boards of trustees of its 16 campuses.  The report is from the Commission on the Governance …

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Emporia State still seeks to dismiss faculty members

[ad_1] Emporia State University has appealed to a district court its right to fire five faculty members, The Kansas Reflector reported. Emporia cut tenured faculty members, among others, in eliminating the jobs of 33 people last year. An administrative law judge ordered that five of the faculty members get their jobs back because the university …

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