[ad_1] Ohio is spending $24 million to create “intellectual diversity centers” at five of the state’s public institutions of higher education, according to The Ohio Capital Journal. The centers will be independent academic units all centered on the U.S. Constitution, law and history. State lawmakers had earlier proposed the centers at just Ohio State University and …
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[ad_1] City College of San Francisco recently issued a press release apologizing for the contentious delay of a Cantonese certificate program. Advocates for the program expected two new Cantonese certificate programs to be available this fall, a nine-credit program and a 16-credit program. The college’s curriculum committee determined that plans for the 16-credit program wouldn’t …
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[ad_1] More than one-third of the faculty—36 members—has left the New College of Florida within the past year, The Tampa Bay Times reported. Provost Bradley Thiessen called it a “ridiculously high” number for an institution with fewer than 100 full-time professors. While some of the departures were long-planned retirements or sabbaticals, many others were driven …
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[ad_1] How Economics Research Grew During the Pandemic: Academic Minute Doug Lederman Wed, 07/19/2023 – 03:00 AM [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] King’s College of New York, a Christian college, announced that it will not be offering classes in the fall. In an email sent to supporters, the college said, “In connection with this decision, it is with regret we share that our faculty and staff positions will be reduced or eliminated.” The email added, “We emphasize …
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[ad_1] The University of Missouri’s Ennis Rackestraw, who signed a lucrative NIL deal in 2021, chases a University of Tennessee player down the field. Missouri lawmakers have passed legislation amending the state’s rules around name, image and likeness payments for student athletes, allowing some to access the financial benefits before they even arrive on a …
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[ad_1] The law firm Cozen O’Connor released its full external review of California State University’s Title IX and Discrimination, Retaliation and Harassment (DHR) procedures yesterday, recommending a slew of reporting and adjudication changes that it estimates will cost the system about $25 million a year. The firm detailed its preliminary findings in June, saying that while CSU …
[ad_1] Filling a Gap in Treating Women’s Health: Academic Minute Doug Lederman Tue, 07/18/2023 – 03:00 AM [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Erik Hoel is familiar with the changing media landscape—his mother’s bookstore in Newburyport, Mass., nearly faced bankruptcy during the COVID-19 pandemic before a GoFundMe saved the store. Its near closure caused Hoel to reassess the way information is delivered. “I realized people would wake up, check their phones and, yes, read an email or …
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[ad_1] One night this spring, on the Wednesday before finals, 200-plus students at Loyola Marymount University in California gathered in the library to access tutors from campus resource centers, get free goodies and eat free pizza. The occasion? Long Night Against Procrastination, or LNAP. What it is: LNAP started in 2010 as Lange Nacht Der …
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