[ad_1] Seton Hall University is expanding its Africana studies program after students took over the president’s office for several days last month to demand change, NorthJersey.com reported. The director of the program and its only full-time faculty member left in December, leaving adjuncts to teach. Seton Hall has started a search for a new director …
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[ad_1] The Council on American-Islamic Relations is criticizing El Camino College for the way it responded to a speech at commencement this year. “The administration’s attempt to conflate Jana Abulaban’s legitimate criticism of Israeli human rights violations with antisemitism is both dishonest and misleading,” said a statement from Hussam Ayloush, executive director of CAIR–Los Angeles. …
[ad_1] Controversial consolidations of multiple public institutions in Vermont and Connecticut have earned the key step of initial accreditation from the New England Commission of Higher Education. In statements published Monday, the accrediting agency said it had granted approval for Connecticut’s 12 community colleges to operate as one institution and for three formerly separate public …
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[ad_1] Today on the Academic Minute: Ryayo Terao, associate professor in the department of entertainment technology at New York City College of Technology, part of the City University of New York, explores how simple things can have big stories to tell. Learn more about the Academic Minute here. And if you missed Monday’s episode on …
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[ad_1] Legislators in Idaho are questioning a plan by the University of Idaho to create a non-profit organization to manage the assets of the University of Phoenix, KTVB7 News reported. “We see that this transaction has potential, but we also see that it has risk. And as elected representatives, we on this committee specifically have …
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[ad_1] After a career in higher education spanning more than 50 years, University of California, Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ announced last week that she is retiring from her post in June 2024. Christ joined the UC Berkeley faculty in 1970, working her way up from a professor in the English department to various administrative positions …
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[ad_1] MIT Exonerates Professor—After 3.5-Year Wait Featured Image at Top of Article GettyImages-698740028(1).jpg Ryan Quinn Tue, 06/20/2023 – 12:00 AM [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Florida governor Ron DeSantis will cut $120 million of higher education funding from the state budget—nearly a quarter of the half-billion dollars in funding requests he rejected through line-item vetoes last week. Many of the projects and programs cut centered on workforce development in crucial areas of the state economy. That includes $20 million for a …
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[ad_1] The College Board is defending its approach to Advanced Placement psychology, including teaching about gay issues, to Florida officials. The Florida Department of Education Office of Articulation has requested that the College Board audit and potentially modify AP courses relative to the new Florida laws that restrict classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender …
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[ad_1] Just as American Anthropological Association members have started voting on a resolution “to boycott Israeli academic institutions,” a law firm has threatened to sue. The association said voting on the resolution began Thursday and will continue through July 14. On Wednesday, Lori Lowenthal Marcus, legal director for the Deborah Project, which represents people “facing discrimination …
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