[ad_1] This slightly fictitious story follows my previous posts, Tales of an Adjunct, and continues to explain what it’s like to ascend through the ranks of academia. On July 17, the morning sickness ended. That evening we watched the movie Rudy, feeling an obligation since it takes place at Holy Cross, right next to Saint Mary’s, …
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[ad_1] Former U.S. representative Liz Cheney was cheered—and also protested—Sunday while giving the commencement speech at her alma mater, Colorado College. The Colorado Springs Gazette reported that about half of the graduates turned their chairs and sat with the backs of their heads to Cheney, in apparent protest of her conservative views. Her speech highlighted …
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[ad_1] Today on the Academic Minute, part of University at Albany Week: Brett Harris, clinical associate professor in the department of health policy, management and behavior, explores how mental health struggles are affecting the residents of one region. Learn more about the Academic Minute here. And if you missed Monday’s episode on how the East …
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[ad_1] Just a few weeks after St. Cloud State University announced that two dozen faculty jobs would be eliminated in the next year, it announced plans to eliminate another 100 faculty jobs within five years, The Star Tribune reported. Seventy programs and majors will also be eliminated. The university said it faces an $18 million budget …
[ad_1] Police are investigating as a hate crime the vandalization of the home of Dr. Michael Drake, president of the University of California system, with racist graffiti, NBC News reported. Drake is Black. Vandals also painted racist symbols and profanity on the home. A spokesman for the university said, “The University of California condemns all …
[ad_1] Hartwick College students work as volunteers raising guide dogs for community members. Humans aren’t the only students on Hartwick College’s campus: a small pack of Labrador retrievers is also learning to sit, stay and assist as they prepare for careers as guide dogs for the visually impaired. The Guiding Eyes Club at Hartwick has …
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[ad_1] A professor says he caught 40 of his 96 online Introduction to Ethics students cheating by posting on Quizlet a copy of his final exam with wrong answers, Daily Nous reported. Garret Merriam, an associate professor at California State University, Sacramento, told the philosophy website that he found one of his previous final exams …
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[ad_1] Bellarmine University faculty members have voted no confidence in their president, provost and senior vice president. “The president has made poor financial decisions in response to the dire fiscal realities that Bellarmine is facing and does not inspire confidence in leading the university out of the situation,” says the resolution on President Susan Donovan. …
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[ad_1] Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky made a surprise appearance at the commencement ceremony for Johns Hopkins University’s Class of 2023 on Thursday. Zelensky, appearing via live stream in his signature khaki-green polo, spoke about the value of time and recounted a recent trip to the front line of his country’s war with Russia, which has …
[ad_1] Today on the Academic Minute: William A. Herbert, Distinguished Lecturer and executive director of the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions at Hunter College, part of the City University of New York, examines one way to push higher education forward. Learn more about the Academic Minute …
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