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Public scholarship must be more integral to academic work (opinion)

[ad_1] wellphoto/iStock/Getty Images When my co-editor, Ian Bogost, and I launched our book and essay series “Object Lessons” 10 years ago, we just wanted to make some pretty short books and accessible, engaging essays about deceptively simple topics: basic things instead of big ideas. We wanted to give scholars some fresh ways to write about …

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New presidents or provosts: APUS LACC Northeastern State Saint Paul Spelman TAMU-SA

[ad_1] Mary Gallagher, vice president of administrative services at Los Angeles Trade-Technical College, in California, has been named president of Los Angeles City College, also in California. Rodney Hanley, president of Lake Superior State University, in Michigan, has been selected as president of Northeastern State University, in Oklahoma. Elizabeth Johnson, chief academic officer and provost …

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Berklee College of Music president out after two years

[ad_1] Erica Muhl is out as president of Berklee College of Music after only two years on the job, following an unexplained leave of absence that began last month, The Boston Globe reported. An announcement Monday from Marty Mannion, chairman of Berklee’s Board of Trustees, offered little information about Muhl’s abrupt exit, noting that the …

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Paper says highly competitive private could diversify student bodies

[ad_1] A new working paper suggests that highly selective private colleges could change the makeup of their student bodies (and the future leaders of the country) by changing their admissions practices. The paper is by Raj Chetty, director of the Public Economics Program at Harvard University; David J. Deming, a research associate at Harvard; and …

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Anthropologists back boycott of Israeli academic institutions

[ad_1] iStockPhoto/Inside Higher Ed The members of the American Anthropological Association have endorsed a resolution to boycott Israeli academic institutions. An all-member referendum took place from June 15 to July 14, and the results were announced today. Thirty-seven percent of eligible members voted. Of them, 2,016 voted for the resolution (71 percent) and 835 people voted against …

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Academic freedom and “offensive” comments

[ad_1] I read with interest the report on a new study from North Dakota State University on students’ hypothetical willingness to report professors who say “offensive” things.   As a longtime administrator, I can count the number of student complaints about professorial speech on one hand and have fingers left over. It hasn’t happened with anything …

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Overcoming adversity: Academic Minute

[ad_1] Today on the Academic Minute: Robin Morrison, senior researcher at the University of Zurich and affiliate scientist at the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, explains how gorillas develop resiliency. Learn more about the Academic Minute here. Most Popular Stories Most Popular [ad_2] Source link