[ad_1] Florida State University has fired Eric Stewart, a professor of criminology, for “extreme negligence” in research, The Tallahassee Democrat reported. The charges against Stewart followed a full investigation into his research. A letter to Stewart from James Clark, the provost, said: “You demonstrated extreme negligence in basic data management, resulting in an unprecedented number …
[ad_1] “At least you’re not a chair of a big department,” they tell me. As if to imply those chairs have it much tougher than I do. It doesn’t feel like that to me. In fact, I will argue that being a chair of a small department can actually be harder, albeit in different ways, …
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[ad_1] Joseph L. Cassidy, president of Southern Maine Community College, has been named president of Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. Maurice D. Edington, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Florida A&M University, has been chosen as president of the University of the District of Columbia. Fred Hawkins, a state representative in Florida, has …
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[ad_1] More than 175 advocacy groups representing borrowers want the Biden administration to move quickly to discharge student loans, as the president promised last August. Such a move would protect borrowers from harm and would be legal, the groups argued in a joint letter, citing an unsigned legal memorandum that outlined how the Higher Education …
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[ad_1] A report on how Pennsylvania State University handles ethics and misconduct cases, after the Sandusky trial and conviction, concludes that that the system has many failings. The report, by Spotlight PA and The Centre Daily Times, found that “the system began to unravel … the internal accountability apparatus Penn State constructed has repeatedly failed those …
[ad_1] A few days ago I mentioned having had cause to be in Des Moines, Iowa. Now I can say why. I’m happy to report that I’ve accepted the position of executive director of the Harkin Institute for Public Policy and Citizen Engagement. It’s a think tank focused on disability access issues, labor protections, wellness, …
[ad_1] The National Skills Coalition, a research and advocacy organization focused on workforce training, has issued a new report detailing best practices for states to assess the quality of nondegree credentials. The organization worked with almost a dozen states to help them develop assessment models for nondegree credential programs. The report, released today, notes that …
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[ad_1] The University of Vermont’s men’s hockey coach, Todd Woodcroft, has been fired following an investigation into inappropriate texts between him and a student, The Athletic reported Tuesday. “The University of Vermont Athletic Department has high expectations for the conduct of our coaches and all involved with our department,” the university’s athletic director, Jeff Schulman, …
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[ad_1] Researchers looking into online toxicity found a way to connect supposedly anonymous posts on the site Economics Job Market Rumors (EJMR) to IP addresses over the past dozen years, according to a draft paper leaked early online. While EJMR is an academic jobs forum, it “also includes much content that is abusive, defamatory, racist, …
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