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College presidents move to cultural institutions (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

And what does it tell us about leadership today, both for these prominent cultural institutions and for higher education? Particularly so when—for the first time in modern memory—the role and value of higher education today are not only disputed but often discredited in public discourse. Why is that?

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Why we need better data on faculty diversity (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Department of Education, provided nationally representative, individual-level data about the employment status, workload, productivity, working conditions, satisfaction and demographic characteristics of faculty members at two- and four-year, public and private not-for-profit colleges and universities in the United States.

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How debt relief could win at the Supreme Court

Confessions of a Community College Dean

In order to sue in federal court, plaintiffs have to show that they’ve been injured by the policy they are challenging, that the government is responsible for that harm and that the relief sought would redress those injuries.