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Faculty Ends Inquiry After U of Ariz. Dismissed Report on Professor’s Death

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The faculty committee that criticized the University of Arizona in the wake of professor Thomas Meixner’s murder won’t continue its inquiry. On Friday, members of the faculty committee wrote a letter to the chair and vice chair of the faculty. ” Ad keywords: administrators faculty Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Report: Warnings ignored before U of Ariz. professor killed

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Professor Thomas Meixner’s dying words, according to a University of Arizona faculty report on his murder, were “I knew you were going to do this!” ” That was despite earlier reports to UAPD of Dervish being on campus, the faculty report says. It says it’s an interim report.

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Temple University president resigns

Confessions of a Community College Dean

He remained unable to quash students’ and parents’ fears of violence spilling onto campus from adjacent neighborhoods, despite adding campus police and providing grants to area property owners to increase public safety by installing lights and cameras. He also launched an effort to rank off-campus housing based on safety features.

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Michigan State Students Don’t Want to Go Back to Class

Confessions of a Community College Dean

After the egregious events that happened this week, student’s and faculty’s safety should not be treated lightly.” MSU must extend the pause they’ve given us so we can decide how we need to proceed to feel safe and secure.” We need more time to process without a class to worry about. Hide by line?:

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Why Worry?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Community colleges failing to fulfill their mission. ” As the AAUP puts it: “US faculty are steadily losing the rights of tenure, but far less from bombastic politicians weakening their protections than from universities quietly refusing to grant them.” It will change higher education forever. percent in 2021.

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Monthlong Temple strike enters possibly pressing week

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” Late Friday afternoon, the Temple Association of University Professionals faculty union, separate from TUGSA but likewise affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers, announced in a news release that 580 of its members had gathered virtually to discuss a possible no-confidence vote “in Temple University senior leadership.

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Partnership aims to bring Head Start to community colleges

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Community colleges serve high numbers of parenting students, but too few institutions have campus childcare centers, or sufficient spots to meet demand, to help these students persist and graduate. Leaders of the two organizations plan to lay the groundwork to bring more Head Start centers to community college campuses.