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Central State Grad Dr. Morakinyo Kuti Appointed University’s President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He served as the vice president for research and economic development and director of land-grant programs and as its associate provost for research. Thomas University, and a doctorate in public policy and administration from Walden University. “I intend to make the board very proud of this decision.”

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Florida’s Anti-DEI Actions Hit Hard for Alumna and Mom of Recent Grad

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Thirteen positions, 15 administrative appointments for faculty, the chief diversity officer role, and DEI contracts with outside vendors — ALL GONE. Johnson is director of grants administration at Lumina Foundation , a private foundation committed to making opportunities for learning beyond high school available to all.

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Looking back at the UC graduate worker strike (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The significant improvement in wages and benefits for teaching assistants, graduate student researchers and postdoctoral scholars are milestone changes, marking an important victory for organized labor. New contracts take time to implement. The contract is a landmark, but the celebrations are muted all around.

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Academic freedom policies should mean something (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

No matter one’s views on CRT or related lines of critical inquiry, current efforts in Florida are an attempt to subvert academic freedom and assert complete governmental control over faculty speech in public college and university classrooms. Florida looked to a 2006 U.S. Supreme Court decision, Garcetti v.

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3 Questions on Academic Library Budgets for an Assessment and Planning Librarian

Confessions of a Community College Dean

A: The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) collects statistics on academic library budgets annually. The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) also collects statistics on research library budgets annually. Statistics are available through a subscription to ACRL Benchmark.

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3 Questions KSU’s Laurel Littrell on How Academic Library Budgets Really Work

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Learning Innovation Laurel Littrell is a faculty librarian at Kansas State University. Almost all of the materials budgets are tied up in subscriptions and access fees for online resources, often with multi-year contracts with vendors that provide these services. Among her many roles at KSU is Library Data Coordinator.

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Reflections of the Career of a University Expatriate

Edu Alliance Journal

When I broke with all expectations and accepted a faculty position at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1982, I figured I would likely teach there 2-3 years before returning to more familiar territory in the United States. Research priorities may need to shift. In my experience, these concerns are well understood by faculty.