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Spartanburg Community College Faculty Criticize Administration's Governance

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Some faculty at Spartanburg Community College (SCC) are criticizing what they allege is heavy-handed governance and changes without faculty input by the school administration since new leadership in 2020, The Post and Courier reported. There have even been calls for outside oversight agencies to investigate SCC.

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Parnell Named President of NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Amelia Parnell, vice president for research and policy at NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education was named the organization’s president. Parnell begins her term July 1, succeeding Dr. Kevin Kruger, who has held the post since 2012.

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Biden Administration Forgives $72M for Students Misled by Ashford U

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Over 2,300 student borrowers who were ripped off by their online for-profit college will have their loans forgiven, the Biden administration announced Wednesday. My administration won’t stand for colleges taking advantage of hardworking students and borrowers,” said President Joe Biden in a statement. billion dollars in relief to 1.1

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A New Way of Looking at Administrative Burdens and Race

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

One of the reasons that many of these efforts haven’t made as much difference as they could have is the administrative burdens that they place on students—the difficulty of the steps that students and their families must go through to apply for financial aid, or even to college at all. “By

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Jackson State President Thomas Hudson Put on Administrative Leave, Temporary Acting President Appointed

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning has placed Jackson State University (JSU) President Thomas Hudson on administrative leave with pay, effective immediately.

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Lafayette dept. heads, program chairs raise governance concerns

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Twenty-three Lafayette College department heads and program chairs say there are serious issues with governance at the college, according to “points of concern” four of them shared with the president and provost. Administrative discourse often appears devoid of substance, lacks respect for previous efforts, (e.g.,

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A practical model for implementing strong shared governance (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Renshaw offers a practical model based on his expertise in couples’ therapy as an analogue for thinking about how faculty and administrators might best work together.