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Academic freedom policies should mean something (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Academic freedom policies and standards, such as those adopted by public colleges and universities in Florida, provide a compelling basis for courts not to apply the Garcetti standard to public higher education faculty. Hutchens is a professor in the Department of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation at the University of Kentucky.

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Embracing a New Model for Higher Education Governance Part 2: The Updated Board Duties

The Change Leader, Inc.

In this way, board members’ work broadens to include regular interactions with faculty, students, and alumni and creates more of a partnership to work alongside the administration to guide the institution. Those responsibilities do not stop with the university administration. in grants because of a research scandal.

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The State of EdTech: OPMs, Risk Planning, and Generative AI: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 189 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Phill Hill

The Change Leader, Inc.

This success story underscores the crucial role of technology in not only supporting administrative functions but also in driving institutional growth. Generative AI, on the other hand, is considered the first technology since the World Wide Web with the potential to fundamentally change and transform education.

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AAUP on Florida: authoritarian control wilting higher education

University Business

Ron DeSantis has been at the epicenter of higher education this past year. In K12 and higher ed, the term “woke” has plunged education into a muddy existential battle. Only two higher education administrators agreed to the interview. “He is taking names. .”