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Are Northwestern’s recent athletic firings indicative of a deeper problem?

University Business

Less than two months after President Michael Schill’s inauguration at Northwestern University, more than 250 faculty are calling for long-term institutionalized oversight of the university’s athletics department following the firing of the men’s football and baseball head coaches in one week.

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6 ways leaders are rethinking their student affairs organizational charts in 2023

EAB

Athletics departments report to student affairs at one-half of institutions. In roughly 50% of the org charts we analyzed, athletics and campus recreation departments reported to student affairs, not directly to the president of the institution. Campus safety: The newest student affairs unit? . -->. 0 %.

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Online Transition Programming in the Time of COVID

Supporting Student Success

Students were also encouraged to join and engage with peers, staff and faculty via online message boards, hosted on the PeopleGrove platform by the Tri-Mentoring Program (Ryerson’s peer-to-peer mentoring program). As such, we knew which faculties the participants came from as well as their entry point into Ryerson. Writing Ready.

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Backlash as a university says its library will be 'all digital'

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“What we heard was that they need and want access to library resources where they are, whether on or off campus.” Since the announcement, the union faculty and staff voted no confidence in the state college chancellor, Grewal and others in leadership earlier this week, according to WCAX.

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The Power of Relationships in Undergraduate Education

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma A Gallup and Purdue poll of 30,000 college grads from 2014 found that students who had a rich, robust relationship with a faculty member were twice as likely as peer graduates to report high levels of well-being. Recognize and reward faculty and staff who do an exceptional job of mentoring and supporting undergraduates.