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Community College Incarcerated Reentry Programs: Looking Forward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Early prison education programs were led by religious reformers like the Quakers who brought literacy and moral education to the Walnut Street Prison in post-revolutionary Philadelphia. You’ll go through some tough things, but don’t lose faith — just keep driving toward your wildest dreams. You’ll accomplish more than you imagined.”

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A pantomime without a happy ending

SRHE

Higher Education Cinderella has been condemned to a life of servitude, enforced by the ugly sisters DfE and the Office for Students (you can’t usually tell them apart). Cinderella would love to go but has no well-paid staff to wear; the DfE and OfS ugly sisters prepare eagerly by appointing more recruitment consultants.

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

The Change Leader, Inc.

In this second post of our five-part series on Embracing a New Higher Education Governance Model , we discuss the updated board duties in higher ed and how boards can embrace their new roles and responsibilities as they work to meet the challenges facing colleges and universities today. Take duty of loyalty, for example.

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Should conferences stay put or relocate? It's complicated.

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: The Association for the Study of Higher Education, like many organizations, plots its annual meetings several years ahead. ” ASHE is moving its 2024 meeting to Minneapolis, even though it may incur financial costs from breaking a contract with the Hilton New Orleans Riverside. Census Bureau employment data.

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The Helen Perkins era

SRHE

Helen Perkins was appointed as Director of the Society for Research into Higher Education in 2004. The benefits were such that the Society was able to introduce its now established series of annual research grants. by Rob Cuthbert, SRHE News Editor. The range, scope and quality of SRHE’s journals have continued to grow.

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Presidential Turnover Crisis in Higher Ed–Solutions and Challenges: The Role of Politics, Policies, Processes, Performance, and Public Relations

The Change Leader, Inc.

The presidential turnover crisis in higher education has seen university presidents’ tenures steadily diminishing for nearly two decades, now falling significantly short of the recommended ten-year benchmark. Similarly, at Chapel Hill, the board declined to grant tenure to a highly distinguished journalist.

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Reflections of the Career of a University Expatriate

Edu Alliance Journal

In my own case, I came onto the academic job market in the early 1980s, a time of severe global recession when jobs in many fields, including higher education, were scarce. Funding opportunities and grant support may be harder to come by or mainly restricted to nationals of the country. Retirement planning will look different.