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AFT Prez Sends Letter to WVU Board Over Proposed Cuts

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

million-member American Federation of Teachers, sent a letter Wednesday to WVU’s board of governors criticizing the potential reductions, which include eliminating 9% of its majors, including all of its foreign language programs, and 7% of its full-time faculty positions. Among the programs on the chopping block are WVU’s Ed.D

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Breaking the Assimilationist Trajectory

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Cornel Pewewardy, Portland State University; Holly Mackey, White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Native Americans and Strengthening Tribal Colleges and Universities; David Thompson, Kansas State; and Debbie K. Prioritize your relationships with the communities with whom you work."

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Christian Brothers University placed on accreditation probation until further notice

University Business

Since December 2023, all programs branch campuses, off campus sites, and distance education programs are under accreditation probation. At the end of 2023, CBU had a $4 million budget cut that eliminated nearly 30 faculty members. For two years, the school was being monitored due to financial deficiencies.

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AAUP on Florida College System: “We are appalled”

University Business

“The AAUP is appalled at the blatant violation of academic freedom and shared governance that the presidents of the Florida College System (FCS) have pledged to commit,” wrote the AAUP in a recent statement. The AAUP is exploring options to defend what they view as a threat to academic freedom and shared governance.

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Researchers Present Recommendations for Reversing Minority Male Enrollment Declines at Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

They also recommended coordinating efforts around student needs, such as food and housing, and suggested establishing industry partnerships with career and technical education programs. Other ideas focused on teachers. Further, they said, hiring, tenure, and promotion policies need to be aligned with student equity goals.

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Florida colleges have no right to accreditation (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

b of these principles, the manual states, in part: Effective governance includes clearly defining the roles and responsibilities of the governing board, administration, and faculty and ensuring that each of these groups adheres to their appropriate roles and responsibilities. In relation to Section 4.2.b Section 6.2.c

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Beyond ideological debates, a focus on process (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Lately, university governing boards around the country have been considering the balance and diversity of intellectual scholarship in the institutions they oversee. That takes us to issues of higher education governance—a process that is often tediously slow and too often inefficient but nevertheless the way we do business today.