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Why Worry?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

It will change higher education forever. ” As the AAUP puts it: “US faculty are steadily losing the rights of tenure, but far less from bombastic politicians weakening their protections than from universities quietly refusing to grant them.” The faculty is 7 percent Black and about 15 percent Latino.

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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. To some extent, this is inevitable when, say, a faculty member assumes administrative responsibilities. Research priorities may need to shift.