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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.

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Academic freedom policies should mean something (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Litigation Over Florida’s Stop WOKE Act—‘Positively Dystopian’ In litigation challenging the Stop WOKE Act’s application to public higher education, a federal district court issued a sharp rebuke to Florida (the case is currently on appeal). Florida looked to a 2006 U.S. Florida looked to a 2006 U.S.

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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.

Reflecting on the emergence of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) like Udacity and Coursera around 2011-2012, there was initial hype about their potential to fundamentally transform higher education. Technology, governance the same way. And they’ve gotten higher education administrators to take online seriously.

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AAUP on Florida: authoritarian control wilting higher education

University Business

Only two higher education administrators agreed to the interview. One of his first actions as president was denying tenure to five faculty members and denying the contract renewal of a visiting professor who had been critical of the college takeover. “He is taking names.