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Academic freedom policies should mean something (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Events in the Sunshine State also reflect an ongoing legal debate over the extent that First Amendment rights apply to public college and university professors in carrying out their teaching, research and service duties. In alignment with institutional academic freedom policies, public higher education faculty should not fall under Garcetti.

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

The Change Leader, Inc.

Boards are charged with overseeing an institution’s mission, vision, values, strategic direction, financial health, academic quality, student success, community engagement, diversity, inclusion, research, faculty development, campus safety, and more. in grants because of a research scandal. Take duty of loyalty, for example.

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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. 00:52:09] Phil Hill: Yeah, it’s counterintuitive, but you see it in research after research that that’s the case.

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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.