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New Jersey City University Continues Financial Recovery After 2022 Fiscal Crisis

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It was predicted that the public Hispanic-serving institution (HSI) would face a structural operating deficit of over $22 million, a forecast that officials worried would hurt enrollment and other aspects of the school. Twenty months ago, in June of 2022, New Jersey City University (NJCU) declared a financial crisis.

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Mapping the Legacy of RPI's First African American Woman Leader

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Following her retirement as president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in July 2022, Jackson continued to have an impact on academia, industry, and public service. The assistant principal for boys suggested she apply to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She had a love for mathematics.

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Manhattanville cuts tenured faculty, freezes programs

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Manhattanville remains a private liberal arts institution, but it has changed its orientation somewhat in recent years. Manhattanville also opened a Center for Design Thinking in 2019, in what had long been the president’s cottage. The college also announced the surprise retirement of six-year president Michael E.

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President moves: Resignations and early retirements reigned in July

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However, three institutional leaders managed to escape national headlines and step down prematurely under either peculiar or contentious circumstances. The official statement is that Tykocinski returned to professorship at Thomas Jefferson “to focus on his research and clinical translation efforts.”

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A free, online, global university seeks seal of approval

Confessions of a Community College Dean

All details except the student’s gender and institution have been changed to protect her identity.) Nearly a third (30 percent) of the faculty is Black, according to the institution. There, he met a professor from an Ivy League institution who advised him to apply to his institution.

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Palestine supporters protest ex–Israeli general's class at Chicago

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: The Students for Justice in Palestine organization at the University of Chicago has been protesting teaching by a former deputy director of Israeli Military Intelligence whose “main academic interest,” according to the Israel Institute, “is societal resilience in the context of protracted terrorism against Israel.”

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Federal earmarks a boon for higher ed

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: The University of Maine system is planning to use an infusion of federal funds to construct an advanced manufacturing research lab, start a new program in aviation maintenance, modernize a wild blueberry research facility and launch a statewide tick and tick-borne disease study.

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