Final month Vassar Faculty doubled down on its liberal arts bona fides, opening a brand new institute to function a hub for coverage and debate with the objective of constructing discussions about such points extra accessible. The Institute for the Liberal Arts, which sits on the sting of Vassar’s campus and features a resort and…
Jonathan Alger turned American College’s sixteenth president on July 1, following 12 years on the helm of James Madison College in Virginia. A lawyer by coaching, he beforehand served as senior vice chairman and common counsel at Rutgers College and assistant common counsel on the College of Michigan. He has written and spoken extensively on greater…
The president of the American Affiliation of College Professors referred to as the presidential election outcomes “disappointing” in a information launch Thursday titled “Larger Ed Should Manage to Guarantee a Future for American Democracy.” “We stay steadfast in our dedication to our rules and making certain that future generations of People are afforded the chance…
The Northwest Florida State Faculty District Board of Trustees chosen Okaloosa County commissioner Melvin Ponder to function the faculty’s subsequent president, in line with an announcement Tuesday. Ponder, a former state consultant, has no expertise in greater schooling. He was considered one of 4 finalists. The board plans to finalize an employment settlement with Ponder…
Larger training is awash with rankings, proclaiming the perfect universities, faculty dorms and even campus meals. Now a brand new rating goals to measure the effectiveness of faculty presidents. Launched by the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative assume tank, the rankings rating presidents primarily based on how a lot they supported pupil success, elevated entry…
The College of Maryland is conducting a overview of Darryll Pines’s scholarship, at his request. College of Maryland, School Park Because the College of Maryland, School Park, opinions the scholarship of President Darryll Pines, who faces plagiarism allegations, the creator of the piece from which Pines is accused of lifting textual content has weighed in,…
College of Maryland president Darryll Pines and a co-author have been accused of plagiarism in papers they printed in 2002 and 2006. A evaluation is underway. Picture illustration by Justin Morrison/Inside Larger Ed | Shuke Li/iStock/Getty Photographs | Julia Nikhinson/The Washington Publish/Getty Photographs The College of Maryland at School Park will evaluation the scholarship of…
Columbia College’s interim president, Dr. Katrina Armstrong, in an interview with The Columbia Spectator printed Thursday, apologized to these “harm” by the New York Metropolis Police Division’s clearings of pro-Palestinian demonstrators from the campus throughout the spring. The scholar newspaper wrote that it requested Armstrong whether or not she agreed with former president Minouche Shafik’s…
Unions representing graduate college students, school and workers at a whole bunch of schools nationwide referred to as on Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, to assist them “reclaim greater schooling as a public good.” A coalition of 11 unions and labor organizations on Monday outlined their imaginative and prescient for greater schooling underneath…
Outgoing College of Arizona president Robert Robbins is formally leaving his position subsequent month however will proceed to gather a paycheck by means of July 2026, The Arizona Day by day Star reported. Whereas the Arizona Board of Regents is reportedly nonetheless in authorized discussions over his pay and duties, ABOR informed the newspaper it…
Former College of Pennsylvania president Liz Magill, who resigned final yr amid the fallout of her extensively criticized congressional testimony on campus antisemitism, is moving into new roles at each Harvard Regulation Faculty and the London Faculty of Economics Regulation Faculty. Magill stays a tenured college member at Penn’s legislation college. The information of her…
Shafik testified earlier than the Home Training and Workforce Committee about antisemitism on school campuses in April. Drew Angerer/AFP/Getty Photos Columbia College President Minouche Shafik resigned abruptly Wednesday night time after months of strain from Congress and campus constituents over her dealing with of pro-Palestinian scholar protests. Shafik spent just a little greater than a…