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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Inside Higher Ed May 11, 2011 Daily Update

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May 11, 2011

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Who Controls a Grant?

Florida State allows donor-approved board right to veto hires. Did university give away too much? Does it matter that a Koch brother is involved? more

Examining the AAU Gatekeepers

In wake of Nebraska's ouster and Syracuse's decision to leave research university group, some institutions look over their shoulders, and other experts question membership criteria. more

Law School Dropouts

Decisions by University of Delaware and other colleges to scrap law school plans highlight the difficulty of recouping high start-up costs. more


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NCAA Opens Up On Enforcement

Collegiate sports body hosts event for media intended to demystify what it says is its often "misunderstood" process of finding and penalizing institutions that break rules. more

After the Review

U. of Missouri-St. Louis deems controversial video of labor management class to be 'highly distorted.' more

Education for the Emergency Room

Medical education associations and foundations and push common skills that will allow doctors, nurses and other health care professionals to work better together. more

Commencement Speakers Announced: Antioch Los Angeles, Cal Arts, Ga. Health Sciences, Macalester, Martin, Northeastern State, Northern Essex, Pacific Lutheran, Saint John's, St. Bonaventure, U. of Delaware, U. of Nebraska-Kearney, UT-San Antonio

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Transforming Terror

Intellectual Affairs

If 9/11 "changed everything," what did killing Osama bin Laden do? Scott McLemee looks at an anthology on the climate of terror. more

Inside Higher Ed presents PRESIDENTIAL PERSPECTIVES, our 2011 survey of college and university presidents. More than 950 college and university presidents took the survey, providing provocative and fascinating insight into a wide range of institutional and economic challenges.

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From Out of the Shadows

Despite warnings from friends, Maria Shine Stewart added a for-profit college to her adjunct teaching schedule. She shares her experiences. more

Wednesday, May 25th at 2 p.m. Eastern, Inside Higher Ed presents, "Assuring a Safe Environment for Gay Students," an audio conference on the policies and programs that will make campuses inclusive for LGBT students. Click to register.

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ABC's and PhD's: Call it a day

Mama PhD

I was taken with the "What do professors do all day?" blog that Libby pointed to in her blog a while ago – so I thought I'd try to document a day similarly. This is actually a day from ... more

Amazon and the Absent Conversation with Higher Ed

Technology and Learning

Amazon.com should get to know us better. We'd like to get to know Amazon.What company is so entrenched in our daily technology, content, and supply chain lives, yet that we have no relationship with ... more

The Achilles' Heel of the For-Profits

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Quick -- what's the fatal flaw of for-profit higher ed?Adjuncts? Nope -- the nonprofits invented the genre, and have carried it to extremes.Online instruction? Nope -- they don't have a monopoly ... more

What Are You Teaching Next Semester?

University of Venus

I have been an adjunct for almost a year now. Last January, amid a flurry of stress, and uncertainty about my future, I decided I would not adjunct after this spring semester. Actually, I thought ... more

Saudi Arabia's Extravagant Investment in Higher Education: Is Money Enough?

The World View

At a conference in Riyadh last month we were privileged to meet senior officials at the Ministry of Higher Education and hear and witness the extraordinary advances underway. It is difficult not to ... more

Time and spaces

Getting to Green

One of the patterns I noticed while investigating sustainability-related academic programs at various institutions was that many of them seem to be offered by, or at least in conjunction with, ... more

Things Have Changed

The Education of Oronte Churm

"I'm not a communist," I said cryptically to a class the other day after I'd come in and sat down. I stopped talking as if I intended to leave it there and began to take roll silently. ... more

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Dean of the School of Business and Public Affairs

College of Coastal Georgia

The College of Coastal Georgia (CCGA) seeks applications and nominations to fill the position of Dean of the School of Business and Public Affairs. The Dean is the academic leader of the School and ... more

Payroll Manager

National-Louis University

Administer and transmit monthly and bi-weekly payrolls; Process fringe benefit deduction forms; Process quarterly and annual unemployment and tax filings; Process employee fringe benefits; Handle ... more

Vice President for Institutional Advancement

Antioch University Seattle

Antioch University Seattle VICE PRESIDENT FOR INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT Antioch University Seattle seeks applications for the position of Vice President for Institutional Advancement. This ... more

Chief Financial Officer

Wheeling Jesuit University

The CFO will serve as the strategic financial partner of the President and the executive leadership of the University. The CFO will advise the President on matters relating to the fiscal standing and ... more

Associate Provost for Inclusive Excellence

University of Denver

Department Introduction:The University of Denver is an international, research-focused institution. Our scenic campus has stood since 1890 in the heart of a thriving city with booming economic, ... more

University Secretary

Webster University

Webster University, located in St. Louis, Missouri, is seeking candidates for the position of University Secretary. The University Secretary reports directly to the President and is a member of the ... more

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