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September, 2016  (Page 2)

What Makes A College President Effective?

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Posted by    Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 12:30pm

Do individuals with Ph.D. degrees in economics become college president more than those from other disciplines?

Forbes reports.

Training To Be A College President

Good university presidents can make a difference; leadership matters. Is there training that improves the probability that a person will make a good university president? Working with Central Michigan University...

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Large College Endowments Are Becoming Political Targets

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Posted by    Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 11:00am

Some college endowments reach into the billions and because they’re non-profits they get tax breaks.

Minding the Campus notes that endowments are becoming political targets.

Top College Endowments Are Political Targets Now

One of the pillars of our education establishment, The Education Trust, recently published a report meant to pressure colleges and universities with...

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82 Year Old Man Goes Back to College With Granddaughter

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Posted by    Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 9:30am

The inspiring story of Salazar’s grandfather went viral after she posted a tweet about how proud she is of him.

Fox News Latino reports.

82-year-old goes ‘Back to School’ with his college freshman granddaughter

Rodney Dangerfield may have played a successful businessman who went back to college with his chagrined son in the 1986...

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Profs to Students: Drop This Class if You Dispute Man-Made Climate Change

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Posted by    Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 8:00am

Remember the old days when college professors encouraged debate? They don’t.

The College Fix reports.

Professors tell students: Drop class if you dispute man-made climate change

‘We will not, at any time, debate the science of climate change’

Three professors co-teaching an online course called “Medical Humanities in the Digital Age” at the University of...

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