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Kevin R. McClure

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Advice
How College Leaders Can Stand Up for DEI Workers and Programs
By Kevin R. McClure, Kevin Gannon May 3, 2024
Some of the most vulnerable employees at institutions are being hung out to dry.
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The Review | Essay
Your Pay Is Terrible? You’re Not Alone.
By Kevin R. McClure March 21, 2024
Higher education has a compensation problem.
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The Review | Opinion
The Hollowing Out of Higher Education
By Kevin R. McClure, Barrett J. Taylor June 28, 2023
Amid state-budget cuts and political attacks, some institutions are neglecting their workers.
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The Review | Essay
Higher Ed Is a Land of Dead-End Jobs
By Kevin R. McClure December 2, 2022
Colleges have done a spectacularly bad job of managing talent.
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The Review | Essay
Don’t Blame the Pandemic for Worker Discontent
By Kevin R. McClure May 27, 2022
It hasn’t just been a tough two years. It’s been a tough two decades.
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The Review | Opinion
The Great Faculty Disengagement
By Kevin R. McClure, Alisa Hicklin Fryar January 19, 2022
Faculty members aren’t leaving in droves, but they are increasingly pulling away.
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The Review
Colleges Are Hiring. But Do People Want to Work There?
By Kevin R. McClure November 22, 2021
Higher ed used to be insulated from the whims of the labor market. No more.
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The Review
Regional Public Universities Don’t Need Rescuing
By Kevin R. McClure, Cecilia M. Orphan, Alisa Hicklin Fryar, and others February 21, 2021
They’ve been treated shamefully, but they’re more resilient than people give them credit for.
Players from the U. of Maryland-Baltimore County celebrate after defeating the U. of Virginia this month.
The Review
The Problem With Calling UMBC a Cinderella
By Kevin R. McClure March 21, 2018
It shouldn’t take a surprise basketball win to bring attention to public regional universities.
The Conversation
How One Building Reveals What’s Wrong With Higher Education
By Kevin R. McClure January 12, 2015
Big-time athletics and entrepreneurship are taking over one landmark at the University of Maryland, says Kevin R. McClure. Is someplace on your campus next?
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