Afternoon Update: Harvard Names Claudine Gay as Its Next President

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December 15, 2022

From: The Chronicle of Higher Education

Subject: Afternoon Update: Harvard Names Claudine Gay as Its Next President

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Leadership

Harvard Names Claudine Gay as Its Next President

Gay, a professor of government and of African and African American studies, has been dean of the university’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences since 2018. She will succeed Lawrence S. Bacow, who announced in June he would step down as Harvard’s president after five years. Gay will take office on July 1, 2023. (University statement, The Chronicle)
Finance

Higher Ed Faced 5.2% Inflation Rate in 2021-22, Commonfund Reports

In its annual report on the Higher Education Price Index, the investment manager said that colleges and universities experienced a sharp increase from the previous fiscal year’s 2.7-percent rate and the highest rate since the 2001 fiscal year. (Commonfund, The Chronicle)
The Review | Opinion

Universities Can’t Do Everything

By Barbara R. Snyder and Holden Thorp December 15, 2022

They’re pulled in many directions. A refocus on teaching is in order.
The Review | Opinion

Higher Ed’s Approach to Diversity Is Broken

By Evelyn Alsultany December 15, 2022

We need more than vague inclusivity.
Teaching

Flexibility, Disengagement, and Other Top Topics of 2022

By Beckie Supiano December 15, 2022

We look back on the themes that resonated most with readers this year.
Athletics

NCAA Announces Gov. Charlie Baker of Massachusetts as Its Next President

Baker, a Republican in a largely Democratic state, will take office in March, succeeding Mark Emmert. (NCAA statement)
Research

3 Papers Co-Authored by Stanford President Receive Editorial Expressions of Concern

Two prominent journals, Science and Cell, have added warnings to the online papers. Such statements are published by journal editors when possible problems may undermine trust in a paper. The university is investigating allegations of manipulated images in papers by Marc Tessier-Lavigne, who has denied wrongdoing. (The Stanford Daily, The Chronicle)
Student Debt

Wage Garnishments for Student-Loan Debt Continued Despite Payment Pause

Data from the Education Department show it continued to take the wages of student-loan borrowers with overdue payments for more than a year after Congress banned such collections during the pandemic. Documents obtained by the Student Borrower Protection Center indicate the department struggles to manage its own debt-collection system. (The Washington Post)
The Value of a Degree

Utah Government Looks to Remove as Many 4-Year-Degree Requirements as Possible

Gov. Spencer Cox unveiled on Tuesday a “skills-first hiring initiative” that seeks to expand job opportunities, regardless of applicants’ credentials, and he asked private businesses to do the same. (Deseret News)
International

Chinese Student at Mass. College Is Charged With Political Threats

The student, at the Berklee College of Music, was accused of threatening and harassing contact with an unnamed person who in October posted fliers in support of democracy in China. American colleges have drawn criticism for not taking steps to protect students from authoritarian countries like China from political censorship and monitoring. (Justice Department, The Chronicle)
Campus Safety

Tufts U. Receives Bomb Threat for Second Straight Day

Buildings were evacuated on the Massachusetts campus, but as with the many threats this year, against historically Black and other colleges, no bombs were found. (WBTS, The Chronicle, Associated Press)
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