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Gazette
Transitions: New President Named at U. of Oregon; First Woman Selected to Lead Bowdoin College
The University of Wisconsin at Madison’s provost will become president of the University of Oregon. -
Gazette
Transitions: Bates College and the California Community Colleges System Mark Leadership Milestones
Garry W. Jenkins will be Bates’s first Black president, and Sonya Christian will be the first woman and first person of South Asian heritage to lead the 116-campus California system. -
The Review | Opinion
Down and Out at the AHA
History is facing a jobs crisis. Why doesn’t the field talk about it more? -
Advice
The Great Tenure-Track Job Search Show
How a British baking show is (and isn’t) a reasonable metaphor for the academic hiring market. -
'Extraordinarily Dangerous'
Some States Want to Reshape Tenure. This Time, They Might Succeed.
In three states, powerful Republican politicians are backing proposed changes to lifetime job security for public-college professors. -
'Hotly Contested'
Professors Are Sharply Divided on DEI Statements in Hiring, Survey Finds
Among 1,500 faculty surveyed by FIRE, 50 percent supported diversity statements and 50 percent opposed them. Ideology was a key factor. -
Gazette
Transitions: New York U. Names First Female President; Georgia State U. Interim Provost Becomes Permanent
New York University’s next president will be the first woman to lead the university. -
Gazette
Transitions: Centenary U. Names First Black President; New Provost Selected at the U. of Pennsylvania
Dale G. Caldwell will be the first Black president of Centenary University, in New Jersey. -
Advice
How to Close the Staffing Gap
What can less-selective, budget-strapped institutions do to hire and retain good staff people? Here’s a two-step strategy. -
Advice
On the Teaching Tenure Track
What to know about becoming a “teaching professor,” an increasingly common faculty position at large universities.