
Christa Dutton
Reporting Fellow at The Chronicle of Higher Education
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3 weeks ago |
chronicle.com | Christa Dutton
Earlier this year, Utah lawmakers passed two bills that cut $60 million to its higher-education system. That cut, however, came with a caveat — public colleges could earn the money back if they worked out a plan to shift the lost funds away from “operational inefficiencies” and toward high-demand, high-wage majors. The state’s eight public colleges have now spelled out precisely how they plan to do that. Or subscribe now to read with unlimited access for as low as $10/month.
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3 weeks ago |
chronicle.com | Christa Dutton
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Board of Trustees approved 32 faculty members for tenure on Wednesday after delaying votes for professors outside of the health-affairs schools since March. The unusual period of inaction — during which no professors from the university’s College of Arts and Sciences had received tenure in over six months — caused anxiety among faculty who said the board’s delay hindered career planning and harmed recruitment.
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1 month ago |
chronicle.com | Christa Dutton
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill hasn’t tenured a single professor in fields outside the health sciences since January — an unusual period of inaction that has spurred confusion and alarm among faculty. At its normal meeting last week, the university’s Board of Trustees deferred a vote on pending tenure cases outside of the health-affairs schools.
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1 month ago |
chronicle.com | Katherine Mangan |Erin Gretzinger |Maggie Hicks |Christa Dutton
In June 2020, as millions took to the streets to protest anti-Black racism, the president of the University of Virginia, James E. Ryan, created a small team with an ambitious agenda. The university needed bold ideas, he told the new Racial Equity Task Force, and it needed them quickly. A free account provides you access to free articles each month, newsletters, job postings, salary data, and exclusive store discounts. Get a year of unlimited access for $89.
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1 month ago |
chronicle.com | Christa Dutton
What’s NewWith federal funding in flux, Swarthmore College is taking a novel approach to financial planning.
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