The Olympian: ISU asks chair of physics department to resign
BOISE, Idaho – The new chair of the Idaho State University physics department was asked to resign his post after allowing an Ecuadorian professor without proper visa papers to teach in the classroom, a school spokesman said.
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Inside Higher Ed: Departments Without Chairs
Department chairs are a fixture of campus life and academic governance. A plan being floated at Kean University of New Jersey would merge many existing departments into larger units and replace chairs with “managers” — who would be appointed by administrators and would not hold faculty rank or tenure.
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Inside Higher Ed: Can’t We All Just Get Along?
SAN DIEGO — You know the stereotypes — perhaps even believe them. College administrators these days care only for the bottom line. Professors can’t decide anything or ever endorse change. When professors become department chairs or deans, they cross over to the “dark side,” and forget their old values and friends.
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