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On the latest episode of #InTheMargins, Dr. Lauren Lassabe Shepherd joins us to discuss her book "Resistance from the Right: Conservatives and the Campus Wars," and the deeper themes behind campus politics, the leadership challenges in academic settings, and the misconceptions surrounding university culture. Listen here: https://bit.ly/3TTdpfD

In her essay in The Raised Hand: “Pursuing the Good Life in Community,” Janel Curry, President of the American Scientific Affiliation, discusses criticisms of higher education that elevate and emphasize individual scholarship and success, over and above the benefits of the communal pursuit of knowledge — a traditional focus of higher education. Read Dr. Curry’s essay, the fourth in our series addressing the question, “What has the university to do with the good life?” at https://bit.ly/TRHessay

So great to see James McIlroy featured on the University Sales Center Alliance LinkedIn page. The work James does for the UNH Professional Sales Group and the UNH Sales Center is critical to one of the many amazing experiential learning opportunities students have access to at UNH Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics! Watch the full feature to learn more. #PaulPride

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A follow up to me earlier post about regional public universities. Engines of opportunity, not gatekeepers. We all should make these valuable institutions the face of higher education. Mark your calendar Tuesday, Jan. 30 at 2 p.m. ET. https://lnkd.in/gYYSRU-g #highereducation #learningforall #workforcedevelopment #degrees

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Explore the hidden narrative of America's community colleges in Carrie B. Kisker's "The Shaping of American Higher Education." This pivotal book illuminates their crucial role in molding our educational landscape, spanning from historical origins to present-day challenges. With the third edition emphasizing their centrality to both past and future developments, dig into this indispensable resource to uncover the rich history and potential of community colleges in American higher education. https://lnkd.in/gZ6jQYU5 #CommunityCollegeInnovation

Have you ever wondered what your favorite professors are up to these days? You can read all about the lives of the faculty and staff who helped shape your McKendree experience in the “Where Are They Now?” feature in The McKendrean. In the latest issue, we catch up with Dr. Ron Black, retired professor of English, and Dr. Phil Neale, retired professor of philosophy: https://ow.ly/5Hx750QomhM #McKendree #TheMcKendrean

This article by Natalie Fenton, Des Freedman, Gholam Khiabany and Milly Williamson on the marketized model of university management and the hollowing out of critique is well worth a read.   https://lnkd.in/eBaxDtAr   Could it itself have been more critical, though?   1) Critical University Studies is cited approvingly. Yet CUS has been heavily criticised by those in favour of an Abolitionist University Studies, for being ‘haunted’ by nostalgia for an expansionist postwar public university system that ignores how that system was ‘underwritten by militarized funding priorities, nationalist agendas, and an incorporative project of counterinsurgency’: https://lnkd.in/eZ7zQdqz   2)  Their conclusion is we that need to remain in the university (rather than plan to leave it as many are now doing) and fight for education as a public good. But if we stay, what are we actually going to do differently by way of resisting the marketized university and freeing ourselves from it (which for them is the purpose of critique)? Fenton et al recommend continuing to value ‘solidarity forms’ - building ‘friendships and alliances’ etc. – where we can keep the flame of critique alive. But we’ve been doing that for years and its not stopped us getting into this mess. So how is it supposed to get us out of it?

Extra, extra, read all about it! 📰 From eclipses to teaching innovations to trailblazing research, see how members of the College of Arts & Sciences have been driven by a quest for knowledge and a thirst for human connection in this edition of A&S' spring magazine 🍊 Read "Connections that Matter" ➡️ https://lnkd.in/efqCBQbE