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The North Dakota Board of Higher Education is looking to rein in professor tenure, particularly at its community colleges, according to a draft report.

Republican lawmakers and a university president pushed a bill last year that would diminish faculty job protections at two institutions. It failed by a hair, but the State Board of Higher Education has taken up the mantle. Last year, the North Dakota House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill that threatened tenure protections. It would have allowed the presidents of Dickinson State University and Bismarck State College to fire tenured faculty members without any review from a faculty...

The president of Williston State College on Tuesday defended tenure at North Dakota’s two-year colleges, saying it would be impossible to recruit without tenure track positions.

Advantages and Obstacles: North Dakota Embraces the AI Revolution

VCSU Hosts 2024 Scholar Symposium

He is from Jamestown.

Chancellor to present “Living and Working with Intelligent Machines: Suggesting a Way Ahead” in conjunction with the VCSU Scholar Symposium.

AI Presentation By NDUS Chancellor Hagerott April 30

A committee had delayed moving two-year appointments forward after a board member questioned how the decision supported academic freedom.

North Dakota state agencies are urging high school students to turn in their FAFSA applications amid a roughly 30% drop in statewide applications to the federal financial assistance program compared to 2023. The North Dakota University System, Bank of North Dakota, North Dakota Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, Department of Public Instruction and Governor’s […]