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Darrell Allison
The blowback was swift after the University of North Carolina Board of Governors chose one of its own to be the next chancellor of Fayetteville State University.
The board s pick, Darrell Allison, resigned from the board in September to make a bid for the open chancellorship at the historically Black public university. But even before that move, Allison was a divisive figure in North Carolina higher education. He publicly supported a controversial plan to preserve Silent Sam a Confederate statue at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill s campus after protesters pulled it down in 2018. He has no experience in teaching or administration in higher education, and he spent much of his career advocating for K-12 charter schools. He currently serves as a vice president at the American Federation for Children, a school choice advocacy organization that has given money to conservative groups and candidates and that was once chaired by Betsy DeVos, the former ed
China Got Its Economy Growing Again, but a Shortfall in Babies Will Be Harder to Fix
China may have blunted the pandemic’s impact on its economy, but a shortfall in babies is clouding its growth horizon.
In the short term, the Chinese economy looks comparatively strong –helped by its quick stamping out of the virus’s spread and heavy state investment–and some economists earlier this year predicted that China could overtake the U.S. as the world’s largest economy by 2028, years earlier than expected.
But the world’s most populous country is losing when it comes to demographics. Ahead of the results of China’s once-a-decade census, there have been several indications that fewer babies were born in the country in 2020 than in any year since 1961, when China suffered mass starvation.
Luther College announces grants of tenure and promotions
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March 1, 2021
Luther College President Jenifer K. Ward and Dean of the College Kevin Kraus have announced promotions and grants of tenure for current faculty members.
At its February meeting, the Board of Regents granted tenure to Marie Drews, English; Jill Leet-Otley, education; LaDonna McGohan, nursing; Ryan Torkelson, economics, accounting, and management; Molly Wilker, chemistry; and Roman Yasinovskyy, computer science. Drews, Leet-Otley, Torkelson, Wilker, and Yasinovskyy were also promoted to associate professor.
The tenure process occurs in the sixth year of a faculty member s service. The process involves student evaluations, department evaluation, evaluation by a faculty committee, and approval by the dean, the president, and the Board of Regents.