Michael Nietzel is president emeritus of Missouri State University. A Forbes contributor since 2019, he writes about higher education. After earning his B.A. from Wheaton College (Illinois), he was awarded a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Illinois in 1973. He
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Yale Creates ‘Administrator On Call’ Position To Help Manage Protests
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UCLA Receives $120 Million Donation For New Immunology Institute
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NSF Invests $72 Million In Four University Pandemic Research Centers
The National Science Foundation will invest $72 million to establish four multi-university research centers that will focus on the prediction & prevention of pandemics.
University Of California, Santa Cruz Faces $111 Million Budget Deficit
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