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The Slow but Steady Rise of Women in Higher Education Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This increase, while notable, also highlights the persistent challenges that remain in achieving true gender equity at the highest levels of academia. Accolades for the Moving the Needle campaign are not hard to find among women whove ascended to the highest echelon of the academy since the ACE-led initiative began in 2009.

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Report: English Majors Employed at Comparable Rates, Educators Can Do More to Prepare Students for Careers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Among those ages 25–59 who are English majors, the median earnings of Black graduates in 2010–14 was $46,000 and the median for Latino grads in 2009-2013 was $48,000. Meanwhile, for English grads overall from 2009-2013, the median was $53,000, according to the report.

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Embedding Learning Styles and Neurodiversity to Educate the Workforce of Today and Tomorrow

Faculty Focus

Moreover, neurodiversity in academia illustrates the paradoxical rhetoric in uniform instruction. The interwoven relationship between workforce readiness, business and industrial development, and academia has existed since the beginning of public education in the United States (McNamara, 2009). Joerger, R. M., & Elliot, J.

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A New Chapter for Insight: Same Mission, Broader Vision

Insight Into Diversity

Beginning this week, Insight Into Diversity magazine will be changing its name to Insight Into Academia magazine. In 2009, we retitled as Insight Into Diversity to better reflect the powerful and transformative work being done across higher education. Dear Readers, We have some exciting news to share with you.

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Harvard Biological Engineering Institute Receives $350M Gift

Inside Higher Ed

Wyss, a graduate of Harvard Business School, donated $125 million to establish the institute in 2009. “Since its founding 13 years ago, the Wyss Institute has been devoted to breaking down silos within and between academia and industry,” said Harvard University president Larry Bacow.

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Health Equity, Working to Identify Effective Policy Interventions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Since 2009, she’s been engaged in research relating to health services and health equity, she said. “My She said she chose to take on the USC appointment as her first faculty position and to continue in academia, in part, because she wanted to help uplift others. “I She has spent the better part of 14 years in this field.

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Embedding Learning Styles and Neurodiversity to Educate the Workforce of Today and Tomorrow

Faculty Focus

Moreover, neurodiversity in academia illustrates the paradoxical rhetoric in uniform instruction. The interwoven relationship between workforce readiness, business and industrial development, and academia has existed since the beginning of public education in the United States (McNamara, 2009). Joerger, R. M., & Elliot, J.