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Emotional labour in the ivory tower: highlighting the experiences of academics of colour

HEPI

HEPI is running a series of blogs on the changing faces of academia in collaboration with the British Academy. In this blog, my aim is to bring together a few exemplars of experiences by people of colour within academia. As Black History Month comes to a close, there is an opportunity for reflection.

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Understanding Academic Exile After the 2024 Election

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For many of us whose work or lived experiences connect race, gender, history, or sexuality, within education, exile is less about leaving and more about staying in a space where we know we’re not fully welcome. I’d argue that exile, in this sense, can bring out our best work, and history backs this up.

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President moves: Recent resignations show 3 reasons why a leader steps down

University Business

The three presidents to step down demonstrate a variety of reasons for making a change: to reengage in academia, pursue other professional opportunities or make way for new leadership during trying times. One campaign he oversaw helped draw in $66 million, the largest in school history, Telegram & Gazette reports.

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Our Advice for Making College Campuses Ready for Diverse Student Populations

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Colleges typically use a variety of assessments such as standardized tests, essays, and GPA to determine a student's readiness for life in academia. For students to grow emotionally and achieve their academic goals, they must feel affirmed and supported in their cultural identities and personal growth needs as well.

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Dr. Terza A. Lima-Neves: Living Life on Purpose

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The pressures to publish and achieve tenure and promotion are real. She feels it’s important to share her stories with women — in and out of academia — and build community with other scholars. I thought, ‘Why don’t we know this history?’” says Lima-Neves. “Dr. That’s where the seed was planted.

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Report: Over 500 Years To Black Economic Equality

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A new report revealed that it could take Black citizens over 500 years to achieve economic equality in the United States. Significant progress has also been made in academia. Sixty years after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Black high school attainment in the last 60 years has increased from 24.8% He added that before there was the U.S.,

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Rehumanizing the Research University

Inside Higher Ed

What, then, would it take to achieve a greater balance between scholarship and teaching? She is the author of two important books on the history of immigration and childhood, The Revolution Is for the Children: The Politics of Childhood in Havana and Miami, 1959-1962 and Suffer the Little Children , a history of U.S.