Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2024

Even within the supposedly safe confines of academia, we are not immune to these oppressive practices. Administrators and faculty members are responsible for confronting these unjust behaviors head-on. They are warriors in the truest sense, battling against unimaginable odds.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

And while Mehler is banned from criticizing in any way the institution of FSU and all of its employees and trustees, no similar restriction exists to protect Mehler from anyone except two administrators who are probably happy to have a legal excuse not to talk about Mehler anyway. The right to criticize is the essence of academic freedom.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

Robert Scott The University System of Georgia's Board of Regents has named Dr. Robert Scott as the sole finalist for the presidency of Albany State University (ASU), bringing a leader with extensive experience in both academia and corporate innovation to the historically Black institution.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Although Howard-Baptiste initially planned to pursue a career in the sports and fitness industry, inspired by her years as a high school volleyball player and intramural athlete in college, she eventually decided to go into academia.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

This also resonates even in my own experience as an administrator; I’ve seen firsthand how programs are shuttered simply because they address so-called “divisive” issues according to politicians. Our work is often labeled “divisive” or “radical,” terms used to justify dismissals, funding cuts, and program closures.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

This dynamic reminds us how power operates within academia, just like in the wider world. While there is a great disparity in "flagship" HBCU research centers' resources and the rest of us this pales in comparison to the cleavage between us all and research centers at historically predominately-white institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 12, 2025

My transition into administration was an act of resistance and liberation. The angry Black woman, welfare queen, and jezebel tropes are ever present in the halls of academia. Like many Black women in academia, I have faced systemic barriers and wrestled with imposter syndrome, often questioning, Am I enough?

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 19, 2025

Administrators must recognize that professional development programs should not solely focus on pedagogical techniques but also on the importance of relational skills. Building student relationships requires intentionality and support from institutional leaders.

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SRHE

JULY 19, 2024

Understanding the source of academic work unhappiness is important: unhappy academics lead to unhappy students and stressed-out administrators. Just about everyone in academia is dealing with some aspect of their lives which affects how they do their work. Some are neurodiverse, with neurodiverse teenagers at home.

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SRHE

JANUARY 22, 2025

Shining a light on invisible labour Despite the increase in womens participation in the workforce and in academia, there is still a significant gender pay gap and to compound the issue, this gap widened in 2021 and 2022 in 20/33 OECD countries. How we uncovered the invisible Our research has two stages.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The wide-ranging survey also queried higher ed IT leaders and administrators on the potential uses — and abuses — of the latest text-generating GPT 3 tools and looked at what colleges and universities have done in the first few months since the world got a glimpse of OpenAI's ChatGPT and fretted over its potential misuse in academia.

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University Business

JANUARY 28, 2025

The University of Pennsylvania’s Pennovation Center is an example of industry and academia collaborating to provide pathways to commercialization. Universities are increasingly leasing space to establish innovation hubs, generating revenue while creating valuable learning and research opportunities for students.

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Academe Blog

APRIL 18, 2025

After a traumatic brain injury, PTSD, and mobility issues, she returned to academia with her service dog, Sampson. Administrators and faculty voiced concerns about contamination, distractions, and liability. Joey Ramp, a neuroscientist and former PhD student, experienced this firsthand. Lab environments were deemed too hazardous.

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 7, 2025

According to the 2024 AI Landscape Study released by Educause a nonprofit association whose focus is on advancing the use of technology and data to impact success in higher education colleges are increasingly integrating AI to enhance student experiences, improve administrative efficiency, and influence teaching methodologies.

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University Business

MAY 3, 2024

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. In July 2025, he will depart for a one-year sabbatical and return to the life of academia. Cloud State University, MPR News reports.

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SRHE

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

A first set of findings from the project relates to how organisational, administrative and scholarly processes work in ways which render this group invisible. Finally, we conducted 20 interviews with ancillary staff, recruited through a diversity of routes and with a diversity of backgrounds and roles.

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SRHE

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

In some countries, universities have been subject to government control, with appointments and administrative positions influenced by political interests, leading to violations of academic autonomy and freedom. His research interest includes School management and administration, TVET education and skills development.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 22, 2024

4) Put all conversations you have with anyone in administration - about anything related to your public voice- in writing. 6) If you think you may want — ever — to go out on your own, outside academia, then start an LLC immediately. Frankly you need that list handy every day you work for a university. Write it all down immediately. (5)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

CSUSM’s inclusive hiring practices have increased Latino representation among faculty, administrators and staff. All faculty and administrator searches must have a DEI advocate who completes specialized training. The current administration is led by a Latinx president and provost and includes more female leaders than ever before.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Also, graduates of such schools are not likely to receive offers for positions in academia. “If If you get your PhD at a for-profit, it’s very hard to transition into academia,” said Velez. “A Due to the debt, they take longer to compete their degrees. A lot of times you work for the government or a non-profit.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 20, 2023

In my book Unraveling Faculty Burnout: Pathways to Reckoning and Renewal (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022), I dive deep into my personal experience and share those of other women from across academia with the goal of shedding light and providing language for us to have open conversations about this workplace phenomenon. Not really.

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Helix Education

MARCH 20, 2025

University leaders must navigate this transformation by: Investing in faculty training for AI integration Updating curricula to reflect emerging technologies Developing ethical guidelines for AI use in academia Along those lines, it is critical that institutions have an AI governance framework in place. Woefully few universities do.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Kayon Hall wants to change the way academia thinks about undocumented students. Black and undocumented students are socially and politically left out of the conversation,” said Hall, an assistant professor of higher education administration at Kent State University in Ohio.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 23, 2023

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).

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HEPI

JUNE 27, 2024

These experiences provide academics with an updated understanding of employer needs, foster opportunities for industry-relevant research, secure funding, and establish improved links between academia and businesses. Reciprocal benefits include cutting-edge research, innovative solutions to real-world problems and enhanced employability.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Pierre, a seasoned legal scholar, had been serving the Southern University Law Center in numerous roles since 1990, first as a faculty member and then as an administrator. Army before joining academia, is savoring his new job. For now, Pierre who served as a Judge Advocates General Corps Officer (JAG) for the U.S.

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University Business

MARCH 6, 2024

Their exit from the world of elite academia means that the U.S. Women have outnumbered men on college campuses for decades, so it’s high time we’re starting to see more gender and racial diversity reflected in the highest roles in academia.” However, the number of women U.S.

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ACRLog

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Charlotte Higgins, Greek Myths: A New Retelling I read an interesting column in University Affairs that argues work in academia is often task-focused. Other tasks, like tracking how many reference questions I respond to, are not tied to that higher goal–they’re more administrative–but are necessary for the reality of my workplace.

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Rena Seltzer, Leader Academic

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Join us for this dynamic ten-week group for faculty members as we address how to survive and thrive in academia. “I We don’t know the specific requirements of any particular funding source, so people generally check that out with their fund administrator.

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The PIE News

AUGUST 14, 2024

Zhu pointed to the considerable cultural and linguistic barriers faced by foreigners in China, including different working habits and work environments with different methods of project management and a lack of administrative transparency. China has a few areas where it really excels to attract these students,” said Weeks.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 9, 2022

My Dad fully retired from academia as he was approaching 80. Faculty on the tenure track may also assume administrative roles, such as department chair and school or university-wide leadership posts. A lack of legible next steps may push many alt-acs to pursue jobs outside academia. What about an alternative academic?

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 27, 2023

The campaigners who brought that case, Academia for Coexistence, have sent an open letter to Spanish senators asking them to scrap an article in Spain’s long-debated higher education reform law, which has passed the lower house of Parliament and is pending approval by the upper chamber.

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Insight Into Diversity

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Protesters say the system is pushing scholars out of academia by not meeting workers’ needs. However, King also recognizes that the strike has created challenges in teaching and said faculty have latitude in final assessment administration. Approximately 48,000 California academic workers went on strike in mid-November.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 23, 2023

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).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 31, 2023

Academia and industry alike have long grappled with the lingering issue of gender equity in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines and professions. The National Girls Collaborative Project’s 2023 “State of Girls and Women in STEM” report revealed much of the same. We also try to lead by example.

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HEPI

APRIL 30, 2024

The use of AI and machine learning in administrative tasks, such as admissions, has necessitated further measures to eliminate biases and ensure equitable treatment for all. However, success demands bold action, collaboration beyond academia, and continuous reassessment of their own evolving relationship with this transformative technology.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 23, 2024

By creating a bridge between the military and academia, WSP is helping institutions enhance access, foster community, and unlock the potential of this highly motivated and diverse group of students. Hear practical advice for institutions looking to create a more welcoming and supportive environment for this unique population.

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