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Conference Prepares Grad Students for Careers in Academia

Insight Into Diversity

More than 100 graduate students of color from 18 institutions gathered at Northern Illinois University (NIU) in February for the eighth annual Preparing Future Faculty of Color Conference , which strives to demystify having a career in academia. This article was published in our April 2023 issue.

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Navigating the AI revolution in higher education: a call to action

HEPI

Professor Guo spent 34 years at Imperial College London studying AI, data mining, machine learning, and large-scale data management before becoming Provost of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in 2022. I’d like to think that one thing he wouldn’t advise was denial.

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Scholars Respond to the Death of a University Administrator

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Strayhorn, vice provost and director of research for the Center for the Study of HBCUs at Virginia Union University. Many Black women also suffer intersectional discrimination out in the world, which can lead to trauma, mental health challenges, and “racial battle fatigue,” even before they step foot into academia.

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Inclusion, Support Are Key Goals of UC Berkeley’s Faculty Link Program

Insight Into Diversity

“I enjoy watching and being part of faculty across all disciplines, ranks, and identities, finding common ground, transmitting institutional knowledge, and learning new things from each other,” says Sharon Inkelas, PhD, associate vice provost for the faculty at UC Berkeley and a Faculty Link program lead. Serena Chen.

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A Thousand Flowers Blooming

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

Similarities Between Industry and Academia. So by the time I got into this perspective of being in academia, that piece was part of how I operated. My favorite term is 'a thousand flowers blooming,' because what you can do in academia which works out really well is that you can literally start a lot of things going.

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Plan B Propels Engineer to Higher Ed Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In a career that has included both academia and the private sector, Dr. Teik C. Prior to his NJIT presidency, Lim was the interim president of the University of Texas at Arlington after having served the university as provost and vice president for academic affairs. Unfortunately, he could not meet the 20-20 eyesight requirement.

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Two-year colleges strain to hire instructors in technical fields

Inside Higher Ed

Nate Southerland, provost of Coconino Community College, said the college started the automotive technology program in response to local workforce needs. Administrators say the lure of better-paying industry jobs coupled with the high cost of living in Flagstaff, Ariz.,

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