Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Pam Luster, President Emerita of San Diego Mesa College, focused on creating an equitable higher education landscape and increasing access for those historically marginalized by academia. Dr. Tammeil Gilkerson “I call Oakland my home, and my roots run deep in the East Bay.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

According to Sicks, it’s important that DAAD advocates for such English-taught programs, but equally for German language acquisition, to the benefit of the student’s immersion. ” International students make up almost 13% of the total student body in Germany.

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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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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 19, 2025

With over a decade of experience in academia, Dr. Conley specializes in fostering innovative teaching environments, promoting faculty development, and driving student success initiatives. A passionate advocate for education, Dr. Conley combines her professional achievements with a commitment to community service and lifelong learning.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 31, 2024

I learned very quickly that academia demands a degree of performance. Instead of one-liners and self-deprecation, Edmundson advocates for genuine enthusiasm about intellectual ideas. In short, authenticity in higher education does not always mean enjoyable, or even agreeable—and that’s okay.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In public hearings before a congressional committee last week, why could three presidents of some of the country’s most prestigious universities not make a straightforward statement that advocating genocide was unacceptable on their campuses?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 30, 2025

The work and research of the Stanford Center on Longevity and the Age-Friendly University Global Network advocate for supporting our globally aging world by harnessing the power of intergenerational learning. Intergenerational learning engages different generations in learning together, exchanging knowledge and experiencing mutual growth.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2023

Malaklou hosts events like "Evening with an Activist" at the bell hooks center, where students can learn tangible ways to make a difference outside of academia. She said this lesson is deliberate and acknowledges academia and graduate school can be “violent, especially for scholars of color, women, and queer folks of color.”

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Liaison International

OCTOBER 16, 2023

When alumni share their stories, they become powerful advocates for your programs. Alumni as Consumers and Advocates This engagement strategy isn’t limited to undergraduate programs. Bridging Academic and Professional Worlds Similarly, alumni bridge the gap between academia and the professional world.

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

It draws attention to issues such as low pay, lack of job security, limited benefits, and the increasing reliance on contingent labor in academia. Advocacy for Workers and a More Equitable Economy: The Higher Education Inquirer advocates for fair labor practices, decent wages, and greater economic equality.

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HEPI

APRIL 23, 2024

Towards that end, as I have also advocated , the value of having an ORCID page cannot be emphasised enough. Obtaining funding certainly is a major distraction in some corners of academia. They see the production of a CV as a periodic task to be accomplished only when requested for promotions or job applications.

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Liaison International

OCTOBER 16, 2023

When alumni share their stories, they become powerful advocates for your programs. Alumni as Consumers and Advocates This engagement strategy isn’t limited to undergraduate programs. Bridging Academic and Professional Worlds Similarly, alumni bridge the gap between academia and the professional world.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 3, 2023

A staunch advocate for Mexican American studies classes in Arizona public schools, he was arrested for protesting the 2010 HB2281 ethnic studies ban. “I A trained journalist and lecturer, Rodriguez authored four books and numerous essays, poems, and columns. He encouraged and inspired countless students.”

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Insight Into Diversity

DECEMBER 22, 2022

In honor of this year’s Black History Month theme, “Black Resistance,” designated by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), INSIGHT examines the role that higher education has played in Black activism and how academia can support anti-racism by empowering students and faculty.

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HEPI

JUNE 27, 2024

Chan, Head of Professional Development and Associate Professor at the University of Hong Kong, advocates for mandatory work experiences for academics. This symbiotic relationship between academia and industry ensures that educational curricula remain relevant and rooted in reality, aligning with the workforce’s dynamic needs.

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

On the other hand, universities can be spaces where peace studies, conflict resolution programs, and global diplomacy are taughtan important counterbalance that HEI highlights, showing how academia can be a force for peace amidst the militarization of knowledge.

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HEPI

APRIL 30, 2024

Poised as guardians of socially responsible AI, universities have an important role to play in: Ethical advocacy – By engaging in public discourse and policy development, universities can advocate for AI applications that uphold social justice, equity and environmental sustainability. The future of ethical AI depends on a delicate balance.

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Insight Into Diversity

APRIL 4, 2024

Metzler, a true visionary in academia, healthcare, and diversity, passed away on Saturday, March 23, at his home in Grenada. Metzler’s legacy as a scholar, leader, author, and advocate will endure, inspiring generations to come. Christopher A. Christopher A.

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Insight Into Diversity

DECEMBER 22, 2022

While nurses routinely advocate for their patients, political and legislative advocacy is just as important, according to the American Nurses Association (ANA). The students are helping faculty and the faculty are helping students, which is kind of the sweet spot of academia,” says Sarah Szanton, PhD, JHUSON dean. Sarah Szanton.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

People outside of academia may be better positioned to evaluate the impact of candidate’s scholarship. · Carefully assess why disconnects occur between external and internal evaluators. The very people evaluating minoritized faculty may be those who have subjected them to overt bias or disrespect.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

For now, Pierre who served as a Judge Advocates General Corps Officer (JAG) for the U.S. Army before joining academia, is savoring his new job. With the attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion within higher education, HBCUs are “even more relevant and important today,” he says. Every day is a different day.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 27, 2023

As institutions struggle to adapt in the wake of the Covid pandemic and advocate for the value of higher education, we, as an association, are determined to spotlight our members’ leadership in this space to make the changes on their campuses that will best serve learners.

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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. However, they advocate that to be a happy academic, you should adopt a core-skills based approach.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

When college was an affordable public good—what I advocate for achieving today—it was primarily (almost exclusively) the province of the white (and predominantly male) majority. I rejected the argument, because in the book I try to take pains to say that there is no time in the past that is worthy of exact emulation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

That means making sure that people get tenure and stay in academia. Gershenson advocated for additional guest speakers of color. Fixing the pipeline is a long-term problem, but according to Gershenson, institutions can also act now. Schools need to do a better job of retaining the faculty of color that they have,” he said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

This paucity is mirrored in academia, where only 19.2% It's in our professional practice to begin with, to advocate for equity in health care,” says Williams. Such nurses represent just 19.4% of all registered nurses, according to the National Council of State Boards of Nursing and the National Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

We write today centering the needs and experiences of fat students who sometimes struggle to find fit and space within academia. Such a policy also eases some of the discomfort fat students may feel in needing to advocate on their own and they may view such a policy as an invitation to dialogue and take action.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

She also encourages nurses of color she meets at various events and offers to mentor individuals who are considering entering academia. Bland says there are faculty mentors within the Borra College of Health Sciences and the School of Nursing who mentor faculty who are entering academia for the first time.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

Unquestionably, the past 40 years have brought many steps forward in terms of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer rights, visibility, and consciousness, but in academia it is still a work in progress. These are the real impacts.” of LGBTQ people experienced bullying, harassment, or assault at college, compared to 18.9%

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Despite an increasingly repressive environment in Chinese universities, there continues to be a “huge gap” in scholarly research on queerness in Chinese academia, according to Cui Le, a sociologist at the University of Auckland who has made it his mission to tell the world about the country’s largely invisible gay scholars.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 19, 2025

With over a decade of experience in academia, Dr. Conley specializes in fostering innovative teaching environments, promoting faculty development, and driving student success initiatives. A passionate advocate for education, Dr. Conley combines her professional achievements with a commitment to community service and lifelong learning.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

As the work of DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) in higher education has expanded, several institutions have recognized the need to create a clearer and more comprehensive pathway for individuals interested in serving as DEI advocates and leaders.

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University Business

MARCH 14, 2023

Outside academia, Scholz served the U.S. John Karl Scholz (Photo: UO Website) With experience as a professor, economist and provost (which he currently still serves at the University of Wisconsin-Madison), his focus at Oregon will be student career readiness and postgraduate success. Treasury Department and the Council of Economic Advisors.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

All faculty and administrator searches must have a DEI advocate who completes specialized training. Search committees receive diversity training to recognize biases and learn strategies for fair and equitable evaluations. CSUSM gathers and analyzes disaggregated data pertaining to retention, unit completion and graduation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2023

Following her retirement as president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in July 2022, Jackson continued to have an impact on academia, industry, and public service. Jackson has also been an advocate for gender equity. Shirley Ann Jackson has proven to be a leader, innovator, and motivator.

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Networking to me means creating visibility and advocating for what you believe in. In international education people understand the language of academia, the value of education and the creation of spaces for those whose chances are minuscule. What’s the most important skill for someone working in international education to have?

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 29, 2023

My values are rooted in my background as a non-academic teaching inside academia, and a writer whose work ranges across many different genres. As I say in The Writer’s Practice , while I want students engaging in what I call “scholarly” thinking, I’m less concerned with the production of academic forms per se.

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