Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 31, 2024

I learned very quickly that academia demands a degree of performance. In his 1997 essay “On the Uses of a Liberal Education: As Lite Entertainment for Bored College Students,” Mark Edmundson, a professor of English at the University of Virginia, examines the consumer-driven trends in higher education which we still see in 2020.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 30, 2025

Thus, with our unprecedented longevity, its important for the traditional image of college students, those transitioning from high school and primarily in the second and third decades of life, to evolve. Age diversity in colleges and universities is a net asset for our global society. We will be learning alongside our grandchildren.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2023

Malaklou, also chair and associate professor of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at Berea College in Kentucky, got to know hooks when she came to Berea in 2019. 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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

To earn the Seal of Excelencia a college or university must demonstrate an intentional, institutional focus on advancing Latino student success by aligning data and practice. Lastly, a college or university’s commitment must be sustained over time. and graduate 19%. Morales, president of CSUSB.

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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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Liaison International

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Alumni possess a dynamic blend of experiences, insights, and connections that can serve as a catalyst for transformative change within colleges and universities. When alumni share their stories, they become powerful advocates for your programs. However, they can play a vital role in helping us build our classes.

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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

APRIL 30, 2024

At University College London’s School of Management, research into AI fundamentals has led to the integration of AI ethics into the curriculum with a new module exploring the ethical implications of AI ownership, agency and privacy biases, malicious and harmful use of AI and the rights of artificially intelligent beings.

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Liaison International

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Alumni possess a dynamic blend of experiences, insights, and connections that can serve as a catalyst for transformative change within colleges and universities. When alumni share their stories, they become powerful advocates for your programs. However, they can play a vital role in helping us build our classes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

We’re the only place where there’s two land-grant colleges in the same city,” says Pierre, adding that he and Tate are pushing forward with a new initiative called the A&M Agenda. 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.

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

HEI delves into in-depth investigative reporting, uncovering scandals, institutional failures, and systemic inequalities in colleges, universities, and their related businesses. The Higher Education Inquirer (HEI) follows the legacy of the muckrakers from the early 20th century.

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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. Conclusion: Tenure processes have remained essentially unchanged for decades in many universities/colleges/departments. Dr. Donna Y.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

College students have been shown to be likelier to pass courses with race-matched instructors, likelier to receive higher grades in those courses, and likelier to persist in school. Griffin, the dean of the College of Education at the University of Maryland. That means making sure that people get tenure and stay in academia.

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Insight Into Diversity

DECEMBER 22, 2022

percent of them are practicing nurses, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). While nurses routinely advocate for their patients, political and legislative advocacy is just as important, according to the American Nurses Association (ANA). New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing.

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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. of LGBTQ people experienced bullying, harassment, or assault at college, compared to 18.9% of non-LGBTQ people. About 45.5%

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 19, 2025

This reliance on numbers has driven many colleges to focus heavily on metrics in an effort to improve outcomes, streamline operations, and secure funding. As community colleges across the United States struggle with declining retention rates, it has become increasingly clear that institutional focus should not be limited to numbers alone.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The Ohio State University College of Nursing uses its Summer Institute for Future Nurses as a recruiting tool for high school students. The federal government projects that more than 203,000 new registered nurse (RN) positions will be created each year from 2021 to 2031, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN).

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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. He served on faculties at Cornell University, Georgetown University, Thomas Jefferson School of Medicine, Bellarmine University, and Kings College, among others. Christopher A. Christopher A.

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University Business

MARCH 14, 2023

Despite recent pushback against diversity, equity and inclusion among several states , a number of colleges have recently hired presidents based on their commitment to that principle. Outside academia, Scholz served the U.S. Safa Zaki, Bowdoin College (Williamstown, Mass.) Safa Zaki, Bowdoin College (Williamstown, Mass.)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

This paucity is mirrored in academia, where only 19.2% of full-time nursing school faculty are minoritized, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. It's in our professional practice to begin with, to advocate for equity in health care,” says Williams. Such nurses represent just 19.4% 14-18 at Vanderbilt.

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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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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The Canadian government is seeking input from universities and colleges into the country’s immigration system. Sean Fraser, Canada’s immigration minister, announced the launch of a new initiative, “An Immigration System for Canada’s Future”, which will gather feedback to inform the country’s future migration policies.

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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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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 27, 2025

Then, when you kick in the cost of higher education and increased student debt, AI and technology reshaping how we teach and learn, and increased competition among colleges and universities, you have put is nearly the perfect storm. But tough times often spark creative solutions. million in 2022.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

It became the first tribal college and university, or TCU, to offer a Ph.D. Tuttle “We are a tribal college. program offer the same academic rigor as any other Western institution, fully equipped to engage with those who may have spent their whole lives in academia. program — Diné (Navajo) Culture and Language Sustainability.

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Despite growing up in a refugee [camp] myself; struggling through the realities of a refugee camp and fighting my way to get to college, giving back in terms of creating access was my biggest defining moment in life. I clearly remember the first acceptance into college for our students. Networking and following up.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Each phase of my journey provided unique insights into the challenges and opportunities within academia. Attorney, politician, and advocate, Stacey Abrams aptly captures the essence of this transformation in her comments: “DEI is essential to building educational institutions that are welcoming, fair, and free from discrimination and hate.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

As the American Association of University Professors defined it in its seminal 1915 Declaration of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure , there are three elements to academic freedom: “freedom of inquiry and research; freedom of teaching within the university or college; and freedom of extramural utterance and action.”

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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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University Business

MAY 14, 2024

Although academia has plenty of valid causes for concern, I also believe the next generation of university leaders has many reasons for optimism. Prioritizing student success also requires that we continually reject the attitude that college is merely a tool for career preparation. Invest in your team Emphasize shared governance.

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ACRLog

JUNE 19, 2023

Long is the Dean of the College of Arts and Letters at Michigan State University. He’s an advocate of what he calls ethical candor (“the cultivated disposition to be honest with yourself”) and values-based practice ( “aligning our core values with the practices that shape academic life”). “Joy is at the heart of all meaningful work.”

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 3, 2023

” Anna Mills, an English instructor at the College of Marin and a self-described “advocate for critical AI literacy,” said developing policies for how to deal with generative AI is a crucial first step for faculty to take before adopting AI detection tools like Originality.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JUNE 4, 2022

How might colleges and universities grapple with the climate crisis? Increased storms can injure a local economy by damaging infrastructure, products, and workers, which can in turn blow back on a local college or university. Academia on the world stage. [This article is part of the Transparency-Accountability-Value series.]

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 31, 2024

I learned very quickly that academia demands a degree of performance. In his 1997 essay “On the Uses of a Liberal Education: As Lite Entertainment for Bored College Students,” Mark Edmundson, a professor of English at the University of Virginia, examines the consumer-driven trends in higher education which we still see in 2020.

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PeopleAdmin

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Human resources teams in higher education institutions face a unique set of challenges when it comes to recruiting and hiring, as they must continually adapt to changing trends in academia, technology, and workforce expectations, along with shifting perceptions of HigherEd as a workplace.

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 18, 2022

It serves as an advocate and provides a safe space for members of trans, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming communities and their allies. . Elevating Stories of the Unrecognized — Agnes Scott College. Multicultural Mentorship — Augustana College. Minority Male Initiative — Broward College.

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