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‘Unrelenting demands and stressors’: College leaders discuss mental health in academia

Higher Ed Dive

Johns Hopkins University held its workplace well-being summit Tuesday, focusing on graduate students and faculty.

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DEI Under Attack: The Truth from the Frontlines of Academia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Marching Orders for the Movement The panel didnt just offer critiquethey offeredmarching orders: Invest in Black institutions , including churches and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), that are doing the work. What Do We Do Now? Raise your voice. Educate our children at home.

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Report Urges Colleges to Address Civic Gaps

Insight Into Diversity

Complete College America (CCA), a nonprofit dedicated to improving postsecondary attainment in the U.S., These interconnected challenges, it argues, undermine both democracy and academia. These interconnected challenges, it argues, undermine both democracy and academia.

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The blueprint for colleges and universities in the new world of work

University Business

However, academia hasn’t caught up with these current technological advances, including AI. This lag is evident in the struggles of college graduates to find work that no longer exists, compared to when their parents graduated. What’s the point of college and learning if AI will do the work for you?

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Black Women Navigating the Path to College Presidency

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Kelli Sims Butler The California Community College System consists of 116 institutions with over 1.8 In the system, there are 140 Community College Chief Executive Officers (CEO). Of the current 140 chancellors and college presidents, 63 are female, and 12 identify as Black females. million students.

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Despite Increased Visibility, Asian Americans Continue to Face Barriers in Academia

Insight Into Diversity

But I would say those are the exceptions, not the rules,” says Nicholas Hartlep, PhD, the Robert Charles Billings Endowed Chair in Education at Berea College, whose research focuses on race and equity — particularly concerning the experiences of Asian Americans — in academia.

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Worthy of More: Systemic Failures Women of Color Face in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As a woman of color, a first-generation college graduate, and someone raised in a limited-income home, I was celebrated for bringing fresh perspectives and ideas. At first, it felt affirmingproof that I belonged in academia. The Burden of Excellence In academia, excellence isnt just expected of women of colorits demanded.