Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 20, 2023

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2025

I wanted to become a professor to prepare students to address the intersection of advocacy and healthcare, that is what inspired me to pursue a career in academia, says Khan. Augustine for Health Sciences, says that Khans commitment and abilities are what set her apart from many in her field.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 22, 2023

Social media, namely Twitter, can provide scholars a platform on which they can engage with various individuals within and outside of academia, potentially those who otherwise would not have access to the scholars’ work, said panelist Dr. Laila McCloud, an assistant professor of educational leadership and counseling at Grand Valley State University.

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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

JANUARY 14, 2025

in Interdisciplinary Arts from Hampshire College; M.A. in Sociology of Education with a policy concentration; Teachers College Columbia University; and Ph.D. That desire to understand the world only grew from there, and she became the first in her family to attend college.

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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. in biology from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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Edu Alliance Journal

MARCH 3, 2025

March 3, 2025, by Dean Hoke : This profile of the College of Wooster is the fourth in a series presenting small colleges throughout the United States. Background The College of Wooster, founded in 1866, is a private liberal arts institution located in Wooster, Ohio. states and 76 countries. Notable Alumni: J.C.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Supporters of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) welcomed Howard University's announcement late last week of Dr. Ibram X. But hope, and even love, without support to borrow from Spelman and Bennett colleges President Emerita Dr. Johnnetta B. Kendi's appointment Dr. Crystal A. Cole "cannot do."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Louis, Dr. Shewanee Howard-Baptiste was certain shed become a doctor, but her college years told a different story. As a teenager growing up in St. Dr. Shewanee Howard-Baptiste After a tough love encounter with science and biology courses, she realized the medical field wasnt her calling.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Our work is essential, and our voices are part of a long tradition of intellectual resilience that has enriched academia precisely because it defies easy acceptance. Now is the time for colleges and universities to actively protect those of us who are, as I put it, exiled, yet unyielding.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 28, 2025

in Higher Education from Florida State University Career mentors: Dr. Tamara Bertrand Jones, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Dr. Brian McGowan, American University; Dr. Derrick Brooms, Morehouse College; Dr. Erik Hines, George Mason University; Dr. Holt Wilson, UNC Greensboro; Dr. Cameron C. But how does that impact me down the road?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 24, 2024

As her days as president of Mott Community College (MCC) in Flint, Michigan, wind down, Dr. Beverly Walker-Griffea is pleased with the impact she and the college have made on the community. Walker-Griffea’s career in academia began at age 21. Her undergraduate degree is in radio/television/film: news and public affairs.

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University Business

JANUARY 28, 2025

In 2013, Harvard Business School professors Clayton Christensen and Michael Horn made a striking prediction in the New York Times , forecasting that a host of struggling colleges and universities the bottom 25 percent of every tier, we predict will disappear or merge in the next 10 to 15 years.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 5, 2024

Colleges typically use a variety of assessments such as standardized tests, essays, and GPA to determine a student's readiness for life in academia. When students from diverse backgrounds step onto campus, they are not just seeking a college degree. The decision to attend college is a transformative journey for a student's life.

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MindMax

MARCH 18, 2024

I remember in 2012, when Rick Santorum called President Obama a “snob” for wanting “everybody to go to college.” Rethinking the Value of a 4-Year Degree The value of a college education, and specifically a 4-year bachelor’s degree, is somewhat in the eye of the beholder. It wasn’t long ago that I felt differently. Absolutely not.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 20, 2023

I am aging faster in academia. Over the past few weeks, we suddenly and unexpectedly lost two Black female college presidents. Montague, President of Volunteer State Community College in Tennessee, and JoAnne E. The National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities reports that 72% of college presidents in the U.S.

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University Business

OCTOBER 24, 2024

No corner is free from this specter—not even the hallowed halls of academia. Recruiting fraud In 2015, the government announced a “landmark settlement” with the second largest for-profit college company in the country, Education Management Corporation—arising from FCA lawsuits filed by four relators.

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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

JULY 9, 2024

There are serious inequities among students who graduate from colleges. In the landscape of higher education, African American men face a unique set of challenges that significantly impact their ability to obtain a college degree. Not dropout rates. Cultural dynamics and societal expectations also play significant roles.

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University Business

JANUARY 14, 2025

Increased student enrollment and government funding in the 1960s and 70s spurred a building boom on college campuses across the U.S. Can we embrace the past while accommodating the future of academia? Max Lowenthal Hall, home of the Saunders College of Business, was completed in 1977.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The College of Saint Rose in New York will close permanently due to financial challenges, ending its 103-year span in higher ed. The College of Saint Rose The school’s Board of Trustees voted Thursday to close at the end of the academic year, after May 11 graduation.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 5, 2025

OpenAI has announced a $50 million investment in NextGenAI, a new research consortium comprising 15 institutionsmany of which are colleges and universitiesaimed at accelerating artificial intelligence research across multiple disciplines.

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HEPI

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Investment in careers services to help school and college leavers, as well as first- and second-year undergraduates (the groups least likely to have approached their universities’ careers service according to the NUS poll used to inform How can you help me? Email Address.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Yet, we have used only the tools of academia to defend academia to non-academics who are attacking academia. We need to build a Love-based academia. One that does not fret over who says what when, but rather how our students feel in an academia that has shunned them for so long. We know this.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Image: A new automotive technology program at Coconino Community College, launched last fall, is on pause as campus leaders struggle to hire a full-time faculty member to keep it afloat. Nate Southerland, provost of Coconino Community College, said the college started the automotive technology program in response to local workforce needs.

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 7, 2025

In higher education, AI (artificial intelligence) is ushering in both promising advancements and complex challenges, especially in the pursuit of inclusion on college campuses. could lead to unequal treatment of students, ultimately detracting from colleges missions to foster inclusive, supportive learning spaces.

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University Business

MAY 3, 2024

Two presidents have been hired at small private colleges in the past two weeks and one leader is choosing to retire after four decades in higher education. Hired Trevor Bates – Mercy College of Ohio Trevor Bates Mercy College of Ohio has announced Trevor Bates as its next president.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Her work around students’ basic needs, supporting undocumented and mixed-status students, and achieving social justice through focused racial equity efforts has made her a rising star in community college leadership. Within Peralta, I see a wealth of brilliance and remarkable progress happening at the colleges and across the district.

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University Business

APRIL 4, 2023

The fallout of the pandemic and recent economic shakeups has recently reminded graduating high schoolers that the pathway to a high-wage job doesn’t necessarily require a college degree. College enrollment rates have been on a precipitous decline, dropping more than 7% in the past five years.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Within academia, the most common feedback approaches, whether summative or formative, are often guided by criticism because assessment traditionally focuses on what is missing or incorrect. She also teaches writing and ESL courses at Pima Community College and has developed online course materials. College Teaching , 59 (2), 66–72.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 3, 2023

Martha Coven, author of Writing on the Job: Best Practices for Communicating in the Digital Age (Princeton University Press, 2022), spoke on this topic at the recent conference on general education, pedagogy and assessment organized by the American Association of Colleges and Universities.

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University Business

DECEMBER 5, 2023

As might be expected, the Ivy League Pluses were responsible for producing the majority of leaders across sectors such as law, media and academia. However, colleges and universities offering premium programs in specific trades like engineering and agriculture helped diversify the list.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

We’ve seen a rise in hate,” says Dr. Bridget Kelly, an associate professor and student affairs & diversity officer at the University of Maryland’s College of Education. Cluster hires are also taking on increased significance as diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts come under attack nationwide.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The results reflected problems that Black academics have always known to plague academia: institutional racism and insufficient support for Black ECAs that create barriers to job security and career advancement for Black academics. There’s kind of Black academics in particular exiting academia at various stages. think tank.

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