University Business

MAY 14, 2024

Deliberately integrating the humanities into Georgia Tech University’s armada of world-class STEM-based programs is the future of pedagogy at the R1 Atlanta university—and perhaps for all of higher education, says Richard Utz, interim dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, in this installment of the “University Business Podcast.”

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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. in counseling & human development, University of Georgia Career mentors: Dr. Darris Means, Clemson University; Dr. Tiffany J.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 5, 2023

The humanities might not-too-facetiously be labeled the black sheep of academia. After all, the humanities are frequently characterized as being in crisis and, since 2008, have suffered massive hemorrhaging in the numbers of new majors. To put it simply, an applied humanities approach is needed in STEM education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2024

Even within the supposedly safe confines of academia, we are not immune to these oppressive practices. One line resonated deeply with me: "When you deny a voice, you deny humanity." These students are stripped of their humanity and forced into subservience to a white-dominated ideology.

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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. She is also a professor in the Department of Health and Human Performance. As a teenager growing up in St.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 22, 2023

As a faculty member, I've always been either the only Black person in my entire college or in my department. We're sharing our scholarship but we're also sharing little bits of who we are as humans. Amidst the stressors of academia and social media, the panelists spoke about finding joy and taking breaks from being online. "In

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The pressures faced by those of us whose work intersects with race, gender, history, human rights, feels like a modern form of exile. 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.

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Higher Education Inquirer

MAY 15, 2025

A recent study published in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications provides empirical evidence of these trends, drawing from an extensive dataset of nearly 160,000 faculty resumes across 802 Chinese universities. Broader Economic and Social Implications The implications of credential inflation extend beyond academia.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 15, 2022

program in French and history, tells a story that resembles that of many humanities graduate students: that “the transformative experience I had in the classroom led me to dedicate my whole life to academia. The article’s author, Hannah Leffingwell, A.B.D. in New York University’s joint Ph.D. In New York City?

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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.

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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. This reaction is perfectly in line with studies of how materials, forms, colors, light and textures influence human psychology. Can we embrace the past while accommodating the future of academia?

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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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Faculty Focus

APRIL 8, 2025

In one study based on 106 college students with ADHD, achievement was negatively associated with the sound mode of cell phone; turning off the phone substantially improved accuracy and achievement in quantifiable ways (Albert et al 2023, 1192). Mobile Phone Distraction and Its Effects on Academic Performance of Israeli College Students.

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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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University Business

MARCH 25, 2024

government resources and contributions from independent research centers, including the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Humanities Alliance and the Hamilton Project. Students with a special interest in humanities were found to experience a seven-grand bump, totaling $83,000. for physical science and history majors.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 29, 2025

These hostile work environments have profound consequences, leading many talented educators to leave academia entirely or return to clinical practice. The Scope of Bullying in Nursing Academia Bullying in higher education is a widespread and systemic issue. Fostering a Culture of Civility Clark et al.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2024

College students who graduate as English majors actually find jobs at about the same rate as those who major in other subjects, according to a recent report commissioned by the Modern Language Association (MLA). According to the report, the unemployment rate for English majors, 2.3%, was not far off from that of all college graduates, 2.17%.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Bolstered by state and national workforce needs and their promising return on investment, the STEM track represents a gold mine for colleges and universities that want to ensure credentials from their institution are providing students with good job prospects and gainful employment. What can we do?

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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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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. The publication explores the potential for automation and artificial intelligence to displace human workers, raising concerns about job security and the future of work.

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HEPI

JANUARY 4, 2024

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. In academia we still place a great deal of emphasis in scholarship on the capacity to recall and recite.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

But all of that changed in 2022, when Steele saw a listing for a job at the University of Rochester’s Warner School of Education and Human Development. 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. Dr. Robin L.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Walker Walker, a scholar of religion, Wake Forest Professor of the Humanities, and ordained American Baptist clergyperson, has been the school’s interim dean since January. in American studies from The College of William & Mary. Walker has become dean of the Wake Forest University School of Divinity, effective immediately.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

Racial and gender inequities still plague the field of educational measurement, from professional rank to salary, across academia, industry, and leadership roles. Rodriguez said he hopes to learn more about these written responses, particularly as they relate to leadership positions both in academia and the industry.

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HEPI

MARCH 6, 2025

TASO is partnering with The Policy Institute at King’s College London and Exogeneity to support a new initiative to scale behavioural insights , building on a previous study to turn evidence into action. False positives can arise in a manner of ways, but we can split them into three categories: statistical error, human error, and fraud.

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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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HESA

APRIL 5, 2023

I see we’re back into tiresome public debates about the value of “Liberal Arts” and the “Humanities” (not synonyms, even though most people use the terms interchangeably). Devereaux entitled “ Colleges Should be More than Just Vocational Schools ” (where “college” is being used in the American sense of “undergraduate education”). “Is

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Continuous Learning Institute

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

LISTEN TO THE EPISODE Learn how to support neurodivergent college students. Human bodies were not meant to sit still for 90 minutes or 75 minutes or even 50 minutes. He has worked directly with over 50 colleges and universities and has trained well over 5,000 educators. Don't just assume that they can.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

In partnerships announced this week, Imperial College London has linked up with online coding bootcamp provider HyperionDev. Across town King’s College London has revealed a new UX Design Career Accelerator program with FourthRev, building on a previous partnership.

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Higher Education Inquirer

MAY 1, 2025

The overwhelming majority of faculty members, especially in the humanities and social sciences, lean left politically, and university campuses have often been hotbeds of progressive activism. the growing influence of right-wing thought on college campuses is contributing to a narrowing of intellectual diversity. At a time when the U.S.

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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. To truly support student success, we must move beyond the metrics and prioritize the human connections that make higher education meaningful.

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University Business

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Without proper mediation, those shortcuts can resurface years later at the highest echelons of academia. At least three former or current college presidents have been struck by plagiarism accusations in the past 15 months, including Marc Tessier-Lavigne of Stanford, Claudine Gay of Harvard and, most recently, Darryl J.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 21, 2024

The shared responsibility promotes a holistic approach to learning that encompasses both AI-enabled insights and human judgment while supporting students as they explore how to effectively and fairly use AI. ChatGPT and AI text generators: Should Academia adapt or resist?” XRDS: Crossroads, the ACM Magazine for Students 29 (3): 30–35.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 8, 2023

His first concern is the potential for a diminution of status among elite institutions, brought on by universities prioritizing labor force-friendly majors such as computer science and engineering over the humanities and social sciences. Third, Cowen worries that the best and brightest choose any career path as long as it is not academia.

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SRHE

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Porters, for example, reflected on how they enjoyed similar working conditions ( eg paid leave) to other members of staff and were self-aware of the significance of their work in enabling their college or university to operate. They felt valued in ways many cleaning and outsourced staff did not. She blogs here.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

Science fiction plots involving robots fall tidily into one of two scenarios: androids are here to assist and ease human labor, and its doomsday opposite that robots will be our ruin and lead to the destruction of human civilization as we know it. Is Uncanny Valley Community College really so far off?

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

Science fiction plots involving robots fall tidily into one of two scenarios: androids are here to assist and ease human labor, and its doomsday opposite that robots will be our ruin and lead to the destruction of human civilization as we know it. Is Uncanny Valley Community College really so far off?

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