ACRLog

APRIL 7, 2025

The answer might surprise fellow academic librarians: I discovered the career pathway after nearly dropping out of college. It took me over 15 yearsstarting as a college library assistant in undergraduate schoolto reach this point in my career. People often ask what made me want to be a librarian.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 28, 2023

Image: When Julianna Barnes set her sights on a career in academia, she envisioned eventually becoming a vice president of an institution and assumed it would be her pinnacle role in the profession. “Serving as chancellor was a natural progression, given my professional history,” she said.

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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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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 20, 2024

Through the November 2023 HBCU/MSI Research Summit — a joint effort between Virginia Tech’s Graduate School and the Pamplin College of Business — the university welcomed 25 visiting faculty and staff from participating institutions. Photos by A’me Dalton, courtesy of the Virginia Tech Pamplin College of Business.)

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Faculty Focus

MAY 21, 2024

org: This website offers professional development opportunities specifically tailored to educators interested in incorporating AI into K-12 and higher education curricula. ChatGPT and AI text generators: Should Academia adapt or resist?” Resources to learn more about AI in the classroom: AI4K12.org: Harvard Business Publishing.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Associate Level English for Academic Purposes Reading Area Community College (Reading, PA) The English for Academic Purposes (EAP) at Reading Area Community College (RACC) began in 2012 to strategically reduce credit requirements and accelerate student progression with the goal of boosting enrollment and success rates.

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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. Jackson hopes to study ways to draw diverse candidates into nursing professional development. Such nurses represent just 19.4% 14-18 at Vanderbilt.

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The PIE News

JUNE 1, 2023

The association also revealed a new logo and website to enhance its growing community of professional development events, members and sector wide initiatives it is pursuing. “They want to explore and emigrate all around the world” “The reason is Turkey has a very young population,” Dervish explained.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Burnout The role of a nursing educator is to inspire students, but the stress of academia can be daunting due to working long and exhausting hours, which can lead to burnout. College Academic Leadership can identify strategies addressing burnout. Attend professional development opportunities to help “reenergize” a passion for teaching.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Economically developed countries have created a “triple helix” of collaboration between academia, government, and industry, according to panelist Dr. Vincent Idemyor, a professor at the University of Port Harcourt. Omikunle argued, however, that primary financing for colleges must come from the government.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2023

Despite being immensely privileged with respect to other K-12 teachers, whose ranks I left to join academia, and to the growing number of non-tenure-track colleagues at UPR, my teaching and activist commitments leave me very little time for scholarly production.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Burnout The role of a nursing educator is to inspire students, but the stress of academia can be daunting due to working long and exhausting hours, which can lead to burnout. College Academic Leadership can identify strategies addressing burnout. Attend professional development opportunities to help “reenergize” a passion for teaching.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

To meet the growing demand, many are developing distinctive degrees, certificates, and other programs that help graduate students, faculty, and workforce professionals develop the required skills. The UK College of Education’s doctoral program focuses on applying innovative DEI approaches across complex institutions.

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Elevating Stories of the Unrecognized — Agnes Scott College. In July, Agnes Scott College launched the Acknowledging our Past: Acting Now for a Transformed Future project, which aims to elevate the lives and stories of the people of color who built the college. Multicultural Mentorship — Augustana College.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

The worriers of academia envision a dystopia where students outsource thinking and creativity; where intellectual property theft and plagiarism unchecked and undetectable will lead to a generation of writers with no syntax mojo or ability to communicate without generative assistance. Is Uncanny Valley Community College really so far off?

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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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Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

The worriers of academia envision a dystopia where students outsource thinking and creativity; where intellectual property theft and plagiarism unchecked and undetectable will lead to a generation of writers with no syntax mojo or ability to communicate without generative assistance. Is Uncanny Valley Community College really so far off?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2023

When I got to community college and was doing my own career exploration, he was the first person I thought about and I pursued school counseling because it was a profession that gave me the opportunity to work with students around finding their calling (or career) in life. Such educators serve as cultural and linguistic brokers. (12)

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 6, 2023

Digital and Lifelong Learning provides strategy, coordination, and service for online and flexible learning of all types across UNC-Chapel Hill, from short professional development experiences through full degree programs. For those considering a career in academia, I encourage you to seek opportunities, but be flexible.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

We often don’t allow ourselves these moments of connection because connection requires vulnerability and vulnerability goes against everything we’ve been taught about expertise, authority, and credibility in academia. Effects of college transition and perceptions of the campus racial climate on Latino College students’ sense of belonging.

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Creatrix Campus

MAY 22, 2023

From the accreditation of engineering programs to professional development opportunities, Engineers Ireland is leading the way in shaping the future of engineering in Ireland. One of the ways Engineers Ireland promotes engineering excellence is through professional development courses and training programs.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 1, 2023

Image: Latinx students can have a tough time navigating the numerous structural and institutional challenges that work against them in academia, especially when it comes to attending and succeeding in graduate school. What should college administrators do to dismantle them?

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

We often don’t allow ourselves these moments of connection because connection requires vulnerability and vulnerability goes against everything we’ve been taught about expertise, authority, and credibility in academia. Effects of college transition and perceptions of the campus racial climate on Latino College students’ sense of belonging.

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University Business

JANUARY 8, 2024

Spelman College (Ga.), Vassar College (N.Y.) It’s in an English-speaking country that boasts robust resources as a premier university, and it’s situated in a college town. At a core level, tying these institutions together is their shared interests in academia and research. ” The post How these 3 U.S.

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WCET Frontiers

JUNE 8, 2023

These suggestions are a mix of personal and professional development podcasts, books, articles, and shows. – Russ Poulin, WCET Community as Rebellion: A Syllabus for Surviving Academia as a Woman of Color by Lorgia García Peña Academia is often called out for its many issues around race.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

In this podcast episode, Dr. Drumm McNaughton speaks with Director Camille Dumont of the Center for Career and Professional Development (CCPD) about how she aligned career services with academia at Post University to better prepare students for the workforce.

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University Business

DECEMBER 19, 2022

No question, the vast bulk of English literature students will not become the next David McCullough or, less ambitiously, make their livings in academia dissecting the finer points of the Bronte sisters for graduate students or the readers of obscure journals. (Perhaps that’s part of why the number of U.S. New tools.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

President Blake recalled how his path to the presidency of this historic institution had included his previous career in the technology sector, well outside of academia. Additionally, he outlined his four-pillar strategy for Georgia State: research and innovation; student success; the college-to-career path; and identity and placemaking.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

President Blake recalled how his path to the presidency of this historic institution had included his previous career in the technology sector, well outside of academia. Additionally, he outlined his four-pillar strategy for Georgia State: research and innovation; student success; the college-to-career path; and identity and placemaking.

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Twenty years ago, academia still seemed like a middle-class or even an upper-class job, even though that had started to change in the mid 1970s.Young academics expected that if they did “all the right things,” they would get tenure and live happily ever after. The leadership team comes from colleges and universities in 29 states.

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Today's Learner

JULY 12, 2023

Reading Time: 5 minutes Diantha Ellis is a p rofessor of Business in the Stafford School of Business at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College If there is one good thing that came from COVID-19, academics learned how resilient we truly are. As the virus swept around the world, faculty were reminded to band together in support of our students.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Khoury notes that 90% of individuals in academia, especially on residential campuses, lack certain skills that are necessary for adapting to new models of teaching and governance. The failure of colleges often stems not from a lack of ideas or vision but from governance documents making it impractical to implement changes.

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SRHE

JUNE 9, 2023

Webpages are one of the key spaces where potential doctoral applicants can gather information about the application process, including institutional pages ( eg produced by a Doctoral College) and departmental pages ( eg departmental guidance or a potential supervisor’s webpage). padc) or #PADC_project on Twitter.

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WCET Frontiers

JUNE 29, 2023

We consider this to be important to the advancement of the knowledge surrounding State Authorization and Interstate Compliance Professionals. Theme 2: Lack of Manpower & Funding There is a myriad of regulatory and legal requirements that colleges and universities must adhere to. As such, remaining compliant is not an easy task.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 13, 2022

“Honestly, this happens so frequently now that my first reaction was, ‘You don’t need to disclose anything to me that will make you feel uncomfortable,’” said Mozafari, who teaches engineering communication at Cornell’s College of Engineering.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 29, 2023

We have to really take a step back and think about who's training the teachers with degrees, certification, and licensure -- and that is college faculty. These underprepared graduates end up in our college classrooms. We are their last stop before entering the workplace as professionals. Dr. Donna Y. Dr. Kelly A. Dr. Donna Y.

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HESA

MAY 4, 2023

This book is one of the few that looks at climate action through the lens of a particular economic sector or set of actors, in this case, our own sector of universities and colleges. If you look up and down the East Coast, you see a lot of colleges and universities, especially in the Northeast. They’ve done some unusual things.

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