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Dr. Dara N. Byrne: Leveraging Public Higher Education for the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Photo Credit: Macaulay Honors College Finding a lack of diversity Access to higher education has been an important theme in Byrne’s life in academia. She was crucial to building smooth transfer pathways from CUNY’s community colleges to John Jay.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Those barriers lead to a lack of access to quality education for our minority students and students from disadvantaged backgrounds.” She also encourages nurses of color she meets at various events and offers to mentor individuals who are considering entering academia. Claflin is starting its program summer 2023.

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Artificial Intelligence: The Rise of ChatGPT and Its Implications

Faculty Focus

Potential As with any new development, advantages often come with disadvantages. The discourse regarding the position of AI-generated writing in academia is in its early stages. However, the critical issue is the quality of the input, or as referred to in the past, “GIGO,” garbage in-garbage out.

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Artificial Intelligence: The Rise of ChatGPT and Its Implications

Faculty Focus

Potential As with any new development, advantages often come with disadvantages. The discourse regarding the position of AI-generated writing in academia is in its early stages. However, the critical issue is the quality of the input, or as referred to in the past, “GIGO,” garbage in-garbage out.

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The Digital Learning Summit at Notre Dame as Template for Academic Convenings

Inside Higher Ed

In future summits (this first one was billed as a “beta”), the hope is to invite more participants from community colleges, HBCUs, HSIs, and other groups less well-represented at the first gathering. Jack, author of the acclaimed 2019 book The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

Building Pathways to Academia — Columbia University in the City of New York. SAFE Zones Welcome Students Back to Campus — El Paso Community College District. The El Paso Community College (EPCC) Diversity and Inclusion Programs created SAFE Zone banners for each of the EPCC campus locations.

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Rehumanizing the Research University

Inside Higher Ed

This mind-set is driven by the increasing importance of “corporate” leadership models as well as the growing predominance of STEM research culture in academia. Like most underrepresented scholars, I consider these students my own, and mentoring them is a privilege and a blessing.