Remove Academia Remove Definition Remove Scholarship
article thumbnail

Colleges Look to Cluster Hires Amid Diversity Hostilities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Hall was so enamored of her cluster that she produced a short film about it, documenting how the relationships that she and the other professors had formed helped them navigate being people of color in academia. After she told him, he said, “Hmmm… the school has definitely changed.” It definitely helped me stay in the role.”

College 138
article thumbnail

Rehumanizing the Research University

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Can a research-intensive university also be learning- and learner-centered, as dedicated to the quality of students’ educational experience as it is to scholarship, publication and invention? What, then, would it take to achieve a greater balance between scholarship and teaching?

university leaders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Examples of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This is not just a matter of visibility or the fairness of representation…but it’s also about the diversity of experiences that people bring both into academia and into the professional world,” says project director Dr. Volker Janssen. Also, advanced degrees are increasingly important for lifetime career advancement.”

Retention 118
article thumbnail

Discounted tuition by major devalues the humanities (letter)

Inside Higher Ed

The main reasons Tavárez cites for discounting humanities tuition are lower market value of the humanities, fewer job prospects for humanists, and lower research expenditure for humanities scholarship. First, the job market outside of academia is not shrinking for humanists.

article thumbnail

What Does Faith Look Like in Higher Education?

Inside Higher Ed

Explaining or discussing faith can ignite heated, passionate and explosive debates in academia. Here are a few terms, very general definitions and some examples: Nonsecular: Privately funded institutions that align their identity and work with certain religious beliefs. Blog: Just Explain It to Me!

article thumbnail

Digging In: Reflecting on a Work Anniversary

ACRLog

I could more clearly see the shifts in my thinking and my scholarship. We’ve definitely got our work cut out for us this year. This summer, it was so satisfying to put all my work together and shape the narrative of my career trajectory. I see my growth and I hope I’ve articulated that in a way that everyone can see.

article thumbnail

Rural-Serving Institutions: Innovative Lessons for Higher Ed Success: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 147 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Andrew Koricich

The Change Leader, Inc.

He recently led a project to develop a data-driven metric for identifying rural-serving institutions (RSIs), and he has been invited to speak by a number of organizations, including the American Association of State Colleges & Universities, National Scholarship Providers Association, and the Oregon Community College Association.