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.

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The PIE News

APRIL 11, 2025

NTUs strategic partnerships and substantial industry funding enable the development of modular, practical courses and world-class faculty, solidifying its status as a global leader in semiconductor education. Many graduates have secured positions at top firms, reflecting the success of these initiatives in bridging academia and industry.

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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. The decline in enrollment may be due to a declining faith in college degrees translating to student skill sets.

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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. DEI-focused degree programs like those at UK serve as pathways to chief diversity officer (CDO) and other DEI leadership roles.

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

With AI tools and training set to be available across all 23 campuses, the initiative will benefit more than 460,000 students and 63,000 faculty and staff. CSU plays a critical role in Californias workforce, awarding nearly half of the states bachelors degrees and contributing to over 209,000 jobs annually.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Sloan Foundation and RTI International have engaged in a study of Black and Hispanic individuals who have achieved PhD degrees in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields. of people who earned these doctoral degrees from 2010–20 were Black Americans. Due to the debt, they take longer to compete their degrees.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2024

And for those who have gone on to earn graduate degrees, the median annual full-time salary at career peak was $86,000 for all majors and $83,000 for English literature and language majors, the report noted. Job satisfaction for English majors is also comparable to that of other majors, according to the report.

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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. It raises concerns about "hypercredentialism," where degrees become mere "tickets to be punched" without necessarily leading to meaningful work or sufficient income to repay student loans.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

" The (mostly) accepted consensus within academia is that a terminal degree is almost always table stakes for most academic leadership roles. Only a fellow PhD holder will "get" the existential value of institutional shared governance, faculty autonomy, and academic freedom.

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University Business

MAY 14, 2024

” Georgia Tech’s Vertically Integrated Projects program invites undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as faculty across academia and research, to collaborate on multi-year complex problems. . “It works for university researchers—not necessarily for its students and society.”

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University Business

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The working person can thank their degree for helping them land the big job , but where that credential was earned says a lot about their potential as the nation’s next leader, according to a new analysis from TIME. faculty, according to one 2022 study published in Nature. faculty, according to one 2022 study published in Nature.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The conference underscored the mission of postsecondary institutions and academics to work against dehumanizing atmospheres and support the best policies and practices that improve student belonging, community connection, and create thriving faculty. “We Liann Herder can be reached at lherder@diverseeducation.com.

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Edu Alliance Journal

MARCH 3, 2025

The student-to-faculty ratio is 11:1, ensuring personalized attention and mentorship. In this program, students engage in a year-long research project under faculty mentorship, culminating in a thesis or creative work. Wooster does not have any graduate degree programs. states and 76 countries.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Outside of academia, Walker was founding president of the Center for Faith, Justice and Reconciliation; senior fellow for Religious Freedom at the Freedom Forum Institute; and member of the U.S. He also co-directed documentary film, “Fifeville.” in American studies from The College of William & Mary.

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University Business

MAY 3, 2024

The three presidents to step down demonstrate a variety of reasons for making a change: to reengage in academia, pursue other professional opportunities or make way for new leadership during trying times. In July 2025, he will depart for a one-year sabbatical and return to the life of academia. Robbyn Wacker – St.

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ACRLog

APRIL 7, 2025

Despite working full-time in academic libraries for almost a decade, completing my graduate degree, and interning while keeping my 40-hour-a-week library job, I was rejected countless times. The Academic Bubble Challenge Academia presents a unique paradox when it comes to community building. The call arrived on a Friday afternoon.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 19, 2023

Earlier in 2022, the union at Barnard College was able to win compensation for out-of-class work for adjuncts and full-time faculty there. Rutgers AAUP-AFT – it represents more than 5,000 full-time faculty, graduate workers, postdoctoral associates, and counselors – went on strike from April 10 to April 14, 2023, Givan said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Just Faculty Fellowship. of STEM faculty are from minoritized backgrounds. This, despite the fact that under-represented minority students earn over 20% of STEM bachelor’s degrees, according to National Science Foundation data. It's a new attempt to tackle an old problem: the paucity of minorities in STEM departments.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 24, 2024

Walker-Griffea’s career in academia began at age 21. Her undergraduate degree is in radio/television/film: news and public affairs. She earned a Master of Education degree in guidance and counseling and a doctorate in child development (the doctoral program defined child development as continuing until age 21).

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Insight Into Diversity

MAY 14, 2023

Two prominent efforts to diversify music in academia are the new University of Arkansas’ (UA) Arkansas Center for Black Music and the creation of the George Walker Center for Equity and Inclusion in Music at the University of Rochester’s (UR) Eastman School of Music (Eastman). This article was published in our June 2023 issue.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Claflin does not have a traditional four-year bachelor’s degree in nursing science (BSN). Rather, it is known for its RN–BSN program, in which RNs with associate degrees (ADN) can earn their bachelor’s degrees. Smith says Claflin nursing faculty have gone above and beyond to offer psychosocial support to the students.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 19, 2022

But if top universities genuinely want to lead, a key roadblock remains: around the nation and the world, leading institutions are structurally unprepared for the fossil fuel industry’s assault on the interests and values of academia. Academia is founded on the premise of truth seeking.

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University Business

JUNE 5, 2023

Student frustration over the high cost—and lack of transparency—of earning a degree has clashed with the ever-increasing costs of operating an academic enterprise. But these data points are overshadowed by the increasingly hostile view—by parents and prospective students—of the return on investment of a four-year degree.

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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. However, there is an oversight that continues to happen. Dr. Merrill L Irving Jr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Students organized Black student unions demanding more African American studies courses, Black faculty and staff,” says Canton. A graduate of Morehouse College, Canton earned a master’s degree in Black studies at The Ohio State University and a doctorate in history at Temple University. Last year, he hired another faculty person.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

He has nurtured the faculty, programming, and pedagogy of his institution and has watched it grow from a two-year technical school into a research university. Guy eventually made Navajo history and knowledge required courses, and the school gradually created more bachelor’s degree programs. The creation of this Ph.D.

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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. an increasingly popular tourist destination near the Grand Canyon, has repeatedly scared off faculty candidates for this position and others.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 31, 2023

Academia and industry alike have long grappled with the lingering issue of gender equity in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines and professions. but only 34% of the STEM workforce; they also earn only 24% of bachelor’s degrees in engineering, 24% in physics, and 21% in computer science.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Sol Gittleman has penned a must-read book for anyone with a vested interest in the past, present, and future of American academia. We were needed to stand or sit in front of the exploding numbers of undergraduates and graduate students filling the campuses in the decades after World War II, when there were simply not enough faculty available.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

A special feature section from CUNY's Hunter College in the report about the rise in labor activity in higher ed from 2022 to 2023 illustrates the quickening pace of student worker organizing, to that degree that in the past year and a half, student worker unionization growth has surpassed that of faculty.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

It also added professional development for all the tutors and faculty. Graduate Level Project upGRADS California State University, Fullerton (Fullerton, CA) Less than 10% of college and university faculty in the U.S. Excelencia in Education sees this as a program that is helping develop professionals and future faculty.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 4, 2023

As a faculty member, I often hear the blatant dismissal of students and their preoccupation with technology. Drawing on over two decades in academia, Michele Poulos specializes in general psychology, social psychology, and human growth and development. Students are always on their phones. Many struggle to actively pay attention.

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Liaison International

OCTOBER 16, 2023

They can become consumers of the institution’s offerings – from micro-credentials and certificates to a full degree. Bridging Academic and Professional Worlds Similarly, alumni bridge the gap between academia and the professional world. Even in graduate schools, alumni have a crucial role to play.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 27, 2025

High-profile examples of student debt crises and underemployment among graduates have fueled skepticism about the value of a traditional college degree, leading some students to pursue alternative pathways, such as trade schools, apprenticeships, or immediate entry into the workforce.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 25, 2023

As an ethnographer and scholar on the African American religious experience; Frederick’s work in academia focuses on the study of religion and media, religion, and social activism in the U.S. Frederick holds a bachelor’s degree from Spelman College and a Ph.D. She is the right person to lead HDS in the years to come.”

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Insight Into Diversity

APRIL 4, 2024

Metzler, a true visionary in academia, healthcare, and diversity, passed away on Saturday, March 23, at his home in Grenada. ” With degrees in law and human rights from both Columbia University and the University of Oxford, and doctorates from Aberdeen, his academic journey was distinguished. Christopher A. Christopher A.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 21, 2024

However, as the conversations in the faculty offices turned to AI and the students’ use of the tool, we were worried students in our undergraduate courses would use AI to generate all assignments and their learning would essentially cease. ChatGPT and AI text generators: Should Academia adapt or resist?” Harvard Business Publishing.

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