Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2025

This increase, while notable, also highlights the persistent challenges that remain in achieving true gender equity at the highest levels of academia. Her meteoric rise is particularly noteworthy given the historical barriers faced by women of color in academia. Epps of Temple University and Dr. Orinthia T.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

And that gap in underrepresented people and majoritized people increases from assistant, to associate, to full professor, with some assistant, associate, and full professors of color deciding to withdraw from the university because of the lack of attention to diversity issues and the high tax on their own careers and personal lives."

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 20, 2023

More than 100 graduate students of color from 18 institutions gathered at Northern Illinois University (NIU) in February for the eighth annual Preparing Future Faculty of Color Conference , which strives to demystify having a career in academia. This article was published in our April 2023 issue.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Those opportunities led Howard-Baptiste to Miami University in Ohio where she earned degrees in exercise science, health promotion, and a Ph.D. She worked her way through the ranks as a professor, eventually landing at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, and then an internship opportunity in the Office of the Provost came her way.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 22, 2023

Using social media as a way to amplify one’s own reach in academe, was one of many topics discussed during a University of Michigan panel on how diversity scholars have navigated this tool. As a faculty member, I've always been either the only Black person in my entire college or in my department.

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SRHE

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Patterns of collaboration Collaboration offers another perspective of Chinese academia’s strengths and limitations. The “international in format but national in essence” approach underscores a broader challenge for Chinese academia.

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LSE Higher Education Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Key ingredients I prepared a draft of the paper, presented it at a relevant international conference, and then discussed it with a highly esteemed collaborator, David Boud from Deakin University, Australia, inviting him to join as second author.

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The PIE News

APRIL 11, 2025

National Taiwan University (NTU), established in 1945, has evolved into a world-class institution with a rich legacy that dates back to its origins as the Taihoku Imperial University in 1928. The institutions ability to provide stellar education in these domains sets it apart from other universities around the world.

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University Business

OCTOBER 24, 2024

No corner is free from this specter—not even the hallowed halls of academia. Research In 2019, Duke University paid $112.5 Grants In 2020, the University of San Francisco paid $2.5 Ties to Foreign Nationals In October 2023, Stanford University paid $1.9 Where there is money, there is fraud. The relator was awarded $33.75

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 12, 2025

By the time I transferred to the State University, I realized I was a decent student and no longer anxious about my financial aid being denied for academic standing. The angry Black woman, welfare queen, and jezebel tropes are ever present in the halls of academia. I later earned my General Education Diploma (G.E.D.)

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The PIE News

MARCH 6, 2023

Top universities and colleges in Ireland are using the two-year post-study working opportunity for international students as a major selling point to attracting African students, in a recruitment campaign targeting Anglophone countries on the continent. The post Ireland universities in African drive appeared first on The PIE News.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Walker has become dean of the Wake Forest University School of Divinity, effective immediately. These cross-school relationships and with areas like Wake the Arts and Campus Life have resulted in remarkable offerings that greatly enrich the intellectual life of our university.” Dr. Corey D.

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Academe Blog

APRIL 18, 2025

After a traumatic brain injury, PTSD, and mobility issues, she returned to academia with her service dog, Sampson. She receives inquiries from students and faculty across the globe and regularly gives talks to universities about navigating accessibility in research environments. Lab environments were deemed too hazardous.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

To earn the Seal of Excelencia a college or university must demonstrate an intentional, institutional focus on advancing Latino student success by aligning data and practice. Colleges and universities that have received the Seal of Excelencia enroll 17% of Latino students in the U.S. California State University, San Marcos Dr. Ellen J.

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SRHE

JANUARY 22, 2025

Shining a light on invisible labour Despite the increase in womens participation in the workforce and in academia, there is still a significant gender pay gap and to compound the issue, this gap widened in 2021 and 2022 in 20/33 OECD countries. How we uncovered the invisible Our research has two stages.

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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.

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Insight Into Diversity

APRIL 17, 2025

The post Program Coordinator, Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland, Baltimore appeared first on Insight Into Academia.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2024

It's been something that has sustained me in academia, the service work that I do,” said Dr. Melva Treviño Peña, an assistant professor at the University of Rhode Island. “To Scholarly research should be made accessible and legible for people not in academia, the scholars agreed. "My I will pass the torch to you.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Yet another noticed anti-Black racism increase at their institution when the university publicly declared its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). The report’s lead researcher, Dr. Becca Franssen, is a partner at the British talent-search firm GatenbySanderson, where she helps British universities fill executive roles.

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Higher Education Inquirer

APRIL 30, 2025

In the United States, universities and collegestypically seen as bastions of free thought and intellectual explorationhave, over the years, quietly embraced practices that align more with authoritarian surveillance than the fostering of academic freedom. In the digital age, surveillance has become a pervasive aspect of daily life.

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University Business

MARCH 25, 2024

Despite questions around the value of an English degree, graduates who earned one were found to possess similar rates of life satisfaction, peak salary earnings and unemployment rates to non-English degree graduates, according to a recent report by the Association of Departments of English (ADE), a subsidiary of the Modern Language Association.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

But if the many doomsday projections actually come to fruition, losing Twitter will be a sad day for academia. In a frequently alienating world of academia, that is huge. In addition to aiding in research discovery, Academic Twitter has become a go-to resource for locating job postings, both in academia and beyond.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Universities are making vocal commitments to recruit faculty who represent the diversity of the student population. Tenure is a key moment at which people exit university doors, perhaps because the doors slammed shut. Nikole Hannah-Jones at University of North Carolina and Dr. Cornel West at Harvard ) reveal a broader systemic pattern.

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Dr. Simon Paul Atkinson

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Press coverage of recent cryptocurrency disruptions and the significant staff reductions at Twitter and Meta is giving pause for thought amongst investors and futurists, as well as university leaders considering the future of the Metaverse. Whether this gaming trend will fruitfully spill over into academia, I am doubtful.

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 7, 2025

In addition, colleges and universities are increasingly exploring how AI can streamline administrative tasks and support faculty efforts to create more accessible course materials. AI tools, such as those that assist in automating tasks or performing data analytics, also enable staff to focus on more personalized engagement with students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

Gerald Carter Title: Assistant Professor, Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University Age: 39 Education: B.S., Cornell University; M.S., University of Western Ontario; and Ph.D., Cornell University; M.S., University of Western Ontario; and Ph.D., Seek out constructive criticism.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

in polymer materials from Beijing University of Chemical Technology, and a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from Northwestern University. . Wang is a materials scientist – she holds seven U.S. patents – with experience as a leader in multiple fields. Wang holds a B.S. and an M.S.

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Insight Into Diversity

JUNE 7, 2024

Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences will no longer require diversity and inclusion statements as part of its hiring process. This shift comes amidst intense scrutiny of DEI efforts at Harvard and other major universities. In an April op-ed in The Harvard Crimson, Harvard Law School professor Randall L.

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WCET Frontiers

AUGUST 31, 2023

This week, we welcome Marc Watkins, Academic Innovation Fellow from the University of Mississippi. Enjoy the read, Lindsey Downs, WCET Preparing Faculty to work with AI The University of Mississippi is pioneering new approaches to prepare faculty for emerging technologies, like generative AI, in the classroom.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

in bioengineering at the University of Maryland. “I To do this work, she’s looking outside of UMD to learn new techniques that even people in her own lab are not familiar with, says Ramirez’s dissertation advisor, Dr. Katharina Maisel, an assistant professor in UMD’s Fischell Department of Bioengineering. Grad school is so difficult.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 14, 2022

Blog: Learning Innovation Much of the conversation swirling around academia this summer is about leaving academia. ” What might be the conditions that encourage and enable us to remain in academia for decades and decades? Growing up, I never heard my dad talk about university and department politics.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Canton accepted the position of director of the African American studies program at the University of Florida. Canton accepted the position of director of the African American studies program at the University of Florida (UF). His mission is to transition the long-time program into a department. Photo courtesy of David Canton.

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ACRLog

DECEMBER 10, 2024

This time of year, at my university, and perhaps at yours as well, we are preparing to submit documentation for our annual performance reviews. While my university has official channels for doing this publicly, Ive had some of my most meaningful exchanges in informal interactions. Culture of Personality So, whats with this dissidence?

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Insight Into Diversity

APRIL 11, 2025

higher education institutions are facing growing scrutiny and operational stress this spring, as lawmakers, infrastructure experts, and federal agencies target key policies and practices shaping the future of academia. Universities appeared first on Insight Into Academia. In a legal development with broad implications, the U.S.

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Insight Into Diversity

MAY 14, 2023

To ensure music students gain a more inclusive education, universities are beginning to expand their areas of study. Arkansas Center for Black Music Founded earlier this year, the Arkansas Center for Black Music is a collaboration between the UA Department of Music and the African and African American Studies program.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Educators from underrepresented backgrounds and diverse disciplines at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) continue to build a campus-wide support system and sense of community through Faculty Link, an opt-in program now entering its third year. Sharon Inkelas. “I Serena Chen. “It

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