UW Presidential Blog

JUNE 7, 2023

The close of the academic year is an incredibly special time in academia, and at the University of Washington, our own unique array of traditions, milestones and rituals makes this one of the most joyful – and busy!– seasons in our community’s life.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

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. Steele remembers being at an event for new faculty. Louis Filmmakers Showcase and is scheduled to screen at the St.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 6, 2023

And it wasn’t that we were fighting society or academia. How is it going to impact financial aid, endowed scholarships that have been based on race and ethnicity? But when I go to SACNAS events, it recharges my battery,” said Vargas- Muñiz. “We started something that I needed so much,” the 85-year-old said.

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SRHE

MAY 2, 2023

SRHE News typically contains a round-up of recent academic events and conferences, policy developments and new publications, written by editor Rob Cuthbert. The problem is magnified by the academic publishing industry and by academic institutions, pleased to pretend that peer review is safeguarding scholarship.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The university said in a statement late Tuesday that it "appreciates former director Patty Limerick’s significant scholarly contributions to academia and the American West. He referred questions Tuesday to a university spokesperson. ” Limerick co-founded the center in 1986.

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Building Pathways to Academia — Columbia University in the City of New York. to offer scholarships to DACA students. Diversity Awards Program Raises Scholarship Funds — Texas Tech University. Columbia University launched the Inclusive Faculty Pathways initiative to support students in pursuit of an academic career.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 9, 2023

After three decades in academia, Dr. Janet R. When she ended her 15 years as director of BCRW in 2015, the college devoted a day-long colloquium to celebrate her contributions to feminist scholarship and research. Jakobsen stands with students and other faculty at a BCRW event. A growing area of interest Dr. Janet R.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Offering prospective students something that isn’t widely available, such as a limited-time scholarship opportunity, can create a sense of urgency, pushing them to act quickly to not miss out on potential financial aid. Scarcity: We Want Things That Are Hard to Get We all know that the harder something is to get, the more value it often has.

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idfive agency

APRIL 8, 2022

And while efforts have taken many forms, none have become more visible and have built more momentum than the increasing efforts in business, government, and academia to address the issues of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB). . While students in the program receive scholarships, that’s just the beginning.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

That book has had a second life as a work of urgent public scholarship after events like the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville in 2017, the Proud Boys comment during one of the presidential debates, and then, of course, the Jan. The book examines the movement’s escalation to the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.

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University Business

OCTOBER 12, 2023

When students took to X, formerly Twitter, to criticize UCLA on behalf of professors who advocated for their participation at a pro-Palestine teach-in on the recent Hamas-Israel conflict , the university quickly responded to cut down anyone’s belief that it intentionally endorses such an event. How does this impact higher ed?

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

(Photo courtesy the Birch Bayh Photo Collection of the Indiana University Libraries) In 1972, the passage of Title IX legislation marked a pivotal moment in the pursuit of gender equity within academia. as well as in higher education. This article was published in our October 2023 issue.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2023

This incident is viewed not just as an isolated event but as a potential template for future actions in other institutions. Beyond Florida: The Nationwide Implications What emerges from the report is a clear warning: the events in Florida are not just state-specific concerns but harbingers of a possible national trend.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 5, 2022

According to the Graduate Student Action Network, which is organizing the protest along with the Young Democratic Socialists of America, students at more than 50 universities in 28 states will hold events Thursday. “This is a movement for change at every level of government and labor, within academia and beyond.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Enrollment remained down at every level from community colleges to graduate schools, but much of academia showed its persistence and resilience. Lawrence Drake II, president of Bethune-Cookman University, an HBCU in Florida, said his campus and town had never previously experienced a weather event like Ian.

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