Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2024

Even within the supposedly safe confines of academia, we are not immune to these oppressive practices. Administrators and faculty members are responsible for confronting these unjust behaviors head-on. Representation Matters : Increase the representation of linguistically diverse faculty and staff.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The AAUP unequivocally rejects all efforts to curtail academic freedom and compromise the autonomy of universities and the speech and associational rights of faculty and students through a false choice between ‘safety’ and free inquiry.”

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 29, 2025

April 29, 2025 · Episode 257 Higher Education Strategic Planning That Drives Growth and Faculty Buy-In 34 Min · By The Change Leader, Inc. Rather than introducing immediate top-down changes, he led a full year of strategic planning that included participation from faculty, staff, students, alumni, and governing boards.

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ACRLog

APRIL 14, 2025

Anderson) might argue that each academic librarys community-of-responsibility mostly consists of students, faculty, and staff at that librarys institution, and maybe extends to the local public who can physically access the library. What is the impact academia is supposed to be making in the world?

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 3, 2023

The newest model has already aced the Arizona bar exam and passed a Wharton M.B.A. Some faculty members and institutional technology specialists are concerned about the speed of Turnitin’s rollout, as well as aspects of AI-detector technology more broadly. “Turnitin is answering that call.”

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 16, 2025

Reflecting on my years in academia, I find myself increasingly drawn to the challenge of designing the optimal classone that not only engages students but also maximizes student learning. The post Searching for the Optimal Class Design to Maximize Learning appeared first on Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The CSUEB Pathfinders Institute is dedicated to enhancing culturally relevant professional development through an intensive two-week program for faculty teaching critical first-year courses. CSUSM’s inclusive hiring practices have increased Latino representation among faculty, administrators and staff. They’re on a journey.

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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. Critique of Corporate Influence and Profit-Driven Models: HEI is critical of the increasing influence of corporations and profit-driven models in higher education and the broader economy.

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HEPI

OCTOBER 30, 2022

HEPI is running a series of blogs on the changing faces of academia in collaboration with the British Academy. In this blog, my aim is to bring together a few exemplars of experiences by people of colour within academia. There is also an added pressure to represent, due to being one of a few role models for students.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MAY 2, 2025

The Reality of Institutional Transformation While change has always been part of academia, the current rate of transformation is undermining the viability of institutions that once seemed unassailable. Faculty, staff, and students dont want to be informed after decisions are madethey want a voice before decisions are finalized.

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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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WCET Frontiers

AUGUST 31, 2023

Marc joins us to discuss the potential of AI in digital learning and to highlight the amazing work happening at his institution to prepare faculty and students for a future that includes working with AI. The goal of this training was to help prepare faculty for the fall semester.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 1, 2023

How could a chat bot that is causing panic in academia leave me with a palpable sense of focus and calm as a professor? I see someone working; I too am going to model that behavior. I have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and ChatGPT has become my go-to assistive technology for writing and for teaching.

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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. Moreover, AI can inadvertently perpetuate and reinforce existing biases, because models learn from historical data that may carry or amplify societal prejudices.

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ACRLog

JANUARY 31, 2023

As I’m sure anyone in academia is aware, ChatGPT and its AI counterparts are taking us by storm. I’ve seen it rolling around Twitter, in all-faculty emails at my institution, and of course in places like the Chronicle of Higher Education. With AI models like this, it’s also important for us as librarians to be mindful of copyright.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 25, 2024

With the evolution of large language models such as ChatGPT and Gemini, it’s growing more challenging to distinguish authentic student work from auto-generated text strings. So, faculty are left to navigate these sorts of conversational interventions with only gut instincts and peer advice as guidance. Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

If we want to disrupt systemic oppression, we need a model that prioritizes care, empathy, love, authenticity, healing, hope, collectivity, solidarity, and community,” said Gaston Gayles, president of ASHE and distinguished graduate professor and senior advisor for advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion at North Carolina State University.

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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. The National Girls Collaborative Project’s 2023 “State of Girls and Women in STEM” report revealed much of the same. We also try to lead by example.

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SRHE

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Corporate governance mechanisms, such as board diversity, board independence, transparency, and accountability, can ensure that the interests of various stakeholders, including students, faculty, and the government, are represented and balanced. Professor Cai Yonghong is a professor at Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 25, 2024

With the evolution of large language models such as ChatGPT and Gemini, it’s growing more challenging to distinguish authentic student work from auto-generated text strings. So, faculty are left to navigate these sorts of conversational interventions with only gut instincts and peer advice as guidance. Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 20, 2024

Through the November 2023 HBCU/MSI Research Summit — a joint effort between Virginia Tech’s Graduate School and the Pamplin College of Business — the university welcomed 25 visiting faculty and staff from participating institutions. Lab, a group composed of interdisciplinary research faculty and graduate students throughout the U.S.,

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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

JULY 16, 2024

If left unaddressed, this issue could transform our institutions of higher education into “burnout shops” for faculty and students. Experts suggest a simple solution to alleviate burnout: leadership faculty, and staff promoting compassion and belonging in our organizations. In other words, we simply need to be nicer to one another.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

In this piece, we explore how social media, as a pervasive cultural force, impacts the educational journey and engagement of undergraduate students while shaping their persistence and success in academia. Staci Gilpin, PhD, an esteemed adjunct faculty member at the University of North Dakota, and the University of Wisconsin-Superior.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 9, 2022

My Dad fully retired from academia as he was approaching 80. Alt-acs are traditionally trained academics working outside of traditional faculty career paths. Faculty on the tenure track may also assume administrative roles, such as department chair and school or university-wide leadership posts.

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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. Students benefit tremendously from seeing themselves reflected in the faculty, staff, and student peers who make up the campus community.

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HEPI

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

We have also held different managerial positions within academia. To foster originality, we propose a tripartite model known as the Observing-Bridging-Challenging (OBC) model, which involves three key strategies: observing the world, bridging disciplines, and challenging existing assumptions and theories.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 19, 2025

Without considering the emotional and social aspects of a student’s educational journey, particularly the connections they build with faculty and peers, institutions risk overlooking the things that keep students engaged, motivated, and ultimately enrolled. Simply put, data is not enough.

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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

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

New models are emerging that place students at the center of all we do. What is happening in higher education is the beginning stages of a transformation from the industrial-era model to a new model based on the emerging knowledge economy. In the industrial model, the driver is the provider, the institutions.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

It’s inconvenient because faculty are stressed. So, when faculty come to me with a problem, they want an answer. Some of the faculty who want a quick fix already “get it,” meaning they come in valuing diversity and inclusion and/or come in with a strong critical analysis (think antiracist, feminist, queer, critical disability, etc.).

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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. Canton, who is also an associate professor of history, hired two faculty members in year one. Last year, he hired another faculty person. there were protests on campus.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 3, 2023

College professors not modeling good writing for students is also a problem. Student pursuing careers outside academia (that is, the vast majority of students) need practice on common types of workplace writing. Put into practice, the advice can help faculty members model good writing to students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Macaulay can provide an elite education — or a model that exemplifies the best of what higher ed has to offer — but without elitist recruitment or admissions processes,” says Byrne, who has been a faculty member at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (part of CUNY) since 2003. Students meet with Macaulay Honors College Dean Dara N.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

” Lawrence is one of academia’s earliest adopters of the controversial ChatGPT AI in the classroom, and thanks to it, Lawrence has witnessed a sizable elevation in student comprehension of class curriculum at a very early stage of the spring semester. Most of them know about it anyway, and if they don’t yet, they will.”

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 29, 2024

Teaching interdisciplinary research practices has gained attention in higher education, shifting from primarily focusing on modeling interdisciplinary research to explicitly addressing how and why interdisciplinary research should be performed (Szostak, 2007). 2009; Kezar & Elrod, 2012).

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The Change Leader, Inc.

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

20 February · Episode 195 A More Efficient University Business Model For The Win - Part 2 32 Min · By The Change Leader, Inc. Part 2 of Unity's highly efficient university business model that's generated tremendous growth: it's a case study in revolutionary success.

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