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Silenced Voices: Confronting Linguistic Discrimination and Cultural Erasure in Academia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Even within the supposedly safe confines of academia, we are not immune to these oppressive practices. student within the Higher Education Leadership and Policy Studies program at Howard University. Nelson Pham is a currently a Ph.D.

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Emerging Scholars Express Hope, Validation, and Drive During Webinar

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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 The webinar allowed Diverse to inquire further about the scholars’ ongoing research and their views on a number of topics relevant to the current education landscape.

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Challenges Persist for Early-Career Black Academics

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The report, titled “Unblocking the Pipeline: Supporting the Retention, Progression and Promotion of Black Early-Career Academics,” was the culmination of a monthslong survey of Black ECAs by the Higher Education Policy Institute, a U.K. There’s kind of Black academics in particular exiting academia at various stages. think tank.

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10 Must-Listen Podcasts to Raise Your Higher Ed Leadership Game

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10 Must-Listen Podcasts to Raise Your Higher Ed Leadership Game bridget Thu, 09/21/2023 - 06:00 Image Podcast Higher Ed Leadership Weekly Wisdom If you work in higher education leadership, you really should know about The Innovating Together Podcast , created by the University Innovation Alliance (UIA) in partnership with Inside Higher Ed.

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10 Must-Listen Podcasts to Help Raise Your Leadership Game

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President Blake recalled how his path to the presidency of this historic institution had included his previous career in the technology sector, well outside of academia. We love his warmth, candor, and willingness to put a human face on the challenges of higher education leadership. Click here for full audio.

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George Washington University elects first woman president

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Aside from her career in academia, she has an enduring résumé in the private sector working for the Fortune 500 telecommunications company Pacific Bell in San Francisco, CA. Granberg earned her Ph.D. in sociology from Vanderbilt with a thesis that focused on self and identity and their influence on physical and mental health.

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The importance of academic mental health

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Academia has changed substantially even within the 23 years I have been working. Dr Zoe Ayres created a poster of common stressors for academics for part of the mental health series (see Figure 1) which highlights the multiple facets and identities an academic contends with within their working life.