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 They’re there to provide access to higher education to their communities.”

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 2, 2024

Harvard University President Claudine Gay has resigned amid allegations of plagiarism and controversy surrounding her recent congressional testimony on campus policies related to student conduct and antisemitism. Garber, the provost and chief academic officer, was appointed interim president until a permanent successor is named.

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University Business

MARCH 25, 2024

English literature and language majors were found to have comparable peak median earnings compared to many other majors, including business management and public policy. for physical science and history majors. The majority of data was pulled from records between 2018 and 2021. for business, engineering and philosophy majors, and 1.9%

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

child labor laws, anti-trust regulations), HEI aims to create change in higher education by influencing public opinion and policy. It serves as a check on the growing power and wealth of educational institutions, particularly in light of their increasing commercialization and influence over public policy.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 16, 2022

” After the Ivory Tower Falls is a book we in academia should be engaging with. I hope that readers come away convinced that: A) We must support policies and politicians committed to investing in public colleges and universities, especially community colleges. The answers to all these questions are “yes.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 19, 2023

They give us advice on how things went for them, advice on strategy, and just mutual support and encouragement, reminders of why we're doing this, why it matters, how we will be on the right side of history in the end, things like that." the highest number in academia in at least 20 years, according to The Guardian.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Indigenous studies programs and cultural researchers from Australia, Taiwan, Canada, and other countries are reaching out to NTU to learn how the program was made, connected to both the cultural teaching methods of its native nation and the high-level academic research that can be used to support new policies or best practices.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

block:block=176] This apocalyptic narrative has a long history in the environmental movement and within academia. But local governments have significant influence over policies affecting climate change—from bicycle transportation planning to housing density, tree planting, energy use and nature conservation.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

It’s a development historians say follows movement—particularly within the field of public history—toward broader recognition. “Historical work that lies outside the frame often includes activities most likely to influence public policy or enhance the presence of historians in public culture,” he writes.

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HEPI

DECEMBER 17, 2023

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Priya Madina, Director of External Affairs and Policy at Taylor & Francis. In June 2022, HEPI and Taylor & Francis hosted a successful dinner discussion around open access and evidence-based based policymaking which produced a co-authored Policy Note , and webinar.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

Higher Education Administration and Policy Education:   M.Ed. Those are places where we find hope, where we find a safe haven to sustain our work and to navigate academia.” Carlos Galan Institution:  University of California, Riverside Graduate Program:   Ph.D.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2023

Despite being immensely privileged with respect to other K-12 teachers, whose ranks I left to join academia, and to the growing number of non-tenure-track colleagues at UPR, my teaching and activist commitments leave me very little time for scholarly production.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

It coincided with HRC’s HBCU Out Loud Day, which takes place the third Wednesday of October during LGBTQ History Month. Unquestionably, the past 40 years have brought many steps forward in terms of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer rights, visibility, and consciousness, but in academia it is still a work in progress.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

People outside of academia may be better positioned to evaluate the impact of candidate’s scholarship. · Carefully assess why disconnects occur between external and internal evaluators. Universities often have policies of “re-doing” the tenure meeting in the event of a procedural violation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2023

Following her retirement as president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in July 2022, Jackson continued to have an impact on academia, industry, and public service. A tragic moment in history propelled the theoretical physicist’s decision to attend MIT for graduate school and to bring about meaningful change as a leader. “I

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HEPI

JULY 9, 2024

With it, something else begins — the long hard work of government shaped by morning-after fiscal realities, an inheritance of policy decisions that went before and brooding geopolitical weather systems which pay little heed to the triumphs and disasters of national political campaigns. It’s been a long wait. That’s revealing.

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Universities like Harvard, Stanford, and Johns Hopkins are not neutral players in the policy arena; they are active participants in shaping the very policies that benefit their interests. Beyond their influence in academia and politics, elite universities increasingly exert power over the very land on which they sit.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 29, 2024

in history after graduating from Yale. I’m really excited about it, and it feels like a good way to explore the areas of law and history I’m interested in — but it’s not a traditional post-grad path for law students,” says Rabinovich. Now, Rabinovich will be attending Princeton University to attain her Ph.D.

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Throughout 2022, Ball State University has made significant progress on its five-year Inclusive Excellence Plan, which aims to advance broad DEI goals across the university, including campus culture, policies and infrastructure, and recruitment and retention. Building Pathways to Academia — Columbia University in the City of New York.

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WCET Frontiers

JUNE 8, 2023

The short book does cover that history briefly, but goes deeper into racism and struggles to overcome it in her life in Texas. It also gives a deep history of how racism was built into that state’s structures from the first settlers who came to Texas from what became the Confederacy to a state constitution that favored some over others.

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HEPI

DECEMBER 8, 2022

However, these processes are not always usefully captured by the current policy talk of ‘quick wins’ or ‘what works’. This underrepresentation is compounded by a notable lack of centralised policy direction and impetus for widening access to, and supporting the retention and success of, students of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller heritage.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 1, 2023

Image: Latinx students can have a tough time navigating the numerous structural and institutional challenges that work against them in academia, especially when it comes to attending and succeeding in graduate school. And being on that journey does not mean that you have to abandon your family, community or cultural values.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 28, 2023

Image: When Julianna Barnes set her sights on a career in academia, she envisioned eventually becoming a vice president of an institution and assumed it would be her pinnacle role in the profession. “Serving as chancellor was a natural progression, given my professional history,” she said.

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Creatrix Campus

MAY 22, 2023

Overview of Engineers Ireland - History and Background Engineers Ireland is a professional body for engineers in Ireland, founded in 1835 as the Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland. The organization collaborates with industry, government, and academia to promote innovation and growth in the engineering sector.

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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. Thus, we argue the importance of viewing these mislocated centers as the result of unequal power relations in academia. publications/srhe-newsletter. or rob.gresham@srhe.ac.uk.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Each phase of my journey provided unique insights into the challenges and opportunities within academia. It required institutions to adapt their approaches, policies, and practices to better serve a growing and diverse student population. The increased focus on diversity and inclusion was both a challenge and an opportunity.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2023

” This report marks a critical juncture in the AAUP’s history, being one of only eight special reports issued, and underscores a growing concern over political interference in the realm of academic governance. Professor of History, CSU East Bay1989-2010, Prof. Emeritus, 2015-present. [00:00:28]

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

At that year’s How Class Works conference at SUNY Stony Brook, academics from history, political science, labor and industrial relations, and other fields debated Zweig’s use of the term “working class.” Just over 20 years ago, Michael Zweig published The Working Class Majority: America’s Best Kept Secret.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

OCTOBER 2, 2021

This involves financial oversight, compliance with applicable law, and understanding the university’s mission, rules, bylaws, operating and board policies, and common course of conduct. According to NC Policy Watch, conservatives on the board thwarted his reappointment. These types of decisions come with significant ramifications.

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Creatrix Campus

JULY 11, 2024

History and Evolution of Campus Management Systems Over the years, Campus Management Systems (CMS) have undergone a sweep of change in response to changing educational demands and technological breakthroughs. Important courses in academia usually consist of: 1. Keeps staff informed about policies and instructional techniques.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MAY 4, 2023

As Mainstay, they still empower people to take the next step toward achieving their goals in both academia and business. Drew earned an AB in History and Literature from Harvard in 2005, and served as a board member for Cambridge School Volunteers from 2011-2013.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 18, 2023

But I was drawn into this topic, field, and academia more generally four years ago. There are policy decisions that need to be made, institutional decisions. Looking at history, there’s been this pendulum swinging back and forth. I tend to like big picture policy kind of things. Are colleges meant to train clergy?

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

A professor of Chicano/Latino studies and history at the University of California, Irvine, Anita was a high school teacher at 23, then a K-12 school director of curriculum and assessment, a freelance journalist and a migrant rights activist, before earning her Ph.D. We need it desperately, both to be able to survive and to thrive.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 22, 2023

Omar Ocampo, co-author, and researcher at the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies, said he was shocked by the lack of progression on home ownership that the report found. Significant progress has also been made in academia. The majority of African Americans are renters," said Ocampo.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 20, 2023

In Florida and Texas, 2023 has brought a wave of proposed policies, leadership firings and new appointments, and political maneuverings designed to stifle DEI initiatives and closely related higher education offices. This, in turn, would have a major impact on federal and foundation funding as well as an institution’s reputation.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Oreskes, a professor of the history of science at Harvard University, earned her Ph.D. from Stanford in the 1980s and went on to become one of the leading scholars of climate science history, as well as a fierce advocate for the role of academia in advancing urgent climate solutions. But Oreskes refused the offer.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Rebecca Blank Blank stepped down from the role in 2022 to become the first female president of Northwestern University, was one of the longest-serving chancellors in recent UWM history, having led the school for almost 10 years. Blank Center for Campus History and a professorship in her honor. She held a Ph.D.

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