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A New Chapter for Insight: Same Mission, Broader Vision

Insight Into Diversity

Beginning this week, Insight Into Diversity magazine will be changing its name to Insight Into Academia magazine. The Insight Into Diversity Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award will become the Insight Into Academia Higher Education Excellence and Distinction Awardretaining the much-loved HEED acronym.

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Schools of Music Move Toward More Inclusive Studies

Insight Into Diversity

Two prominent efforts to diversify music in academia are the new University of Arkansas’ (UA) Arkansas Center for Black Music and the creation of the George Walker Center for Equity and Inclusion in Music at the University of Rochester’s (UR) Eastman School of Music (Eastman).

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Chief academic officer on the value of investing in student success

Inside Higher Ed

Chase has more than 40 years of experience in academia, including more than 20 years in leadership positions, most recently as vice president for academic innovation, student success and strategic initiatives at Claremont Graduate University in California. Thus, a focus on student success is solid investment. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She also encourages nurses of color she meets at various events and offers to mentor individuals who are considering entering academia. She says employers need to create conditions that support recruitment and retention. Some nursing schools have implemented outreach programs to high schools.

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Dominican University VP builds hope for first-gen students

Inside Higher Ed

From 2021–22, the Pillars Scholars program helped increase Dominican’s retention of African American students by 30 percent. All the academia fades away in that moment to one prevailing thought: this moment is the beginning. Q: Hope was important for you in your higher education journey. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Study finds women college leaders of color face more bias

Inside Higher Ed

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. years on average, according to the Community College League of California’s CEO tenure and retention dashboard.

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Author discusses recent book on the 'Morehouse Man'

Inside Higher Ed

During the pandemic, there’s been a lot of concern among campus leaders about enrollment losses among Black men, and some colleges have recently launched new initiatives dedicated to their enrollment and retention. What do you think of those discussions and efforts happening in academia right now in the context of your research?