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Report: Faculty of Color in Psychology Face Structural Hurdles in Academia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

According to the report, faculty of color can be subject to several “taxes” in academia. Faculty of color are hyper-aware that they are often automatic role models for students of color and, as such, feel a greater obligation to support them,” the report said. Turning down the requests can in and of itself be stressful.”

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Oil money undermines academic autonomy (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

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. Sometimes, fossil fuel companies’ routes of influence on scholarship can be very direct.

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Our Advice for Making College Campuses Ready for Diverse Student Populations

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Colleges typically use a variety of assessments such as standardized tests, essays, and GPA to determine a student's readiness for life in academia. One of the most common mistakes that institutions make in their efforts to retain students is an overemphasis on tuition scholarships.

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Austrade awards students across India at SAEC 2024

The PIE News

Each team created a three-minute video pitch, evaluated by a panel of SAEC award sponsors, with the help of assigned mentors from Australian academia and business, who guided them with their video pitches. Runner-ups bagged scholarships and cash prizes. Runner-ups bagged scholarships and cash prizes.

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Communicating the Science of the Stars

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

But her scholarship focuses on those stars she can barely see. By studying the exoplanet systems, she says, scientists learned they cannot just scale down the Sun in models to simulate conditions on those planets. Academia can be incredibly disconnected from the world around it, but my community keeps me grounded.”

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New Book Focuses on Anti-Asian Racism, Stereotypes, and Catholic Teachings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Cheah proceeded to make Asian American studies part of his career, primarily focusing his scholarship on race and religion. This was the first time that people were actually talking about me and my background. I was fascinated by that." racial discourses," said Kim. "It

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The Promise and Challenges of AI in Higher Ed

WCET Frontiers

Faculty at dozens of other institutions have been granted access to the course through course licenses and scholarships. This will pose challenges to authenticity and authorship that academia is currently struggling with in nearly every industry. I’ve released assignments from this course under a CC-BY SA 4.0,