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Let’s look outside academia for university leaders

LSE Higher Education Blog

The recruitment of university leaders, or more specifically vice-chancellors and their equivalent, is an opaque process. But what is currently known is that recruiting to such positions, especially from outside the UK, is hard. Reasons are manifold. One is remunerative.

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Worthy of More: Systemic Failures Women of Color Face in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Colleagues praised my energy, students gravitated to my classes, and I was recruited for every diversity committee imaginable. At first, it felt affirmingproof that I belonged in academia. The Burden of Excellence In academia, excellence isnt just expected of women of colorits demanded. But over time, the shine dulled.

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How Faculty Diversity Drives Enrollment: The PhD Project’s 90% Success Model: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 236 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guests Dr. Jeffrey Robinson and Blane Ruschak

The Change Leader, Inc.

Resource Allocation: Understand the investment needed to recruit and retain diverse faculty. Community Building: Master strategies for creating lasting support networks in academia. . ✓ Pipeline Development: Learn systematic approaches to diversifying the academic talent pipeline.

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The Slow but Steady Rise of Women in Higher Education Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This increase, while notable, also highlights the persistent challenges that remain in achieving true gender equity at the highest levels of academia. Her meteoric rise is particularly noteworthy given the historical barriers faced by women of color in academia. in the majority white college town in the Mountain region.

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HBCU/MSI Research Summit Fosters Research, Recruitment Collaboration

Insight Into Diversity

In addition to the research discussion, the event provided a platform for recruitment, offering prospective students from HBCUs and MSIs a glimpse into the graduate programs available at Virginia Tech, along with various learning opportunities. The only way to make things general to everyone is to bring in everyone.

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Invisible labour: visible activism

SRHE

Shining a light on invisible labour Despite the increase in womens participation in the workforce and in academia, there is still a significant gender pay gap and to compound the issue, this gap widened in 2021 and 2022 in 20/33 OECD countries. Importantly, a significant component of wife work is emotional labour.

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Doctoral Students to Convene in New Orleans Next Week for Annual SREB Conference

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In addition, research shows that whites are significantly more likely to occupy higher-ranking roles in academia than African Americans, Asian Americans and other races and ethnic groups. For instance, nationwide, only about 6% of faculty are Black, just over 5% are Hispanic or Latino and only about 1% are Native American.

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