‘Unrelenting demands and stressors’: College leaders discuss mental health in academia
Higher Ed Dive
JUNE 28, 2023
Johns Hopkins University held its workplace well-being summit Tuesday, focusing on graduate students and faculty.
Let’s look outside academia for university leaders
LSE Higher Education Blog
DECEMBER 4, 2024
The recruitment of university leaders, or more specifically vice-chancellors and their equivalent, is an opaque process. Yet championing academics as university leaders assumes that university leaders persist with their academic identities. Reasons are manifold. One is remunerative.
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Navigating chronic illness in academia: An early career perspective
HEPI
NOVEMBER 13, 2022
Rebecca Williams is a Lecturer in Environmental Law at Edinburgh Napier University. Previously she was a Teaching Fellow and the Interim Director of the Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance at the University of Strathclyde. By Rebecca Williams. in 2020/21. of undergraduates have a known disability.
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Despite Increased Visibility, Asian Americans Continue to Face Barriers in Academia
Insight Into Diversity
JANUARY 2, 2024
But I would say those are the exceptions, not the rules,” says Nicholas Hartlep, PhD, the Robert Charles Billings Endowed Chair in Education at Berea College, whose research focuses on race and equity — particularly concerning the experiences of Asian Americans — in academia. This article was published in our January/February 2024 issue.
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International Women’s Day: Black Women Shaping the Future of Academia
HEPI
MARCH 8, 2025
Professor Lisa-Dionne Morris is Professor of Public & Industry Understanding of Capability Driven Design in the School of Mechanical Engineering, and the Engagement Champion for the EPSRC EDI Hub+, at the University of Leeds. Yewande Akinola, a Nigerian-born engineer, has advanced sustainable water systems while advocating for diversity.
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University research can ensure that AI benefits society
Wonkhe
DECEMBER 10, 2024
The tech industry might be able to outspend and outhire academia. But Itegbeyogene Patrick Ezekiel explains that universities have research strengths in artificial intelligence that business cant always match
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Beyond Academia: Recognizing and Supporting Non-Academic Struggles of Ph.D. Students
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 14, 2024
Such insights underscore the imperative to prioritize holistic support structures within academia to foster student well-being and academic success. The prevailing narrative of academia glorifies productivity and resilience while overlooking the human aspect of our experiences. Regrettably, my journey mirrors that of numerous Ph.D.
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A Wicked Perspective: Faculty and Leadership in Academia
Faculty Focus
JANUARY 26, 2025
As I have matured, I draw parallels between Shiz/Land of Oz and university life/academia, viewing it with a more seasoned perspective. Lessons from the Wizard What struck me profoundly was how the leadership in Wicked , epitomized by the Wizard and Madame Morrible, reflects some of the troubling aspects of leadership in academia today.
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Buried Alive: The (Un) told Stories of Black Women in Academia
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 22, 2023
The hashtag, which continues to grow each day and has turned into an independent Twitter account, has spotlighted the ways academia has persistently excluded and alienated Black academics (at all levels; across all genders). student at the University of Michigan in the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education.
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Silenced Voices: Confronting Linguistic Discrimination and Cultural Erasure in Academia
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 5, 2024
One day, while walking to a work meeting at a university in a supposedly progressive Northeast state, I encountered a disheartening sight. The shock of this encounter was amplified by the fact that it occurred at a predominantly white university. A photo depicted an individual holding a sign that read: "Please Speak English."
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Report: Faculty of Color in Psychology Face Structural Hurdles in Academia
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
And that gap in underrepresented people and majoritized people increases from assistant, to associate, to full professor, with some assistant, associate, and full professors of color deciding to withdraw from the university because of the lack of attention to diversity issues and the high tax on their own careers and personal lives."
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A Wicked Perspective: Faculty and Leadership in Academia
Faculty Focus
JANUARY 26, 2025
As I have matured, I draw parallels between Shiz/Land of Oz and university life/academia, viewing it with a more seasoned perspective. Lessons from the Wizard What struck me profoundly was how the leadership in Wicked , epitomized by the Wizard and Madame Morrible, reflects some of the troubling aspects of leadership in academia today.
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Dividing and Conquering Academia
Academe Blog
JANUARY 24, 2023
BY MICHAEL SCHWALBE Years ago, I was speaking with a colleague about one of the paradoxes of university life: tenured faculty enjoy more job security than almost any other occupational group in US society, yet they are often afraid to fight for their interests as a group. My colleague accounted for this lack of collective…
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Scammers, fraudsters are putting academia in peril. What can we do?
University Business
FEBRUARY 13, 2024
The world of higher education was shocked when Marc Tessier-Lavigne, the former president of Stanford University, stepped down after an independent review found his published research fell short of “scientific rigor and process” and was mired with flaws and manipulated data. The post Scammers, fraudsters are putting academia in peril.
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UK government consults on protection measures for universities
The PIE News
APRIL 26, 2024
UK universities are well aware of the threats of malign actors and the current government approach to foreign interference has been “genuinely helpful” to mitigate further risk, the head of organisation representing over 140 universities has said. This is pretty well understood.
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The blueprint for colleges and universities in the new world of work
University Business
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
However, academia hasn’t caught up with these current technological advances, including AI. The urgency for academia and higher education institutions to recognize the rapid changes in the job market and the need for immediate adaptation is pressing. It’s an in-depth, deep-rooted one that requires many perspectives.
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The University Business Podcast: Why STEM needs the humanities—and vice versa
University Business
MAY 14, 2024
Deliberately integrating the humanities into Georgia Tech University’s armada of world-class STEM-based programs is the future of pedagogy at the R1 Atlanta university—and perhaps for all of higher education, says Richard Utz, interim dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, in this installment of the “University Business Podcast.”
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Universities: Guardians of ethical AI?
HEPI
APRIL 30, 2024
But in the midst of an artificial intelligence gold rush, can universities ensure everyone plays fair? With world-class research and global partnerships, universities have an opportunity, and a responsibility, to shape AI’s trajectory. AI is no longer a buzzword in lectures. Yet the path is fraught with complexities.
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Iran forces dissenters out of universities
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Image: Iranian academics face being forced out of their jobs as the regime clamps down on any remaining dissent in universities, researchers have warned. He listed examples of those already targeted, such as Mohsen Borhani, a law lecturer at Tehran University who was fired after he questioned the legitimacy of death sentences for protesters.
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Dr. Robert Scott Named Finalist for Albany State University Presidency
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 6, 2025
Robert Scott The University System of Georgia's Board of Regents has named Dr. Robert Scott as the sole finalist for the presidency of Albany State University (ASU), bringing a leader with extensive experience in both academia and corporate innovation to the historically Black institution.
Is Cambridge University right to enforce a retirement age? I think so – who wants to be a ‘job blocker’? | Mary Beard
The Guardian - Higher Education
JUNE 29, 2024
But whether in academia or elsewhere, it’s only fair for younger colleagues Mary Beard is an author, an honorary fellow of Newnham College and former professor of classics at Cambridge University What is a “good” and “useful” old age, and how do we ensure it? Some say it’s ageist, and they have a point.
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Columbia University Names First Woman to Lead Ivy League School
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 18, 2023
Dr. Nemat “Minouche” Shafik, an economist whose career has focused on public policy and academia, has been named as the next president of Columbia University in New York City. She replaces Lee C.
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Scholars Respond to the Death of a University Administrator
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 17, 2024
Dr. Antoinette “Bonnie” Candia-Bailey Lincoln University In an email sent on the day of her death , Candia-Bailey, who served as vice president of student affairs at Lincoln University in Missouri, a historically Black university, accused Dr. John Moseley, the university's president, of harassment and bullying. “You
Ireland universities in African drive
The PIE News
MARCH 6, 2023
Top universities and colleges in Ireland are using the two-year post-study working opportunity for international students as a major selling point to attracting African students, in a recruitment campaign targeting Anglophone countries on the continent. The post Ireland universities in African drive appeared first on The PIE News.
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Emotional labour in the ivory tower: highlighting the experiences of academics of colour
HEPI
OCTOBER 30, 2022
HEPI is running a series of blogs on the changing faces of academia in collaboration with the British Academy. This post was kindly contributed by Dr Blessing Marandure, Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Fair Outcomes Champion on the Decolonising DMU Project at De Montfort University. Consequently, staff have low expectations of them.
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Cyber threat actors are targeting UK universities. Are security teams prepared?
HEPI
JUNE 13, 2024
UK universities have been a consistent target of choice by cyber-attackers in recent years. According to the same research from CrowdStrike, along with technology and telecommunications, academia is one of the most targeted sectors for Linux-based interactive intrusion activity. Are security teams prepared?
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Rehumanizing the Research University
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Can a research-intensive university also be learning- and learner-centered, as dedicated to the quality of students’ educational experience as it is to scholarship, publication and invention? Like most underrepresented scholars, I consider these students my own, and mentoring them is a privilege and a blessing.
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Have You Told Yourself, “I Love You,” Today?
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 20, 2023
I am aging faster in academia. Epps, the acting president of Temple University in Philadelphia. It is no secret that women scholars of color die earlier in academia and are less likely to be in leadership positions in upper administration in higher education institutions. This is 35. I breathe in and exhale. Dr. Orinthia T.
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Dr. Corey D. B. Walker Appointed Dean of the School of Divinity at Wake Forest University
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
Walker has become dean of the Wake Forest University School of Divinity, effective immediately. These cross-school relationships and with areas like Wake the Arts and Campus Life have resulted in remarkable offerings that greatly enrich the intellectual life of our university.” Dr. Corey D.
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The Black Woman’s Burden: Battling Inertia in Higher Ed
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 13, 2023
Malaklou hosts events like "Evening with an Activist" at the bell hooks center, where students can learn tangible ways to make a difference outside of academia. She said this lesson is deliberate and acknowledges academia and graduate school can be “violent, especially for scholars of color, women, and queer folks of color.”
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Five Ideas for Careers Services (AKA Universities and Colleges)
HEPI
DECEMBER 21, 2022
Students’ perspectives on careers services and employment , a group of university careers service and mission group leaders, an Office for Students (OfS) representative and senior executives from Handshake gathered with colleagues from HEPI, for a roundtable to explore the implications of the report’s findings and practical next steps.
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Emerging Scholars Express Hope, Validation, and Drive During Webinar
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 18, 2024
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 Scholarly research should be made accessible and legible for people not in academia, the scholars agreed. "My I will pass the torch to you.
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Unmasking the complexities of academic work
SRHE
JULY 19, 2024
Just about everyone in academia is dealing with some aspect of their lives which affects how they do their work. While a body of literature exists on factors that affect student academic performance in university settings, there is no equivalent focus on university staff.
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Private providers to partner with universities in India’s GIFT City
The PIE News
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Infrastructure providers will soon be able to establish operations on behalf of universities in India’s GIFT City, giving institutions the chance to set up branch campuses without fronting the cash. India’s special economic zone is open to the top 500 ranked foreign universities, free from the regulations that govern the rest of the country.
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Lessons on Moral Clarity From the Antisemitism Hearing
Inside Higher Ed
DECEMBER 11, 2023
In public hearings before a congressional committee last week, why could three presidents of some of the country’s most prestigious universities not make a straightforward statement that advocating genocide was unacceptable on their campuses?
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Challenges Persist for Early-Career Black Academics
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 14, 2024
Yet another noticed anti-Black racism increase at their institution when the university publicly declared its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). The report’s lead researcher, Dr. Becca Franssen, is a partner at the British talent-search firm GatenbySanderson, where she helps British universities fill executive roles.
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Harvard Put Its First Black Woman President in the Crosshairs of a Culture War without a Shield
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 2, 2024
President Gay faced the partisan gauntlet without a subpoena, and without the full armor of the most prominent university in the nation. President Gay’s resignation is not just a loss for the university; it is a public indictment. Where whispers can become weapons, and accusations, however baseless, can topple giants. Dr. Ivory A.
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UMass Professor Emeritus Dr. Robert Paul Wolff, Who Bridged Philosophy and African American Studies, Dies at 91
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 12, 2025
During his tenure at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he held joint appointments in Philosophy and Afro-American Studies, he challenged conventional academic and social boundaries. The book offered a profound reflection on race, education, and personal transformation in American academia.
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A Missive about Love in Anti-DEI Contexts, and Education for All
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Yet, we have used only the tools of academia to defend academia to non-academics who are attacking academia. We need to build a Love-based academia. One that does not fret over who says what when, but rather how our students feel in an academia that has shunned them for so long. We know this.
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A Growing Influence: The Power of AI in Academia
Insight Into Diversity
JANUARY 7, 2025
In addition, colleges and universities are increasingly exploring how AI can streamline administrative tasks and support faculty efforts to create more accessible course materials. AI tools, such as those that assist in automating tasks or performing data analytics, also enable staff to focus on more personalized engagement with students.
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President moves: Recent resignations show 3 reasons why a leader steps down
University Business
MAY 3, 2024
The three presidents to step down demonstrate a variety of reasons for making a change: to reengage in academia, pursue other professional opportunities or make way for new leadership during trying times. In July 2025, he will depart for a one-year sabbatical and return to the life of academia. The new president isn’t a newcomer.
Exporting Degrees, Importing Responsibility: Rethinking Careers Support for International Graduates
HEPI
JANUARY 26, 2025
Broderick , Vice-Chancellor & President at the University of East London. It wasnt so long ago that universities across the UK were rallying to preserve the graduate visa route, a vital lifeline for international students and higher education. By Professor Amanda J. But how effectively are we fulfilling this promise?
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An Advocate for Equitable Health - Dr. Sabina Khan
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 23, 2025
Title: Assistant Professor, Womens Health Occupational Therapist, University of St. I wanted to become a professor to prepare students to address the intersection of advocacy and healthcare, that is what inspired me to pursue a career in academia, says Khan. Dr. Arlenys Loffredo at the University of St.
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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.
DECEMBER 3, 2024
In this episode of Changing Higher Ed, Dr. Drumm McNaughton speaks with Dr. Jeffrey Robinson, Interim Chancellor at Rutgers University-Newark and Graduate of the PhD Project, and Blane Ruschak, President of the PhD Project and Consultant with KPMG. Community Building: Master strategies for creating lasting support networks in academia.
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