Faculty Focus

MAY 22, 2025

Toward a Culture of Care UMBC is advancing a Culture of CARE that centers equity, resilience, and connection across the campus experience. For faculty, this means being empowered to recognize when students need help, equipped with tools to respond appropriately, and connected to a broader network of care. Silver Spring, MD: ACHA.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 3, 2024

Similarly, many university administrators, including education deans, disseminated statements illustrating their commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). As AU SOE’s Antiracist Pedagogy Scholar and Dean, we’ve learned much about sustaining organizational change amid polarization. Below we offer six lessons learned.

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University Business

JULY 19, 2023

Last month, former Texas A&M interim dean José Luis Bermúdez celebrated the hiring of an esteemed journalist and experienced academic leader with balloons and a press package. One prominent newspaper with financial ties to Empower Texans, a conservative advocacy group, illuminated McElroy’s commitment to DEI efforts.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 25, 2023

With more than a decade of K-12 teaching experience, she has previously been vice president of academic affairs, dean of the School of Education, department chair, and professor at Indian River State College. Cronin is no stranger to leadership.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 8, 2023

KerryAnn O’Meara will become vice president for academic affairs, provost, and dean of the college at Teachers College, Columbia University, effective Jul. O’Meara’s leadership and expertise will be instrumental in helping the Teachers College community achieve new heights of academic excellence and social impact for the future.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2023

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and Vanderbilt University (VU) are launching a $17-million diversity, equity, inclusion, (DEI) and belonging program for the biomedical research community.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2024

Department of Education (ED) and the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) held the Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit: Holistic Advising and Wraparound Services in Washington, D.C. He went to the dean of the College of Education at Central Connecticut State University and said, “I need help, or I’m out.”

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

The project , Closing the Racial Wealth Gap through Environmental Justice and Participatory Design, is funded by a $100,000 grant from Syracuse’s Lender Center for Social Justice, which fosters an interdisciplinary approach to advancing racial justice, equity, and inclusion.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Blogs How Change Leadership Propelled University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Journey to Equity Change leadership acts as a vital bridge between intent and action. Create a Sense of Urgency UWM recognized the pressing need to address equity gaps in student success. What does effective change leadership look like in practice?

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 20, 2024

Each year, instructors share their course materials for a lesson study aimed at improving student engagement and achievement through “equity strands” such as standards-based instruction, complex instruction, culturally relevant pedagogy, and teaching for social justice.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

It serves as a catalyst for reflection, growth, and a tangible commitment to shaping a more engaged, empowered student body. For any college or university serious about deliberate, purposeful community engagement, applying for the Carnegie Classification becomes a crucial step.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Crystal Jackson “I didn’t feel empowered to do that,” she recalls. “I You probably over-prepare for meetings,” says Dr. Rolanda Johnson, associate dean for equity, diversity and inclusion at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. Empowered to do good work.” . She never considered raising the issue.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Create a culture of shared responsibility for equity and student success. Make the promotion of equity and student success a team sport. It might also be worthwhile for department chairs to launch conversations about how to improve rates of equity and student success, for example, by doing more to identify students at risk of failure.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 2, 2023

Also, ensuring that there’s equity in the experiences of our students. Johnson, his team, and university leadership recently attended a caucus weekend, a gathering of New York State Black, Latinx, and Asian legislators where CUNY presidents and deans were able to directly engage with people who can provide funding. “In

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 2, 2024

First-Generation Badgers acts as an information hub, coordinating with representatives from a network of offices across the campus, including the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Educational Achievement; Student Affairs; the Center for Academic Excellence in the College of Letters & Science; and the Division of Enrollment Management.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 10, 2024

SEATTLE-- Prominent student affairs practitioners of color shared powerful stories of leading in higher education amid major challenges, including the recent COVID pandemic and ongoing attacks to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 28, 2023

With a strong succession plan, HBCUs can ensure a smooth transition of leadership, cultivate a pipeline of diverse and visionary leaders, and continue to fulfill their vital mission of empowering generations of students and advancing social justice. Dr. Christine Johnson McPhail serves as president of Saint Augustine’s University.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

DeSantis and the Florida House of Representatives made demands in January for information regarding funding of programs related to diversity, equity and inclusion and critical race theory at colleges and universities. The governor now intends to bar funding for these programs across the higher education system.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Julian Vasquez Heilig Lori Gottschling For Vasquez Heilig—a prominent public policy researcher who has carved out a national reputation both in and outside academic circles for his scholarship on equity and innovation—the pendulum at WMU is swinging in the right direction. Equity has long been a part of Western Michigan University’s DNA.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Solutions for eradicating them range from empowering students to adopting free speech policies. Later, students email the dean demanding the instructor publicly apologize and undergo training. As the fall semester gets underway, so does another season of cancellation of controversial ideas and speakers and self- censorship.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 20, 2023

Racial and pay equity are major career roadblocks for women. She researches workplace DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) with a focus on women serving on boards, on management teams, and in leadership roles. She attributes the high enrollment of women in the MBA program at GW to gender equity embedded in the school’s culture.—

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Faculty Focus

MAY 22, 2025

Toward a Culture of Care UMBC is advancing a Culture of CARE that centers equity, resilience, and connection across the campus experience. For faculty, this means being empowered to recognize when students need help, equipped with tools to respond appropriately, and connected to a broader network of care. Silver Spring, MD: ACHA.

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University Business

JULY 24, 2023

Following Texas A&M University’s botched hiring of a new journalism director and the resignation of the college’s interim dean, the “DEI hysteria” that drew the national spotlight to the university has officially claimed the school’s president. Texas A&M President M.

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HEPI

MARCH 3, 2025

Dave McCall is a Placement Tutor, De Montfort University (DMU), and Zo Allman ( @zoe_a ) is Associate Dean (Academic) at DMU. AI tools can help students practice and enhance their skills and experiences but also raise concerns regarding accessibility an d equity. Levelling the Playing Field?

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

First the Republican governor announced plans to defund diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at state colleges and universities. Matthew Spalding, a new trustee and dean at Hillsdale College, supported hiring Corcoran, noting that he had been in contact with Corcoran about the position.

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EAB

MAY 22, 2023

With Edify, institutions can bring their disparate data together and empower individuals across campus with data insights. The Success and Retention Opportunities Accelerator empowers users with student success analytics to improve student success outcomes through interventions, policy changes, and other initiatives.

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HEPI

AUGUST 28, 2024

Robert Dover, Interim Dean of the Faculty of Business, Law and Politics at the University of Hull, wrote recently on the HEPI blog – the higher education business model in the UK is seemingly broken. This participation empowers and centres students in a process of change that can be for the long-term good of universities and students.

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SRHE

DECEMBER 12, 2022

First is the commitment of the project team to empower all those involved in the research, and to share power equitably between and across both researchers and other stakeholders. RECs need to enable and not suppress innovation, and to both empower and trust higher education researchers and their research teams.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 27, 2022

But before elite institutions jump on this particular band wagon, their faculty need to ask whether their institutions are well-equipped to educate these students better than a community college or equity-serving public 4-year institution can. But it could, in my opinion, do something that no MOOC, no matter how well designed, could.

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ACPA

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

I am committed to social justice and have authored multiple articles and book chapters on assessment and equity. I have strong skills in data equity, actionable and use-oriented assessment, and inclusive voice and power approaches to SA assessment work. higher education.

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WCET Frontiers

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

This year’s recipient, Dr. Felicity Cruz Grandjean, Associate Dean of E-learning Quality, Office of E-learning, Dallas College, more than fulfilled the award criteria. Empowering Insights The WCET Closing Keynote also served as the Opening Keynote for the ASWE Summit! Congratulations!

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Leader of Learning

MAY 1, 2023

Dean : As a dean, you will typically oversee a specific department or program within a school, such as special education, English language learners, or curriculum and instruction. Inspire and empower others : Inspire and empower others to take ownership of their work and contribute to the success of the school community.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

As numerous fellows entered the African American Hall of Fame at Morehouse College, the Dean of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Division, Dr. Eddie Red, delivered a welcoming message, expressing his aspiration to one day be featured on the wall, as he, like many of us present, is destined for a greater purpose.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

AUGUST 14, 2023

But by leading, you actually empower others to join you in transformation. I prefer to talk about leadership rather than administration, because administration connotes bureaucracy. There is some bureaucracy to running a university. We can't escape that. We can do more together when we come together to work on behalf of our mission.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 28, 2025

In the wake of George Floyds murder, as institutions across the country wrestled with what it means to confront systemic racism, one law school took actionright in the deans backyard. Recommended by Dean Conway as an essential read to understand race and identity beyond binary terms. and Europe. Want to Learn More or Get Involved?

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Edu Alliance Journal

JULY 5, 2022

The changes in the economy, staffing shortages, healthcare concerns, loss of international students, diversity, equity, and inclusion were all simultaneously impacting higher education. An executive coach empowers creativity, impact, connection, and influence. Coaching is transformative—helping leaders leverage their best selves.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Key Takeaways for University Presidents and Boards Thoroughly Review the Report: University presidents, administrators, provosts, deans, and other leaders actively engage with the contents of the report. So we will empower private institutions to do this for us. 00:17:17] Drumm McNaughton: Mm hmm. was there reason given?

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