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A generational mission: Benjamin Riley on the founding of Deans for Impact

Deans for Impact

It’s a maxim that has guided Deans for Impact (DFI) since its formation. Listen to Benjamin describe how DFI came to be through the partnership and support of leaders in educator preparation who were eager to empower – not enfeeble – the field. Benjamin describes the origins of Deans for Impact.

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From Small-Town Roots to National Honor: SC Native Receives State's Highest Award

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Service to humanity is the hallmark of philosophy, and in many ways, it shaped who I am and what I'm about in my day to day. Through his leadership, he is empowering educators, policymakers, and community leaders to reimagine what is possible with South Carolina in mind, Jackson said. With a budget of approximately $1.8 since 2018.

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President Jones, Dolly Parton and the magic of ‘traditioned innovation’

University Business

Bringing all that together is really challenging our faculty and our deans to work together in new ways. While the technology can enhance students preparation for the future, it must be combined with human interaction, Jones says. Finding the third way with AI Traditioned innovation is also helping Jones understand AI.

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From tutor to teacher: how Illinois’s state tutoring program is building local pathways into teaching

Deans for Impact

With the coaching, data-informed assessments, and other supports ITI provides to its tutors to hone their relational and instructional skills, the program especially empowers aspiring teachers to be better prepared for the complex craft of teaching – and is signaling promising early results.

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UA Libraries’ Digital Archival Project Empowers Voices Among U.S.-Mexico Border Communities

Insight Into Diversity

“As an interdisciplinary hub for the campus community, libraries provide a suite of digital services that have often been treated as discrete offerings but can also be brought together into a comprehensive support network under this storytelling,” writes Shan Sutton, UAL dean and principal investigator of the grant project.

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Building an Academic Space for Black Women Scholars

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Other panel discussions will include a variety of other sessions, including a plenary called Lifting the Veil: What They Don't Tell Us about Publishing," that includes Diverse executive editor and Trinity Washington University professor and associate dean, Dr. Jamal Watson. You should come to this conference.

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Sacred Heart University Partners with School District to Help Diversify Teaching Profession

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The partnership between Sacred Heart University’s Farrington College of Education & Human Development and Stamford Public Schools will be laser-focused on identifying and recruiting local talent to ensure that classrooms are led by teachers who better represent the families and the children they serve. We are not stopping with Stamford.

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