Insight Into Diversity

MAY 10, 2024

Prospective faculty had historically been asked to submit a statement with their CV describing their experience working with assorted populations and their approach to challenges related to diversity and inclusion efforts. The post Diversity Statements Banned in Faculty Hiring appeared first on Insight Into Diversity.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 2, 2025

Get to Know Your Dean Regular one-on-ones with your dean will make you feel like you have the support you need to keep moving forward. I always look forward to the time I spend with my dean discussing ideas and getting her opinion on issues Im facing in my classroom. It may be a blessing you will look back on with a smile.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2025

Our dean is telling the faculty to be creative and to come up with other ways to shape it or frame it so that theyre not using the trigger words, because the trigger words, whether we like it or not, is whats causing grants to either be denied, applications to be pushed back and funding to not be released, the attendee said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 2, 2023

Faculty members are sometimes questioned about their choice to teach at a community college rather than at other higher education institutions. Community college faculty are usually prepared to respond to these questions, with varying reasons for their career choice.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Image: Brown University’s faculty voted this month to limit Tenure, Promotions and Appointments Committee (TPAC) membership to full, tenured professors only, starting next fall. The faculty vote was 43 in favor of the change and 34 against with 28 abstentions.

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Edu Alliance Journal

APRIL 21, 2025

April 21, 2025, by Dean Hoke : With this profile of Davidson College, I complete the tenth and final entry in my series exploring small colleges across the United States. Davidson has an 8:1 student-faculty ratio, which promotes mentorship and in-depth discussion. Davidson practices need-blind admissions for U.S.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Image: Much about Oberlin College is unique, including long-standing policies guaranteeing the faculty a say in matters that extend well beyond academics. Many faculty members say it’s this level of input that keeps them at Oberlin. ” Faculty members, Neilson continued, “are on the ground.

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Deans for Impact

AUGUST 9, 2022

At Deans for Impact (DFI), we believe part of the solution lies in using principles of learning science , or a scientific understanding of how students learn, to guide instruction. Putting these principles into teaching practice can lead to more rigorous, equitable and inclusive learning environments. Interested in learning more?

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Faculty Focus

JULY 2, 2023

The preparation of faculty in online pedagogy and the appropriate use of tools for asynchronous learning to quickly build capacity was a start (Tucker & Quintero-Ares, 2021). One of the key benefits of an OLC is that faculty are given the opportunity to collaborate and share their knowledge and expertise (Tuffnell, 2021).

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Deans for Impact

OCTOBER 3, 2022

In 2015, Deans for Impact launched with an unwavering commitment to ensure that every child in this country is taught by well-prepared teachers. At the time, our work focused primarily on convening solutions-oriented education deans. The post An introduction to our brand refresh appeared first on Deans for Impact.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Former collegiate athlete Yusuf Sabree was a standout student-athlete who currently holds the position of district dean of student services at Wayne County (Mich.) Take advantage of the smaller class sizes and controlled environments. Others mentioned that faculty made it hard for them or seemed only interested in earning a paycheck.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Susanna Rinehart, associate professor of theatre history, literature, and performance, has been named associate dean for academic and faculty affairs for Virginia Tech’s College of Architecture, Arts, and Design (AAD).

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Faculty Focus

JULY 2, 2023

The preparation of faculty in online pedagogy and the appropriate use of tools for asynchronous learning to quickly build capacity was a start (Tucker & Quintero-Ares, 2021). One of the key benefits of an OLC is that faculty are given the opportunity to collaborate and share their knowledge and expertise (Tuffnell, 2021).

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In what faculty leaders and board members there agree was a too-rare triumph for shared governance these days, the independent California college gave its entire full-time faculty and representative groups of staff members and students the opportunity to meet with three finalists and weigh in on the final choice.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

These are the six student-inspired principles that University of Oxford College of Emory Interim Dean Dr. Kenneth Carter has elevated to the faculty level to reignite the community… and it’s working. Carter says they try to keep their student-faculty ratio to about 1:10. Credit: beckysteinphotography.com.

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Edu Alliance Journal

MARCH 3, 2025

March 3, 2025, by Dean Hoke : This profile of the College of Wooster is the fourth in a series presenting small colleges throughout the United States. The student-to-faculty ratio is 11:1, ensuring personalized attention and mentorship. The college enrolls approximately 1,800 students representing diverse backgrounds from 47 U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Jean, Interim Dean, College of Arts and Sciences & Professor of Sociology at North Park University, and I are suggesting training in High Impact Cultural Competency (HICC) (Vaughn, 2007) as a potential solution. Jean is Interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences & professor of Sociology at North Park University Dr. Adriel A.

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Insight Into Diversity

JUNE 7, 2024

Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences will no longer require diversity and inclusion statements as part of its hiring process. This change was detailed in a Monday email from Nina Zipser, PhD, dean of faculty affairs and planning. Not all faculty members are supportive of this change.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 8, 2025

Title :Assistant Dean for Student Vitality & Career Development and Director of Student Affairs Tenured: No Age: 38 Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing University of Virginia; MBA in Business Administration, Averett University; Ph.D From the age of five, Dr. Angelica Witcher Walker knew she wanted to be a nurse.

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Deans for Impact

DECEMBER 13, 2022

At Deans for Impact, we stand committed to elevating teachers and teaching and equipping all future teachers with the scientifically-based tools to create rigorous, equitable, and inclusive learning environments where all students thrive. 195 faculty and clinical educators supported. Subscribe to our newsletter.

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Deans for Impact

OCTOBER 3, 2022

It’s how she showed up with deans, program faculty, teacher-educators, and aspiring teachers in her role as vice president of program at Deans for Impact (DFI) over the last seven years. How have experiences with educator-preparation leaders and faculty shaped the way you think about change in the field?

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 19, 2025

Without considering the emotional and social aspects of a student’s educational journey, particularly the connections they build with faculty and peers, institutions risk overlooking the things that keep students engaged, motivated, and ultimately enrolled. Simply put, data is not enough.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Image: Faculty members at the College of William & Mary are concerned that the institution is purposely excluding them from conversations about the future. Take the college’s recent announcement that it’s exploring opening a computing and data science school.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

At the latter, she was the founding dean of the College of Health Sciences and Human Services. During her time there, she increased the diversity of tenure-track faculty and co-founded the Master of Science Physician Assistant Program, the first of its kind in the CSU system.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2024

Gabriela Torres, Wheaton College Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “Community is everything! The junior scholar’s research examines various changes in the environment and how they affect people — the intersection of human and natural relationships. Treviño Peña has been a proud community builder.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 11, 2024

That animals avoid environments which seem unhealthy due to predators or poor conditions is a well-documented ecological phenomenon. We, too, instinctively avoid environments that look unhealthy or unwelcoming. Protect faculty governance in colleges and universities. Humans are no different.

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Creatrix Campus

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The Role of Deans in Fostering Innovation in Higher Education: Strategies for Enhancing Teaching and Student Engagement editor Fri, 10/04/2024 - 04:43 Hello Deans, you are crucial in determining how education will develop in the future because you are the designers of your higher ed’s academic vision.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

However, Odle’s team found that the faculty in these matches were more likely to be temporary staff or adjuncts, rather than tenured or tenure-track. Although contingent faculty may be equally good teachers as tenured faculty, their positions might limit them as mentors for students of color.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 4, 2023

As a faculty member, I often hear the blatant dismissal of students and their preoccupation with technology. We put all students in the same learning environment and expect that one learning environment will lead to the same outcome for all students. Students are always on their phones. Many struggle to actively pay attention.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Faculty can help students by being more explicit about what imposter syndrome is, helping students understand when they are feeling it and work to eliminate it from their institution. In the original formulation, Clance and Imes completed research on high performing women in the 1970s who were faculty or students at an elite college.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 15, 2023

For adult learners, being risk-informed goes a long way toward preventing these negative outcomes—both the adult learner and faculty are integral to this process. The first step for creating a risk-informed adult learner is an environment that facilitates social dialogue between the learner and the lecturer.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 13, 2024

I was meeting all of these wonderful faculty members and staff members and being told that I can become and do anything that I wanted to become and do,” says Kinloch. Kinloch’s vision for a new era includes improved facilities, state-of-the-art living and learning communities, and an investment in the institution’s faculty and staff.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

A proposed fundraiser event by a small liberal arts school president has incited an avalanche, calling for the resignation of a school dean and drawing the Board of Trustees into the muck as 120 faculty pressure the Board to begin its new president search immediately. However, their response proved too meek for the faculty.

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 2, 2024

Without the inherent guidance of a parent with collegiate experience, students can struggle to adapt to unfamiliar classroom and campus dynamics, connect with faculty and peers, and, ultimately, graduate. The mentorship program, slated to begin in fall 2024, will foster connections between first-generation students and faculty or staff.

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WCET Frontiers

APRIL 13, 2023

The feeling of belonging is, in my opinion and experience, a truly important factor for anyone’s success in an educational or even professional environment. At New Mexico Highlands University, leadership and faculty alike consider the institution’s different student populations, their backgrounds, and how they got to where they are. “So

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Universities are making vocal commitments to recruit faculty who represent the diversity of the student population. At the same time, they struggle to retain the women and minoritized faculty who they have recruited. In many units, the scholarship alone or largely determines whether the faculty member receives a favorable evaluation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Rochester was looking to hire faculty whose work focused on diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. Cluster hiring instantly injects diversity into departments that have little, while making the experience easier for minoritized faculty members. Steele remembers being at an event for new faculty. They were hiring three.

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