Higher Ed Dive

AUGUST 10, 2023

The president of the North Dakota college wants to distill its nine academic departments into four schools in part to counter a projected $1 million shortfall.

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Academe Blog

APRIL 18, 2025

BY ALLISON GAINER As faculty, we often find ourselves balancing pedagogy, policy, and student support. Without guidance, even well-intentioned faculty can find themselves unsure of how to respond, which can lead to exclusion, frustration, and conflict. For students with disabilities, that support sometimes includes service dogs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Palmer, chair and professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the university. Department of Defense University Affiliated Research Centers (UARC) in the nation, focusing on tactical autonomy, human-machine teaming, and artificial intelligence through its Research Institute for Tactical Autonomy.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 25, 2025

Floridas Own DOGE Reviews Faculty Research, Grants Ryan Quinn Fri, 04/25/2025 - 03:00 AM Multiple states have created entities named after the federal Department of Government Efficiency. The Sunshine States version is targeting colleges and universities. Byline(s) Ryan Quinn

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 13, 2025

Title: Assistant Professor of Higher Education, Department of Educational Leadership, College for Education and Engaged Learning, Montclair State University Tenured: No Age: 37 Education: B.A., Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty: Dont let the anxiety of tenure and promotion determine your faculty life. Sloan Foundation.

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Higher Ed Dive

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

We’re recapping some of the week's top stories, from the agency's new for-profit regulation to the tenured faculty cuts at a public university.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 11, 2024

What does mentoring other faculty mean? When our department was challenged with establishing a requested program for all faculty, three P’s were apparent: People, Place, and Purpose. This document is a sample of how mentoring has strengthened a department that offers four undergraduate and two graduate programs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

What inspired you to lead the journalism department at UNC Chapel Hill ? Carolinas reputation for highly talented students, thought leadership by faculty members, dedicated professional staff and a deeply engaged and supportive alumni network is widely known and respected among its peers. That elevates our role that much further.

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FIRE

DECEMBER 11, 2024

A third of faculty say they self-censor their written work, nearly four times the number of social scientists who said the same in 1954 at the height of McCarthyism.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 17, 2024

Nassau Community College Moves Ahead With ‘Mega Departments’ Sara Weissman Wed, 04/17/2024 - 03:00 AM The institution’s leaders say consolidating departments will make the college more efficient. Its faculty union says the move will do the opposite. Byline(s) Sara Weissman

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2025

Communication Effective communication between university faculty and students is fundamental for enhancing academic success, student engagement, mental health, and trust. She is currently a Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning and the University of Central Arkansas.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2025

Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education, University of Oklahoma Age: 38 Education: B.S., Business Marketing, Albany State University; MBA., Albany State University; M.S., Student Affairs and Higher Education, Indiana State University; Ph.D.,

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

U of Washington Faculty Search Weighed Race Inappropriately Ryan Quinn Fri, 11/03/2023 - 03:00 AM A psychology department hiring committee re-ranked finalists to hire a Black candidate over a white person originally rated No. 1, violating policy, a report concludes. Byline(s) Ryan Quinn

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2025

Ronald Krauss, Transportation Security Laboratory Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty: It sounds silly but say yes to the things you want to do and no to the things you do not want to do. Dr. David Goldberg recalls that Love was hired when the department was seeking new teaching faculty with a focus on STEM.

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ACRLog

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The thick air of stress, anxiety, and dread is slowly dissipating as more and more students depart for the winter break. But the other thing I have started to learn is how my role connects with other departments in the library. However, now that the semester is winding down, I have had more space to do this again.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 22, 2025

Title: Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Tenured: Yes Age: 36 Education: B.A., Henry returned to Wisconsin in June 2020, amid the pandemic and social upheaval, but this time as a faculty member in the Leadership and Policy Analysis program.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The University of Rochester (UR) community is reeling after hundreds of “wanted” posters, depicting faculty and staff members, appeared on campus buildings late Sunday night. In her letter, Mangelsdorf confirmed that the university’s Department of Public Safety has launched an investigation with assistance from local law enforcement.

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Inside Higher Ed

MAY 8, 2024

Massachusetts Institute of Technology departments will no longer ask for diversity statements as part of applications for faculty positions, the university says.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 15, 2025

Stephen Mattingly, UTA; Dr. Melanie Sattler, UTA Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty: Stay resilient and persistent. Kyung Kate Hyun, an associate professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), and deputy director of The Center for Transportation, Equity, Decisions, and Dollars at the U.S.

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 8, 2025

Jay Hartzell has served as the Texas public university’s leader since 2020 and joined its faculty in 2001.

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Higher Ed Dive

AUGUST 15, 2024

Katrina Armstrong, Columbia’s faculties of health sciences dean, has taken over as the Ivy League institution’s interim president effective immediately.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2025

A longtime tenured Columbia University law professor who faced public criticism from her own president and Congressional Republicans will no longer teach at the institution after more than 25 years as a faculty member there.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2024

Three deans have departed Columbia University in the wake of alleged and controversial text messages the university deemed “unacceptable and deeply upsetting.” Department of Education and Congress over its handling of such complaints. 7 attacks in Israel. The university also continues to face investigational inquiries from the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 15, 2024

“This gift will ensure that students and faculty have ample resources and opportunities to study the past, which will allow them to further understanding of the present in service to the public good.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Dear Department Chair: Letters from Black Women Leaders to the Next Generation is a compelling book about leadership, service, and the importance of mentorship/sponsorship within the academy. They encourage department leaders to “respect and support work and workers — including unions. The book is edited by Drs. Stephanie Y.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 29, 2025

April 29, 2025 · Episode 257 Higher Education Strategic Planning That Drives Growth and Faculty Buy-In 34 Min · By The Change Leader, Inc. Rather than introducing immediate top-down changes, he led a full year of strategic planning that included participation from faculty, staff, students, alumni, and governing boards.

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University Business

APRIL 10, 2025

Facebook Groups can foster peer-to-peer learning, X can facilitate real-time industry conversations, and YouTube can showcase faculty thought leadership through video content. A great way to encourage organic engagement is through faculty thought leadership. However, getting consistent buy-in from faculty and staff can be challenging.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 16, 2024

Some members of the faculty at Columbia University have lodged a vote of no-confidence for the university’s president, Dr. Minouche Shafik. These administrators are failing in their duty to their institutions, their faculty, their students, and their central obligation to our democratic society.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

As students enter the online classroom, they bring with them diverse educational experiences, backgrounds, and expectations of faculty interactions. Such strategies equip faculty with the tools to effectively respond to students’ needs (Rahimi et al., Mentors can be faculty members, alumni, or industry professionals.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 2, 2024

College students are turning to faculty for career advice, but not as many of these educators are working with their school’s career centers to better respond, according to a new study from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). Awareness is important,” NACE President and CEO Shawn VanDerziel said.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 20, 2025

First, students and faculty both felt that spending time in the seminar was most beneficial in helping students gain greater understanding of the material for that unit. Student and faculty behavior became more meaningful as they shared these personal emotions in the weekly session together. ASHE Higher Education Report, 40(6), 1114.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

To support its AI Plus initiative, UAlbany embarked on its largest faculty cluster hire, bringing in 27 specialists across various departments, including political science, philosophy, and public health.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2025

Holloway, who will succeed Dr. Mariko Silver (who departed in October 2024 to lead the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts), expressed his enthusiasm for the new role. Prior to Rutgers, Holloway served as provost at Northwestern University and held faculty roles at Yale University, where he was also Dean of Yale College.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2025

Truly universal transferability would require faculty buy-in and better digital tools. And so, one of the first things I knew I needed to do was engage our University Faculty Senate, both out of respect for their role in our decision-making process as part of shared governance and to leverage their expertise.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The CSUEB Pathfinders Institute is dedicated to enhancing culturally relevant professional development through an intensive two-week program for faculty teaching critical first-year courses. CSUSM’s inclusive hiring practices have increased Latino representation among faculty, administrators and staff.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 2, 2025

With affiliations in the Gender, Womens, and Sexuality Studies department and the Asian Studies program, Tran brings a multidisciplinary lens to her scholarship that examines the intersections of race, gender, and U.S. Trans journey to academia was not predetermined. Asian American literature was a huge gap in the curriculum, Tran recalls.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

As the holidays approach, today’s colleges and universities are increasingly marked by overflowing donation bins containing canned goods collected by every student organization and faculty department to stock the campus food pantry. Hopeful signs for a future beyond campus food pantries abound.

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