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Brown faculty votes to restrict P&T committee to full profs

Inside Higher Ed

Faculty members who voted against the new rule have cited a variety of concerns, including those about equity and inclusion and whether a committee composed exclusively of senior professors will sufficiently value emerging areas and modes of scholarship. Is this diversity newsletter?: Newsletter Order: 0 Disable left side advertisement?:

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Fourth-Year Grad Student Sets Sights on Collegiate Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Those fellowships as well as Morgan and HBCUs more broadly have helped me to understand that my Blackness is a strength and I don’t have to put it on the backburner to pursue scholarship and knowledge development,” he said. “It

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A free, online, global university seeks seal of approval

Inside Higher Ed

Akram followed through, was accepted and was offered a $20,000 scholarship. Instead, he found and enrolled at the University of the People, which offered him a full scholarship to pay for the (minimal) course assessment fees at this otherwise tuition-free university. Some students need lower costs. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Passionate pleas for and against tuition-sharing agreements

Inside Higher Ed

OPMs “imported the worst features of predatory for-profit institutions into traditional higher education and normalized them through ubiquity,” said Barmak Nassirian, vice president for higher education policy at Veterans Education Success, an advocacy group. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Degrees and Certifications Help Inform the Future of DEI Leadership

Insight Into Diversity

In announcing the program in 2021, Kelly Bradley, PhD, chair of UK’s Department of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation, said colleges and universities are looking for senior diversity officers who can serve as change agents and bring innovation, creativity, and strategic thinking to their campuses.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Excelencia in Education works to advance Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students.

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What Are the Big Higher Education Stories for 2024?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“This backdrop underscores the urgency of addressing key issues around opportunity, such as increasing college access, addressing college affordability, strengthening pathways to meaningful employment, and ensuring implementation fidelity for current higher education policies and initiatives,” says Jez. Dr. Fred A.