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KRISTIE BOWERS

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Bowers holds a bachelor’s degree in human development and a Ph.D. in community and public affairs from Binghamton University as well as a master’s in teaching from Western Carolina University.

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How Higher Ed Can Help Underserved Communities Access Broadband

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Karen Mossberger, the Frank and June Sackton Professor in the school of public affairs and director of the Center on Technology, Data and Society at Arizona State University. Broadband is important for participation in society,” said Mossberger. It’s important for economic development as well as individual opportunities.

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U.S., Other Countries Issue Statement Supporting Academic Freedom

Inside Higher Ed

“Academic freedom is key to human rights education but also essential for technical and scientific progress and for the development of the creative industries and the arts,” says the statement, issued at the 52nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.

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Fierce Advocate for Community College Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Her undergraduate degree is in radio/television/film: news and public affairs. The human development she studied in her doctoral program opened her eyes to what was needed on the college level to ensure student success. I’m a great facilitator. That’s one of my top leadership skills.

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WEEKEND READING: It’s time to join the conversation about ChatGPT and other generative AI models

HEPI

This blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Eve Alcock, Head of Public Affairs at the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA). As Sarah Eaton highlights in her new book , we’re looking at a future where hybrid human-AI writing is the norm. They wanted online lectures and relationships with their personal tutors.

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Meet the Authors of New Titles in the Major Problems Anthology Series

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Arlt Award in the Humanities. politics, foreign relations and human rights. She is the recipient of fellowships from the Miller Center for Public Affairs at the University of Virginia, the George Mosse Program at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Stanton Foundation Applied History Program. She received her B.A.

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Communicating Effectively in a Presidential Search

Inside Higher Ed

At this point in the process, it’s useful to remember the primacy effect , the human tendency to be influenced disproportionately by first impressions. At this stage, every choice by the institution and its incoming leader sends a signal, positive, negative or neutral, with the potential to resonate into the next administration.