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Insight Into Diversity Honors Legacy of DEI Innovator, Former Board Chair

Insight Into Diversity

Metzler, a true visionary in academia, healthcare, and diversity, passed away on Saturday, March 23, at his home in Grenada. In 2008, he developed the first Editorial Board for Insight Into Diversity magazine, and was selected as the inaugural Board Chair. Christopher A. Christopher A.

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Why we need applied humanities approaches (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

The humanities might not-too-facetiously be labeled the black sheep of academia. After all, the humanities are frequently characterized as being in crisis and, since 2008, have suffered massive hemorrhaging in the numbers of new majors. This kind of education could help them develop more innovative and engaging games.

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The State of EdTech: OPMs, Risk Planning, and Generative AI: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 189 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Phill Hill

The Change Leader, Inc.

Phil’s a lifelong learner who transitioned from educational technology consulting after working in the engineering field for many years. But lately, there’s been so much significant change in academia, that I’ve fallen much more into a role of looking at the bigger, broader trend. Blow me away as you always do. [00:33:04]

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Autonomy Scorecard

HESA

So that’s what the exploratory study aimed at back in 2008-2009. Ireland suffered tremendously in terms of university autonomy from the impact of the economic crisis that we’ve experienced 2008-2009, and that has generated long-term effects on what universities were allowed to do or not.

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