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Inclusion, Support Are Key Goals of UC Berkeley’s Faculty Link Program

Insight Into Diversity

A group of 23 faculty core advisers serve as the backbone of the program, leading various events and discussions throughout the academic year. . Faculty Link is divided into four components: one-on-one advising, identity gatherings, forums, and core adviser conversations. . Serena Chen.

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The Black Woman’s Burden: Battling Inertia in Higher Ed

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Malaklou, also chair and associate professor of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at Berea College in Kentucky, got to know hooks when she came to Berea in 2019. Malaklou hosts events like "Evening with an Activist" at the bell hooks center, where students can learn tangible ways to make a difference outside of academia.

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Dominican University VP builds hope for first-gen students

Inside Higher Ed

This time, I was fortunate to have an adviser, coaches and a myriad of mentors who didn’t allow me to retrench into my skewed perceptions of myself. In 2019, Dominican redesigned our alert system to help new students stay on track academically. But I was lucky. She and my friends pushed me to try again.

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Chief academic officer on the value of investing in student success

Inside Higher Ed

Chase has more than 40 years of experience in academia, including more than 20 years in leadership positions, most recently as vice president for academic innovation, student success and strategic initiatives at Claremont Graduate University in California.

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Which Side Are You On?

Inside Higher Ed

Perhaps most striking is the formation of 16 graduate student unions and a dozen for postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers between 2013 and 2019—a trend that has persisted since the pandemic struck. Academia is a calling. Unionization will certainly exact a cost.

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The Art and Science of Higher Ed Leadership

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

But I know in academia, management is considered the dark side. Her 2019 UNM Grand Challenges initiative harnessed the system’s resources to focus on finding solutions in three key areas: Sustainable Water Resources, Successful Aging, and Substance Use Disorders. That's what attracted me.

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SRHE News at 50: Looking back…

SRHE

By January 2019 we had resorted to more football analogies (No 35 Academia: the beautiful game? ): … m ore research is needed. Then academia could be a beautiful game. . … The price of academic freedom is eternal academic vigilance. (No No 34 Fake research and trust in the social sciences ). And more teaching.