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Leaders weigh in on why the time to improve faculty affairs is now

University Business

Interfolio is a higher education technology company focused on faculty affairs. The Interfolio 2023 Summit will be its first live convening of higher education leaders since 2019. “It goes to the resiliency, impact and engagement of your faculty. He reflected on Alaska Gov.

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Should African Americans Trust the College Board with African American Studies?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This includes low expectations from teachers or counselors about a student's ability to succeed in advanced classes, funding constraints for offering such classes, inadequate support for faculty development, and exclusionary policies like pre-requisites or grade cutoffs. African Americans deserve better. Dr. Ivory A.

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Trauma-informed practices in higher education: Building support communities from the topdown

EAB

In 2019, EAB put together a “Building trauma-sensitive schools” handout that includes information from the U.S. Department of Education National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments; EAB interviews, and analysis from the “Supporting Students with a History of Trauma” report.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity Health Professions HEED Award Winners

Insight Into Diversity

ATSU is also creating a Grow Your Own faculty development program that offers a low-to-no-cost education designed to support students interested in academic medicine. The program is expected to launch in spring 2023. Engaging Middle Schoolers in Health Professions — Michigan Medicine University of Michigan Medical School.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Starting in 2019, there has been no statistically significant difference in one-year or two-year persistence between these two groups. Some are focusing on faculty development, digital technology, basic needs, other areas beyond what we’ve asked in the past. That analysis attributed much of the effect to living on campus.

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Carnegie Mellon–Africa receives $275M investment

Inside Higher Ed

The other $100 million will be used to establish the Center for the Inclusive Digital Transformation of Africa, a hub for a network of at African universities across the continent that will receive funding for faculty development, cutting-edge technology and engineering programs, and other initiatives. ambassador’s house.