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Honors ed is changing to grow more accessible (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

At Westminster College, in Utah, a robust strategic diversity plan and inclusive approaches to recruiting and admissions led to an honors college population with a higher percentage of students of color than the institution’s overall undergraduate population in 2020–21. —with scholarships for room and board.

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Temple gets $11 million gift for students with disabilities

Inside Higher Ed

In addition to paying for career-planning assistance from JEVS, the endowment fund will provide scholarships to students and distribute $450,000 annually to eligible candidates. Temple plans to begin awarding the scholarships this coming fall. million for scholarships for students with disabilities since 1981.

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Growth in assistant professorships is uneven (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Large-scale quantitative data such as these provide an invaluable evidence-based context about the areas of scholarship in which institutions are investing new faculty lines, a matter of interest to deans of graduate schools and provosts alike. Notably, the COVID-19 pandemic prompted hiring freezes at many U.S.

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How the University of Kentucky Is Beating the Odds of the Teacher Shortage

Insight Into Diversity

At the height of pandemic closures in 2020, I began weekly strategy meetings on Zoom with the small recruitment team at my college. At our scholarship banquet, I met Meghan Harless, who will graduate in May as an early childhood educator. He wrote this piece while serving as dean of the University of Kentucky College of Education.

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Disability as a Valuable Form of Diversity, Not a Deficit

Faculty Focus

Typically, educational professionals focus on how to help students better access what is considered ‘typical’ learning (Ong-Dean, 2005). This article will explore how educators can move away from this kind of pathological approach to better help autistic students succeed academically. 2020; Parr et al., Positionality statement.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity Health Professions HEED Award Winners

Insight Into Diversity

In addition, Dean Amy Fairchild added an associate dean for faculty and inclusive excellence to her leadership team who is charged with articulating and advancing a vision for inclusive excellence and providing leadership to enhance excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service. A $1 million award from the U.S.

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Disability as a Valuable Form of Diversity, Not a Deficit

Faculty Focus

Typically, educational professionals focus on how to help students better access what is considered ‘typical’ learning (Ong-Dean, 2005). This article will explore how educators can move away from this kind of pathological approach to better help autistic students succeed academically. 2020; Parr et al., Positionality statement.