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New Offerings for Deans and Associate Deans – Starting in Late September

Rena Seltzer, Leader Academic

I am pleased to announce two new offerings, the Deans Roundtable and the Associate Deans Roundtable. Deans Roundtable. The Dean’s Roundtable offers a community of practice for a small group of deans from top research universities. Associate Deans Roundtable. Program Details. When: We will meet for 1.5

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Hospital Honors Trailblazing Surgeon With Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D. Outpatient Center

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He served as associate dean at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Endowed Scholarship Fund for minority medical students in 2009. Since 2020, Johns Hopkins has created at least three name committee boards to address racial discrimination of the organization’s past and three boards to reevaluate building and program names.

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These access and affordability programs geared toward high schoolers reap great results

University Business

Tackling workforce needs with financial assistance Maine Free College, a free college scholarship initiative introduced by the Maine Community College System (MCCS) in the 2022-23 academic year, has helped contribute to a mass resurgence in enrollment compared to the rest of the country. Their game? The same goes for Arizona.

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UA Libraries’ Digital Archival Project Empowers Voices Among U.S.-Mexico Border Communities

Insight Into Diversity

Serving as the heart of knowledge and scholarship in higher education, academic libraries are uniquely positioned to advance and support digital and data-driven storytelling and archival efforts, especially as they relate to marginalized communities. Mexico border. Mexico Border Communities appeared first on Insight Into Diversity.

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Have Academic Library Staffing Numbers Really Declined That Much Over the Past Decade?

Inside Higher Ed

The data available spans from 2012 to 2020. Here is what it looks like: Full+Part-Time 2020 38,510 2019 40,884 2018 41,479 2017 41,490 2016 41,993 2015 42,782 2014 43,610 2013 44,677 2012 67,074 Not sure why there was such a significant drop between 2013 and 2012. Probably some change in how library staff are counted.

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Discussing the 4 Pillars of Immersion: Information Literacy

ACRLog

Rebecca is the Associate Dean for Learning and Engagement at Penn State University. ” The ACRL Information Literacy Immersion Program, usually referred to as Immersion, has been on hiatus since March 2020, when our facilitator team canceled the summer 2020 Immersion program because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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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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