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Scammers, fraudsters are putting academia in peril. What can we do?

University Business

Unfortunately for the world of academia, these are not isolated incidents. They are known to use erroneous phrasing of commonly known diseases; for example, these articles may refer to breast cancer as “bosom peril” or Parkinson’s disease as “Parkinson’s ailment.” What can we do?

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

15, 2021, at age 69. She said this lesson is deliberate and acknowledges academia and graduate school can be “violent, especially for scholars of color, women, and queer folks of color.” Eventually, they documented their experiences in a 2005 article, "Retaining Each Other: Narratives of Two African American Women in the Academy."

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From Likes to Learning: Enhancing Classroom Culture through Social Media Engagement   

Faculty Focus

Particularly interesting is the notable increase in social media interaction among everyone, including undergraduate students, during the COVID-19 pandemic, as documented in a March 2021 Vox article. Motivate learners to post relevant articles, resources, and personal insights, enriching the collective learning experience.

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An Invisible Population: Black Undocumented Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Kayon Hall wants to change the way academia thinks about undocumented students. This year, Hall published an article with the Journal of First-Generation Student Success about the lived experiences of Black undocumented students, highlighting the ways higher education has excluded them from immigration discourse and support.

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Confidence gap between scientists and the public

Inside Higher Ed

” That said, “the rewards system in academia still only rarely recognizes that researchers add and create value in a multitude of ways—including engaging with policy makers, media, public health officials, health-care providers and other diverse communities outside of academia.” Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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From Likes to Learning: Enhancing Classroom Culture through Social Media Engagement   

Faculty Focus

Particularly interesting is the notable increase in social media interaction among everyone, including undergraduate students, during the COVID-19 pandemic, as documented in a March 2021 Vox article. Motivate learners to post relevant articles, resources, and personal insights, enriching the collective learning experience.

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OEE Scholar Interview Series: David S. Byers, MSW, Ph.D.

ACPA

His 2021 Journal of Diversity in Higher Education article titled, “ Staying in their own lane: Ethical reasoning among college students witnessing cyberbullying ,” explores how college students feel about witnessing bias-based cyberbullying and whether to engage in bystander intervention.

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