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Nursing Schools Teach Advocacy Skills to Help Advance Health Equity

Insight Into Diversity

While nurses routinely advocate for their patients, political and legislative advocacy is just as important, according to the American Nurses Association (ANA). The students are helping faculty and the faculty are helping students, which is kind of the sweet spot of academia,” says Sarah Szanton, PhD, JHUSON dean. Sarah Szanton.

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India issues draft rules for foreign university branches

Inside Higher Ed

Ashok Kumbamu, an assistant professor of biomedical ethics at the Mayo Clinic and an advocate for academic freedom in India, worried that foreign universities could “compromise on their liberal values” to accommodate Hindutva—Hindu nationalist—values. But not everyone was worried by the new guidelines.

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Five Things You Should Know About Connecting Democracy and the Curriculum

Faculty Focus

We advocate for getting political, not partisan. Bridget Trogden is professor of engineering & science education and association dean in the division of undergraduate studies at Clemson University. These developments may be cause for celebration, but not for pausing. Model Courses.” link] Science Rising.

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Leadership at All Levels of Higher Ed

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

Working at ED gave me insight about how policy's actually made, and one thing I keep seeing is that higher ed doesn't advocate for itself the same way that other sectors do. I was able to advocate for workforce development and workforce programming, and we ended up spending half of the discretionary dollars on workforce programming.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

Adelphi University’s Office of Community Concerns and Resolution was established in fall 2021 to simplify and enhance the system for reporting discrimination, bias, and abuse. It serves as an advocate and provides a safe space for members of trans, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming communities and their allies. .

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2023 Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The court’s decision was widely criticized by those advocating for diversity in higher ed who voiced concerns over campus diversity and equity. According to free expression organization PEN America, 392 state-level educational intimidation bills were introduced between January 2021 and June 2023 with 39 passing into law. Ogletree, Jr.,

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Sustainability school faces backlash over fossil fuel funds

Inside Higher Ed

from Stanford in the 1980s and went on to become one of the leading scholars of climate science history, as well as a fierce advocate for the role of academia in advancing urgent climate solutions. Signatories include Rodolfo Dirzo, an associate dean at the Doerr School who is also a professor of environmental science.