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End use of nondisparagement clauses in academia (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

A new PEN America report, “ America’s Censored Classrooms ,” identified 137 educational gag bills introduced so far in 2022, compared to 54 in 2021, which marked a dramatic increase from previous years. These kinds of gag orders may be common in corporate America, but they should raise red flags for anyone in academia.

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2022: Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Enrollment remained down at every level from community colleges to graduate schools, but much of academia showed its persistence and resilience. In January 2022, an additional $198 million in ARP funds went to support primarily community colleges and other high-need institutions so they could address students’ basic needs.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

Throughout 2022, Ball State University has made significant progress on its five-year Inclusive Excellence Plan, which aims to advance broad DEI goals across the university, including campus culture, policies and infrastructure, and recruitment and retention. Building Pathways to Academia — Columbia University in the City of New York.

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2022 Digital PR Strategies, Examples and Functions

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

Next, we focus on getting faculty member names and institutional affiliations out to audiences beyond academia by pitching ideas for faculty-generated content to traditional and digital media outlets and platforms. Expert commentary can be contributed to news articles, case studies, roundup articles, and much more.

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These 25 schools are tops for producing the nation’s leaders

University Business

As might be expected, the Ivy League Pluses were responsible for producing the majority of leaders across sectors such as law, media and academia. faculty, according to one 2022 study published in Nature.

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Looking for the Academic Analogue to ‘Thank You for Your Servitude’

Inside Higher Ed

Published in July 2022. For a quick aside, I googled “most liberal industries,” and the second result came back a 2014 Slate article titled “ Which Industries Are the Most Liberal and Most Conservative ?” The takeaway for us is that academia (no surprise) comes out the most liberal. What are you reading?

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Malaklou hosts events like "Evening with an Activist" at the bell hooks center, where students can learn tangible ways to make a difference outside of academia. 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.”

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