article thumbnail

Despite Increased Visibility, Asian Americans Continue to Face Barriers in Academia

Insight Into Diversity

But I would say those are the exceptions, not the rules,” says Nicholas Hartlep, PhD, the Robert Charles Billings Endowed Chair in Education at Berea College, whose research focuses on race and equity — particularly concerning the experiences of Asian Americans — in academia. This article was published in our January/February 2024 issue.

Academia 124
article thumbnail

Why Reading ‘Unscripted’ Will Make You Happy You Chose Academia

Inside Higher Ed

Why Reading ‘Unscripted’ Will Make You Happy You Chose Academia Featured Image at Top of Article Redstone Cover.jpg joshua.m.kim@d… Wed, 04/26/2023 - 12:01 AM

Academia 101
university leaders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

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?

article thumbnail

Conference Prepares Grad Students for Careers in Academia

Insight Into Diversity

More than 100 graduate students of color from 18 institutions gathered at Northern Illinois University (NIU) in February for the eighth annual Preparing Future Faculty of Color Conference , which strives to demystify having a career in academia. This article was published in our April 2023 issue.

article thumbnail

How to Manage Your Online Presence in Academia

The Academic Designer

Get started with the process of managing your online presence in academia with these 3 steps.

Academia 130
article thumbnail

Academic Twitter is worth fighting for (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

But if the many doomsday projections actually come to fruition, losing Twitter will be a sad day for academia. In a frequently alienating world of academia, that is huge. In addition to posting published articles, with long threads explaining their findings, researchers also post ideas, preprints and working drafts.

Academia 109
article thumbnail

Iran forces dissenters out of universities

Inside Higher Ed

Reports of scholars being retired early or dismissed indicate that the Iranian government has ordered a cleansing of academia in the wake of protests that have gripped the country since September. Demonstrations were triggered by the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, who was accused of wearing her hijab “improperly.