Insight Into Diversity

APRIL 4, 2024

Metzler, a true visionary in academia, healthcare, and diversity, passed away on Saturday, March 23, at his home in Grenada. His sudden departure leaves a void not only in the lives of his loved ones but also in the fields of higher education, social justice, and diversity advocacy. Christopher A.

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totallyrewired

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Mick Grierson (Professor and Research Leader, CCI) *AI and Languages with Helen McAllister (Associate Dean of International Student Experince, UAL) *A Short History of AI in Art Schools with Catherine Mason (Author) *Generative AI and the Automating of Academia with Prof. Where This event will take place online.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

JUNE 9, 2022

Similarities Between Industry and Academia. So by the time I got into this perspective of being in academia, that piece was part of how I operated. My favorite term is 'a thousand flowers blooming,' because what you can do in academia which works out really well is that you can literally start a lot of things going.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 19, 2023

Danelle Stevens-Watkins, acting dean of the UK College of Education The five-year grant will fund a mentorship-based program, the Faculty Accomplished Community that Cultivates Equity and Success in Science (ACCESS), meant to help bolster social support for underrepresented minority faculty.

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Insight Into Diversity

MAY 14, 2023

To ensure music students gain a more inclusive education, universities are beginning to expand their areas of study. These efforts will help dispel the notion that only one form of music is considered “correct” to study within academia, says Sellers Battle. This article was published in our June 2023 issue.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 10, 2023

In a career that has included both academia and the private sector, Dr. Teik C. He attended a school that specialized in science and while still a teenager in 1983 came alone to the United States to pursue higher education. Like most people, I did not set out to lead an institution of higher education,” he added. “I

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University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

But something exciting is happening in the world of higher education. Led by Richard Utz, senior associate dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, leaders discussed the importance of removing the traditional barriers present at most universities that silo STEM fields from the invaluable lessons found in literature and the arts.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

However, as Black women in academia, many of us, otherwise strangers to her, felt it too. The pain of their deaths is not unlike the experiences Black women in academia have long endured. deGregory Obviously, no one felt and feels this loss more keenly than Epps’ family, friends, and close colleagues.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Dr. Karen Carey was appointed chancellor in November 2020 after serving as provost and dean of graduate studies since June 2016. Carey came to UAS from California State University Channel Islands in Ventura, California, where she served as dean of Arts & Sciences.

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University Business

MARCH 14, 2023

Outside academia, Scholz served the U.S. As Dean of the Faculty, she reviewed their recruitment, appointment and promotion; additionally, she oversaw the budget, personnel and graduate programs across multiple academic departments. Treasury Department and the Council of Economic Advisors. ” Rivera-Mills begin this June.

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ACRLog

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Near the end of August, my dean notified the library faculty of a course offered through ALA’s eLearning platform. One of the ways in which academic librarians can enter the generative AI realm in higher education is through teaching faculty and students prompt engineering.

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University Business

APRIL 4, 2023

However, these experts believe higher education is at an inflection point to evolve past its focus on academia and prioritize equipping its students with career skills and that the best way to get there is by partnering with relevant businesses and employers.

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University Business

JUNE 29, 2023

Among higher education’s most recent presidential comings and goings, we have a mix of vetted academics and professionals who draw on the wealth of their outside experience. Now, he is responsible for the only public higher education institution in Staten Island.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Griffin, the dean of the College of Education at the University of Maryland. Griffin, associate professor of higher education and student affairs at the University of Maryland “Our country is diversifying quickly,” she said. That means making sure that people get tenure and stay in academia. Dr. Kimberly A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

He never saw himself pursuing a career in academia until his high school biology teacher encouraged him to apply for a scholarship to Cornell University. “It Carter acknowledged his mentors, who helped him navigate a career in academia and believe in his own capabilities. He learned their names and could identify them by sight.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

She is also the recipient of numerous awards, including UC Irvine’s Outstanding Social Justice Activist Award, the Social Science Dean’s Awards for Outstanding Teaching and Outstanding Mentorship, and the UCI Academic Senate Award for Distinguished Faculty Mentorship. This turned into an ongoing debate. students as they did.

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University Business

AUGUST 11, 2023

has endured a record-breaking heat wave this summer, and with it, a cluster of turnovers in higher education’s top position. Upon assuming American’s highest administrative position, Burwell boasted an ironclad resume despite not serving once in the higher education space. Aside from Dr.

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Creatrix Campus

MARCH 12, 2024

As key stakeholders in higher education, you understand the pivotal role that comprehensive student data management and strategic academic advising play in unlocking student success. 90% of higher education leaders believe that data-driven decisions are crucial for institutional success.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 5, 2022

I’ve done and I do it instinctively, and because until recently I’ve really loved higher education. Limerick,” Chris Whitney, the board’s vice chair and brand commissioner for the state of Colorado’s Department of Agriculture, wrote to Glen Krutz, CU Boulder’s dean of arts and sciences.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The college’s dean, Dr. David E. The presentations spark interest and possibly ignite a passion for learning more, which is how he found his career in academia. Richardson, will review the proposal and give comments and suggestions. There will be a university meeting in January to review the proposal. “We

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University Business

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Corcoran won out against two other presidential prospects with extensive experience in academia. Beginning July 2024, Melissa Gillam will become Boston University’s first Black and female president as she reaches a new milestone in her career in higher education, championing student support and diversity.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

This paucity is mirrored in academia, where only 19.2% You probably over-prepare for meetings,” says Dr. Rolanda Johnson, associate dean for equity, diversity and inclusion at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. Such nurses represent just 19.4% You’re] constantly analyzing things.” 14-18 at Vanderbilt.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Hall, graduate program director and assistant professor for the higher education and student affairs program at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), found similar benefits. “It was also really important in making Rochester feel like a place where I actually live a life and not just work.” Dr. Candace N. Hall Dr. Candace N.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Conversations are ongoing on campus about how to better meet the needs of students, faculty, and staff utilizing a holistic approach, says Dr. Tamara Bland, associate professor and interim dean of the Borra College of Health Sciences and Elizabeth T. MacNeil School of Nursing. Claflin is starting its program summer 2023.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 21, 2022

before she became a full professor and a dean, before she published the book that sums up her life's work and her life experience, Terah Venzant Chambers was shaking in a pew. Before she earned a masters and a Ph.D., said Chambers. Existing literature really didn’t address this. She teaches at Carleton every summer.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 2, 2022

billion from private equity billionaire John Doerr, the second-largest donation ever made to an institution of higher education. 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.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

DECEMBER 1, 2023

She joined us on the Weekly Wisdom Podcast to talk about the mindset of accepting new leadership challenges, the responsibilities of institutional leaders as employers, required skills for effective leadership, and navigating the small world of higher ed. But I know in academia, management is considered the dark side.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 28, 2023

Image: When Julianna Barnes set her sights on a career in academia, she envisioned eventually becoming a vice president of an institution and assumed it would be her pinnacle role in the profession. ” An American Association of Community Colleges analysis of an upcoming report by the American Council on Education shows that 36.6

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Insight Into Diversity

DECEMBER 22, 2022

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. In addition, students can become involved in advocacy work by joining Students United for Policy, Education, and Research, a campus-based student volunteer organization.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 4, 2023

We’ve done the same thing in the context of higher education. Another thing I’ve observed in higher education is a fishbowl, where students come and swim around in our courses and in our academic curriculum, but they fail to do anything with that knowledge outside of the context of the learning environment itself.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2023

Following her retirement as president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in July 2022, Jackson continued to have an impact on academia, industry, and public service. Jackson was a 2009 recipient of the Dr. John Hope Franklin Award but was recognized at this year’s American Council on Education (ACE) annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

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Echo Delta

JANUARY 11, 2024

Higher ed is ripe for disruption; of that, there can be no debate. Public trust in higher education is at an all-time low. Questions about the value of higher ed are at an all-time high. Innovator in Chief or Dean of Disarray? While less common in higher education, it’s not without precedent.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Drumm McNaughton Discover how Unity Environmental University thrived under Dr. Melik Khoury, embracing disruption for significant growth and sustainability in higher ed. Academia is excellent at identifying the problem.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 4, 2023

We’ve done the same thing in the context of higher education. Another thing I’ve observed in higher education is a fishbowl, where students come and swim around in our courses and in our academic curriculum, but they fail to do anything with that knowledge outside of the context of the learning environment itself.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

8, has sparked a national conversation for higher education to dramatically improve its treatment of Black women. Many Black women also suffer intersectional discrimination out in the world, which can lead to trauma, mental health challenges, and “racial battle fatigue,” even before they step foot into academia.

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SRHE

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The gap between higher education and the workplace will only widen should we overlook our role as educators in developing these personal skills in students. Passive teaching methods, such as rote-memorisation and large-format lectures still dominate academia, despite research calling for more appropriate ways of instruction.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

When Dr. Elmer Guy first came to Crownpoint Institute of Technology in 1999 as dean of instruction, he could not have known that, 24 years later, he would oversee the institution’s renaming to Navajo Technical University (NTU). It became the first tribal college and university, or TCU, to offer a Ph.D.

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