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Scholars Respond to the Death of a University Administrator

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Thoughts on Stanford's academic freedom conference (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

I will be a better dean for having attended and participated in the conference, hosted by the Classical Liberalism Initiative of the Stanford Graduate School of Business. What is a dean to do? As a dean I may not be in the loop when a complaint is lodged in another office. I share the frustration.

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Have you seen these 10 Terrible Tenure Decision Making Patterns?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

People outside of academia may be better positioned to evaluate the impact of candidate’s scholarship. · Carefully assess why disconnects occur between external and internal evaluators. Universities often have policies of “re-doing” the tenure meeting in the event of a procedural violation. Dr. Donna Y.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

Building Pathways to Academia — Columbia University in the City of New York. Columbia University launched the Inclusive Faculty Pathways initiative to support students in pursuit of an academic career. Campus-wide Strategic Planning for DEI — Kent State University. Kendi, author of “How to Be an Antiracist.” .

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Leave Me Alone

HESA

If, on the other hand, if your view of collegiality is “other people should leave me alone”, then a breach of collegial governance is any time the university administration, or the faculty dean, or whoever, makes a decision that infringes on your freedom of action or material interests. That’s bad.

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AAUP Report on Political Interference in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 185 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Henry “Hank” Reichman

The Change Leader, Inc.

Key Takeaways for University Presidents and Boards Thoroughly Review the Report: University presidents, administrators, provosts, deans, and other leaders actively engage with the contents of the report. Two of those seven agreed to do so, but the other five said, no, we want our applications to go up.