Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Defenders of anti-racism in higher education have had a hellacious year. But experts warn that conservative attacks on higher education aren’t going away any time soon. We’ve seen subject-matter revisionist history that’s untruthful,” says Alexander. And the U.S. They may be getting worse. Ron DeSantis.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

A graduate of Morehouse College, Canton earned a master’s degree in Black studies at The Ohio State University and a doctorate in history at Temple University. Canton, who is also an associate professor of history, hired two faculty members in year one. Last year, he hired another faculty person. Two new hires are expected this year.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 9, 2023

After three decades in academia, Dr. Janet R. As a professor, she takes a social movements approach to education. At that event, colleagues from early in her career in academia spoke about how when they were young faculty at University of Arizona, Jakobsen built a sense of queer community.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

TCUs are unique in that their founding principle is to serve indigenous people and their nations, connecting their history to their future, and empowering a new generation of learners with the skills to uplift their communities. The distinctive cultural focus of TCUs is now paired with the academic rigor of a Ph.D.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 19, 2023

These are some of the schools embroiled in a wave of recent strikes in higher education in the U.S., Carey is president of ACT-UAW Local 7902, a union representing more than 4,000 part-time and adjuncts, student educators, and healthcare workers at New York University and The New School. University of Michigan. Temple University.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Higher education professionals have long been concerned with how to raise public awareness about climate change. block:block=176] This apocalyptic narrative has a long history in the environmental movement and within academia. Surely educators can do better than this. Yet today we face a different problem.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 11, 2023

Elizabeth Armstrong-Mensah She said her work has covered public health matters such as global health, HIV/AIDS, water and sanitation, maternal and child health, and girls’ education. I don’t know that there’s been a point in time in history where we haven’t concerned ourselves with any of these.” Armstrong-Mensah holds a Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 26, 2022

She feels it’s important to share her stories with women — in and out of academia — and build community with other scholars. I was always very conscious of the small number of Black women in the profession, in academia, but then in the discipline of political science,” she continues. I thought, ‘Why don’t we know this history?’”

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

My grandmother, who only had a seventh-grade education, never lost faith in me. How can you talk about education when you’re hungry, scared and not sure where you’re going to sleep from one night to the next? Q: Hope was important for you in your higher education journey. Many work full-time. But I was lucky.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Kathleen Belew says she studies “the history of the present.” Put another way, she studies the history that shapes issues of the modern day. Belew is in her first year as an associate professor in the department of history at Northwestern University. And in her particular case, those issues have to do with white power activists.

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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. The university said in a statement late Tuesday that it "appreciates former director Patty Limerick’s significant scholarly contributions to academia and the American West. But this is not holding up so well.”

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The UAW also frames compensation as a diversity and equity issue, saying in a statement that “UC’s failure to support a diverse workforce undermines the quality of research and education. Compensation that doesn’t match the cost of living and inequitable working conditions are pushing scholars out of academia.

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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. Oreskes, a professor of the history of science at Harvard University, earned her Ph.D. “Fossil fuel companies have the same kind of history as Big Tobacco in this regard.”

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 1, 2023

Image: Latinx students can have a tough time navigating the numerous structural and institutional challenges that work against them in academia, especially when it comes to attending and succeeding in graduate school. They are the means through which we transform the academy for the better. Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 7, 2023

At a time in academia when STEM is increasingly evolving into STEAM, colleges and universities with intensely driven, career-focused students are endeavoring to create space for arts education. These students intend to pursue careers in the arts, and some become arts educators.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 20, 2023

In Florida and Texas, 2023 has brought a wave of proposed policies, leadership firings and new appointments, and political maneuverings designed to stifle DEI initiatives and closely related higher education offices. They need educators of their own race who they can sincerely relate to and who can serve as role models.”

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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. “Serving as chancellor was a natural progression, given my professional history,” she said. percent between 2010 and 2022.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Enrollment remained down at every level from community colleges to graduate schools, but much of academia showed its persistence and resilience. President Joe Biden, left, is flanked by Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A. Department of Education (ED). Biden Administration U.S.

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Binghamton University reestablished the Affirmative Action Office and adopted the Bias Incident Response Team model comprised of campus partners representing a diversity of voices that employ education, counseling, and cultural competency training to help resolve incident reports. Minority Male Initiative — Broward College.

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