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How Two Colleges Are Responding to the Race-Conscious Admissions Ban

Insight Into Diversity

Brooke Vick, PhD The organization is a consortium of senior diversity officers from 36 private liberal arts institutions across the U.S. In your view, how will this decision affect academia in the long term? who exchange ideas and best practices to implement equitable and inclusive strategies on their campuses.

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Rural-Serving Institutions: Innovative Lessons for Higher Ed Success: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 147 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Andrew Koricich

The Change Leader, Inc.

Also, don’t fully disregard liberal arts education since students still need a well-rounded education. I’m trained to do primarily one thing, whereas folks in liberal arts are trained to think differently about many things and learn different subjects. But they must stay proactive and transparent.

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A Global Shift in Higher Education Requires a New Business Model: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 180 with Drumm McNaughton and Catherine Friday

The Change Leader, Inc.

” [00:32:04] Catherine: I think you are absolutely right, Drumm, and in academia more than anywhere else, we’re probably used to thinking about peer review. 00:07:45] Catherine: Yeah. and Drumm, I think that’s true. Am I crazy? Or does this make sense?” So, this is just another opportunity for peer review. [00:32:17]

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Tolerance over inclusiveness as a classroom aim (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Second, many in academia fail to acknowledge that different people can hold distinct moral ideas, some of which will be offensive to others. Faculty, staff and students in liberal arts colleges, particularly elite ones, rarely think of religion when they invoke DEI.

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Teaching and Thinking with Technology

Faculty Focus

Not dissimilar are the college classrooms of smaller, liberal arts colleges. The question for the university of the future is how to teach in an environment that combines technological advantages with distinct human strengths.

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Teaching and Thinking with Technology

Faculty Focus

Not dissimilar are the college classrooms of smaller, liberal arts colleges. The question for the university of the future is how to teach in an environment that combines technological advantages with distinct human strengths.

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The War on DEI

Insight Into Diversity

In addition to harming programs designed to support marginalized students, these encroachments on academia are antithetical to the idea of academic freedom and expression, says Heintzelman. “[The Richard Baker, JD, PhD “DEI is a collection of perspectives, experiences, and issues facing all citizens. It won’t just be these items.