Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Rebecca Blank Blank stepped down from the role in 2022 to become the first female president of Northwestern University, was one of the longest-serving chancellors in recent UWM history, having led the school for almost 10 years. Blank Center for Campus History and a professorship in her honor. UWM recently named the Rebecca M.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

He has nurtured the faculty, programming, and pedagogy of his institution and has watched it grow from a two-year technical school into a research university. It’s about our tribal sovereignty — how can you be sovereign if you don’t speak your language, know who you are, know your culture, your history?” The creation of this Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

It coincided with HRC’s HBCU Out Loud Day, which takes place the third Wednesday of October during LGBTQ History Month. Unquestionably, the past 40 years have brought many steps forward in terms of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer rights, visibility, and consciousness, but in academia it is still a work in progress.

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University Business

APRIL 19, 2024

Hired Devin Stephenson – Florida Polytechnic University Devin Stephenson has been selected to become Florida Polytechnic University’s next president, the second in the institution’s 12-year history. In Campbell’s 137-year history, there have only been five presidents. But Creed’s career was no minor note.

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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

DECEMBER 15, 2022

program in French and history, tells a story that resembles that of many humanities graduate students: that “the transformative experience I had in the classroom led me to dedicate my whole life to academia. The institution has a storied history. The article’s author, Hannah Leffingwell, A.B.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

His scholarly focus is on African American religion, philosophy, history, and culture. Outside of academia, Walker was founding president of the Center for Faith, Justice and Reconciliation; senior fellow for Religious Freedom at the Freedom Forum Institute; and member of the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 19, 2023

Earlier in 2022, the union at Barnard College was able to win compensation for out-of-class work for adjuncts and full-time faculty there. Rutgers AAUP-AFT – it represents more than 5,000 full-time faculty, graduate workers, postdoctoral associates, and counselors – went on strike from April 10 to April 14, 2023, Givan said.

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Insight Into Diversity

MAY 14, 2023

Two prominent efforts to diversify music in academia are the new University of Arkansas’ (UA) Arkansas Center for Black Music and the creation of the George Walker Center for Equity and Inclusion in Music at the University of Rochester’s (UR) Eastman School of Music (Eastman). This article was published in our June 2023 issue.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2023

Like all UPR faculty, we carry a 12-credit teaching load, and in the midst of UPR’s fiscal crisis, a basic teaching load of 15 credits has been spotted more than once on the horizon. This is one in a series of articles about New York University's Faculty Resource Network.

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ACRLog

MARCH 31, 2024

I have collaborated with faculty, staff, students, and community members to make these events successfully happen. I am particularly proud of my involvement in creating virtual and in-person book displays for Latinx Heritage Month and Black History Month.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Perhaps the following conversation between Anita Casavantes Bradford and Steven Mintz about how R-1s can support their faculty to find fulfillment in meaningful research and as transformative teachers and mentors can suggest some answers. ” However, our campuses and our faculty roles have changed dramatically in the last few decades.

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PeopleAdmin

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Being a tenured or adjunct professor is a job that is unique to higher education, and the different types of faculty roles leave some asking: what is a tenured professor? A tenured professor is a faculty member at a college or university who has a full-time teaching position and strong job security that protects academic freedom.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The conference underscored the mission of postsecondary institutions and academics to work against dehumanizing atmospheres and support the best policies and practices that improve student belonging, community connection, and create thriving faculty. “We While TCUs are not a monolith, she found similarities in methodology.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Kayon Hall wants to change the way academia thinks about undocumented students. Gonzales said Hall's work has been critical to helping people understand how a person's undocumented status is connected to the country's larger racial history and context. "Dr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 11, 2023

I think it evolved naturally,” said Armstrong-Mensah, who is also the lead faculty member for the school’s Ghana study abroad program, referring to her focus on public health. “I I don’t know that there’s been a point in time in history where we haven’t concerned ourselves with any of these.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

And then I'm interested in complicating them with the other truths of American history.” Entering higher ed and academia, she went on to earn a B.A. “I'm interested in the ways that we embrace these stories as a part of historical accuracy and national narratives. in English from Morgan State, then a Ph.D.

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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. A tragic moment in history propelled the theoretical physicist’s decision to attend MIT for graduate school and to bring about meaningful change as a leader. “I

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University Business

APRIL 14, 2023

will be moving into entrepreneurial pursuits after serving in academia for 30 years, according to The Oklahoman. He also led the school through seven of its largest freshman enrollment classes in Langston’s 126-year history. will be remembered at Langston for helping secure a Tulsa campus and a permanent Oklahoma City Campus.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Image: Patty Limerick, co-founder and longtime faculty director of the University of Colorado at Boulder’s Center of the American West, says her firing last week continues to shock her, especially as she had been planning to step down soon anyway. He referred questions Tuesday to a university spokesperson.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Additionally, if an OER appears on an organization’s website, it is important to research the procedures for getting material published on that website along with understanding the history and purpose of the host site.

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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. Jenkins is set to become Bates College’s first Black president in its 168-year history.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

block:block=176] This apocalyptic narrative has a long history in the environmental movement and within academia. In practice, these experiences require a level of administrative and logistical effort that is difficult for faculty to manage. Smaller cities (where most people in the U.S.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Navigating the Crossroads of Tradition and Modern Market Dynamics Colleges and universities have a long history of helping students transform their lives. Thinking of students as “buyers” or “consumers” is a concept that might make academia squirm.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 6, 2023

When asked what surprised her most about publishing after a summer spent working as an intern at one of our presses, a history graduate student replied, “In graduate school, we focus on tearing books apart. But I was impressed by how much you do in publishing to build up a book.”

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Now an economist at Microsoft, Edelman received four degrees, including a law degree, from Harvard; joined the faculty there at age 26; and went on to expose significant online misdeeds, his lawsuit says. His posting caused Blinkx shares to fall the most in the company’s history.”

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 31, 2022

In contrast, about 25 percent of college faculty and staff are unionized or covered by a collective bargaining agreement. Labor activism has surged at universities since 2013, adding about 120 new faculty chapters. Academia is a calling. Will it accelerate the process of hiring a more diverse faculty?

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University Business

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The coursework in the crosshairs isn’t hard to divine, either: liberal arts mainstays such as literature, history, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, and psychology. If no one studies history, we don’t get the next Doris Kearns Goodwin; if no one studies English literature, whence the next David McCullough? Supply chain’ visibility.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Compensation that doesn’t match the cost of living and inequitable working conditions are pushing scholars out of academia. The UC’s non-tenure-track faculty union, which is affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers, nearly went on strike last year over job stability concerns. But the pay gulf remains wide.

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SRHE

OCTOBER 6, 2022

It is the stuff of academia. Their insights into student behaviours and experiences as generalised or generic were above the departmental and faculty limits of many academics which also challenged the traditional and now often dangerous practices and roles of personal tutors. There have been insights shared and arguments made.

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The PIE News

MAY 16, 2023

Semester at Sea has a storied history that began with its maiden voyage in 1963. On past programs, learners have met heads of state, Nobel Laureates, and other notable figures in politics, academia, and entertainment Over the past 60 years and 100 plus voyages, more than 74,000 voyagers have become SAS alumni.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 11, 2022

First, the job market outside of academia is not shrinking for humanists. Humanities faculty can also use this as an opportunity to see how our diverse skills can be used outside the academy. Their perspectives and mine oppose much of what Tavárez outlines. or a tautology (“the humanities study humans”).

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

This past fall, we welcomed the largest first-year class in our history—at a time when college enrollment is dropping nationwide. All the academia fades away in that moment to one prevailing thought: this moment is the beginning. Seeking stories from campus leaders, faculty members and staff for our new Student Success focus.

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University Business

JUNE 29, 2023

Specifically, he oversaw increased diversity among his faculty and staff and created a new cabinet position overseeing DEI and belonging. However, Riverso does have a background in developing young talent through academia. An avid professor, she taught history at Presbyterian and Mercer University while dean.

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University Business

AUGUST 11, 2023

Burnett may loom as one of the most prominent figures in the University of Mobile’s 62-year history. Aside from Dr. Ginsberg’s current academic administrative experience and 20 years of faculty work at Johns Hopkins University, he also has extensive leadership experience in the nonprofit sector. Retiring Dr. Lonnie A.

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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. Faculty across the country are largely overwhelmed and overworked, especially coming out of the pandemic.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Oreskes, a professor of the history of science at Harvard University, earned her Ph.D. 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. But Oreskes refused the offer.

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