Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Walker Walker, a scholar of religion, Wake Forest Professor of the Humanities, and ordained American Baptist clergyperson, has been the school’s interim dean since January. International Religious Freedom Policy: Finding Common Ground to Advance Peace and Stability working group. Dr. Corey D. Institute of Peace U.S.

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WCET Frontiers

AUGUST 31, 2023

The biggest topic in higher education right now, at least in my opinion, is artificial intelligence. There are various stories in higher education news about what impact AI will have on students, instructors, and the education field at large. Feedback from participants was overwhelmingly positive.

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SRHE

JANUARY 26, 2024

by Jess Pilgrim-Brown University discourse, policy, and practice has focused increasingly on access, widening participation and inclusion over the course of the last thirty years ( Heath et al , 2013 ).

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NOVEMBER 20, 2022

HEPI is running a series of blogs on the changing faces of academia in collaboration with the British Academy. However, policies at government and university level have yet to catch up with this surging number in the context of the deterioration of relations with China. Get our updates via email.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

OCTOBER 2, 2021

In this second post of our five-part series on Embracing a New Higher Education Governance Model , we discuss the updated board duties in higher ed and how boards can embrace their new roles and responsibilities as they work to meet the challenges facing colleges and universities today.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 13, 2023

Just three months later, ChatGPT made artificial intelligence a popular reality, and the very definition of knowledge work, and how much of it humans will continue to do, is very much in question. These recent developments in AI have the potential to displace humans from whole categories of knowledge work.

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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. Telling them that the future human condition will be fundamentally worse than the present is hyperbole.​

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

As the work of DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) in higher education has expanded, several institutions have recognized the need to create a clearer and more comprehensive pathway for individuals interested in serving as DEI advocates and leaders. This article was published in our November/December 2023 issue.

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SRHE

OCTOBER 27, 2023

by Karen Gravett and Tim Fawns SRHE’s ‘Landscapes of Learning for Unknown Futures: prospects for space in higher education’ symposium series, delivered with Professor Sam Elkington and Dr Jill Dickinson, aims to foster continuous dialogue around learning spaces. We can more clearly where we can act on entangled relations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

Leslie Hall, director of the HBCU Program at the Human Rights Campaign — the largest LGBTQ lobbying organization in the U.S. 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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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

refugee policy from the European children who fled the Nazi peril to the Central American children who arrive every day at the southern U.S. This mind-set is driven by the increasing importance of “corporate” leadership models as well as the growing predominance of STEM research culture in academia.

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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 17, 2024

Title: Associate Professor of Counseling, Department of Disability & Psychoeducational Studies, University of Arizona, Affiliate Faculty, Education Policy Center, University of Arizona Tenured: Yes Age: 37 Education: B.S., middle school math & social studies education, University of Missouri, Columbia; M.Ed.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Preparing STEM-focused professionals to see the world through technological, human, societal, and cultural lenses is distinctive, especially when so brilliantly coupled with WPI’s research and innovation ecosystem.” “WPI is a world-class institution with a unique and vital approach to teaching, learning, and discovery.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JUNE 4, 2022

Think of how temperature rises, the intrusion of salt into fresh water, and the arrival of new diseases can sabotage agriculture, which then leads to human misery and economic dislocation. Humanity responds to pressures exerted through the primary and secondary vectors, and these responses engage the academy.

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SRHE

OCTOBER 6, 2023

by Sam Elkington and Jill Dickinson Wednesday September 13 th was the final instalment of the three-part SRHE ‘Landscapes of Learning for Unknown Futures: prospects for space in higher education’ symposia series, delivered in partnership with series co-convenors Professor Sam Elkington and Dr Jill Dickinson.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2023

Scholarship has nearly always been done from a position of privilege, with respect to the vast majority of the human population, as studying arcane texts or elusive natural phenomena has never been something most people have had time or resources to do.

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WCET Frontiers

JUNE 8, 2023

Medina is a molecular biologist focused on the research on human neural development. – Russ Poulin, WCET Community as Rebellion: A Syllabus for Surviving Academia as a Woman of Color by Lorgia García Peña Academia is often called out for its many issues around race. Did you know WCET has a podcast?

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eLiterate

JANUARY 17, 2023

This denial of economic opportunity causes a well-intentioned policy to fail to live up to its economic and humanitarian aspirations. By neglecting these paths and leaving them to others, traditional higher education leaves itself vulnerable while failing to serve its mission to students and the public good.

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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.

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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

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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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

AUGUST 24, 2023

I've dedicated my life to helping more and more diverse students be more successful in the world of higher education so that they have more opportunities in their lives. That's everything from big innovation to the policy that allows people to do their life's best work. Be servant leaders. But that doesn't just happen.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 24, 2023

While it caught many by surprise, ChatGPT is the result of a series of developments in the use of chatbots (Chatter Robot) or computer programs that simulate and process human conversations, both written and oral. The discourse regarding the position of AI-generated writing in academia is in its early stages.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Cole is widely recognized for her contributions to academia and advocacy for social justice. At Bennett, Cole led a successful $50 million capital campaign. “I Cole will serve as an ambassador for the campaign and advocate with UNCF-member presidents and her own network to help identify new supporters.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 24, 2023

While it caught many by surprise, ChatGPT is the result of a series of developments in the use of chatbots (Chatter Robot) or computer programs that simulate and process human conversations, both written and oral. The discourse regarding the position of AI-generated writing in academia is in its early stages.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

Higher Education Administration and Policy Education:   M.Ed. I was afforded opportunities to navigate higher education because of the presence of faculty of color, because of the presence of Latino faculty,” Galan said. She describes him as a “genuinely amazing human being” who “cares about everyone.”

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 13, 2022

” Faculty members—as well as staffers—are on the front lines of higher education’s battle to arrest declining student mental health, ravaged by nearly three years of the COVID-19 pandemic combined with such stressors as climate disasters, racial unrest, political incivility and culture wars.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 9, 2023

After three decades in academia, Dr. Janet R. In the early 1980s, between undergraduate and graduate school, she was a policy analyst and an organizer on environmental issues, housing and shelter, and anti-apartheid. Her academic focus includes religion and politics, feminist theory, queer theory, ethics, activism, and public policy.

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HESA

MAY 4, 2023

On this week’s episode of The World of Higher Education Podcast , Bryan Alexander joins us to talk about his new book, Universities on Fire, Higher Education in the Climate Crisis , which was published in March by Johns Hopkins University Press. Climate crisis books are a dime a dozen. BA: You’re quite true.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 9, 2023

On November 30, 2022, OpenAI launched ChatGPT, a program designed to mimic human intelligence. This remarkable achievement sent shockwaves throughout the education sector, especially among teachers in schools and colleges. Perhaps it is not surprising that the educational sector is not best prepared for such an innovation.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 9, 2023

On November 30, 2022, OpenAI launched ChatGPT, a program designed to mimic human intelligence. This remarkable achievement sent shockwaves throughout the education sector, especially among teachers in schools and colleges. Perhaps it is not surprising that the educational sector is not best prepared for such an innovation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

In terms of higher education, there is the possibility that it could impact tribal colleges, should a non-Native instructor be accused of a crime against a Native person. Carpenter teaches and writes about property, cultural property, American Indian Law, human rights, and Indigenous people’s rights.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

This is “suicidal” in terms of retaining public support for higher education, he also said. While many other speakers described higher education’s commitment to the pursuit of truth as fading, the conference was heavy on anecdotes and speculative diagnostics relative to clear data.

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GlobalHigherEd

APRIL 18, 2017

Editor’s note : this guest entry, also posted on Inside Higher Ed , has been kindly developed by Sejal Parmar , Assistant Professor at the Department of Legal Studies and a core faculty member of the Center for Media, Data and Society at the School of Public Policy at the Central European University (CEU) in Budapest.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 25, 2023

In this episode of Changing Higher Ed ® , Drumm speaks with Sethuraman Panchanathan, President of the National Science Foundation (NSF). They discuss how his organization helps democratize ideas in higher education, enabling all colleges and universities to solve real-world problems and revitalize their communities.

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