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Oh, the humanit(ies)! Why integrating the liberal arts and STEM is a win-win for students, institutions

University Business

. “We mustn’t kill liberal education in order to save it, but we must also recognize that it is under genuine threat and that if it fails to adapt, it will only become even more marginal and peripheral,” wrote Steven Mintz, a professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin. What can we do?

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Bringing Greater Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Two years in, Canton is preparing a proposal that outlines the reasons for making African American studies a department, and the benefit it would bring to the university, to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in which it is situated, and to the community. The college’s dean, Dr. David E. there were protests on campus.

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These leaders’ commitment to DEI got them the nod for president

University Business

Outside academia, Scholz served the U.S. Jenkins is set to become Bates College’s first Black president in its 168-year history. He is a board member for Equal Justice Works – a nonprofit organization dedicated to employing talent in public service – and the National Woman’s Law Center.

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Rehumanizing the Research University

Inside Higher Ed

A professor of Chicano/Latino studies and history at the University of California, Irvine, Anita was a high school teacher at 23, then a K-12 school director of curriculum and assessment, a freelance journalist and a migrant rights activist, before earning her Ph.D.

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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.

So I guess that just means, we’ve had a history of,when we have problems, we just need to crack on and solve them because if we wait for other people to help the problem will have overtaken us. It never works in most organizations. Just because of the function of time zones, we’re literally when we are up.

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A Deeper Study of Higher Education Leadership

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

President Milliron shared his broad experience in leadership positions, the workings and role of a board of trustees no matter what the institution, and the ups and down of leading actual people, the backbone of any organization. When a board sings and does great work and doesn't get in the way, they're empowering the organization."

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The War on DEI

Insight Into Diversity

Significant pushback in the form of protests and demonstrations have come from student and faculty organizations, including United Faculty of Florida (UFF) and the University of North Florida (UNF) Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). Ron DeSantis’ efforts to defund DEI offices at Florida’s public colleges and universities.