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Which Side Are You On?

Inside Higher Ed

The Yale petition for an election follows successful graduate student unionization votes at Harvard, Brown University, Columbia, MIT and NYU. Academia is a calling. Steven Mintz is professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin. Difficult decisions and tough choices can’t be put off forever.

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Embracing a New Model for Higher Education Governance Part 2: The Updated Board Duties

The Change Leader, Inc.

Those responsibilities do not stop with the university administration. Muller, who has served two five-year terms and had been unanimously reelected chair last year, had been outspoken about how UNC System had handled the Silent Sam Confederate monument and UNC’s failure to deal with issues around race and history.

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Have you seen these 10 Terrible Tenure Decision Making Patterns?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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.

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Scholar Fuses Advocacy and Scholarship to Move Equity Needle Forward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

After three decades in academia, Dr. Janet R. 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. As a professor, she takes a social movements approach to education.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

Established in 2020, the College of Ethnic Studies is the newest college at California State University, Los Angeles, and one of only two schools of ethnic studies in California. Building Pathways to Academia — Columbia University in the City of New York. Campus-wide Strategic Planning for DEI — Kent State University.

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AAUP Report on Political Interference in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 185 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Henry “Hank” Reichman

The Change Leader, Inc.

Unpacking the AAUP Report: A Critical Look at Political Interference in Florida’s Higher Education The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) recently released its comprehensive report titled “ Political Interference and Academic Freedom in Florida’s Public Higher Education System.”