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Despite Increased Visibility, Asian Americans Continue to Face Barriers in Academia

Insight Into Diversity

But I would say those are the exceptions, not the rules,” says Nicholas Hartlep, PhD, the Robert Charles Billings Endowed Chair in Education at Berea College, whose research focuses on race and equity — particularly concerning the experiences of Asian Americans — in academia. This article was published in our January/February 2024 issue.

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Silenced Voices: Confronting Linguistic Discrimination and Cultural Erasure in Academia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

One day, while walking to a work meeting at a university in a supposedly progressive Northeast state, I encountered a disheartening sight. The shock of this encounter was amplified by the fact that it occurred at a predominantly white university. One line resonated deeply with me: "When you deny a voice, you deny humanity."

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Generative AI and the Automating of Academia: Insights from Dr. Donna Lanclos and Lawrie Phipps

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Generative AI and automating academia in the style of Bauhaus The landscape of academia is undergoing a seismic shift with the advent of generative AI tools like ChatGPT. The essence of academia, which thrives on critical thinking and innovative exploration, could be at risk if the human element is excessively automated.

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Scholars Discuss Advantages and Pitfalls of Social Media in Academia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Using social media as a way to amplify one’s own reach in academe, was one of many topics discussed during a University of Michigan panel on how diversity scholars have navigated this tool. We're sharing our scholarship but we're also sharing little bits of who we are as humans. I do think there is a way to use it to be authentic.

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Buried Alive: The (Un) told Stories of Black Women in Academia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The hashtag, which continues to grow each day and has turned into an independent Twitter account, has spotlighted the ways academia has persistently excluded and alienated Black academics (at all levels; across all genders). student at the University of Michigan in the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education.

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ASHE Conference Urges Humanization of Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“If we want to disrupt systemic oppression, we need a model that prioritizes care, empathy, love, authenticity, healing, hope, collectivity, solidarity, and community,” said Gaston Gayles, president of ASHE and distinguished graduate professor and senior advisor for advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion at North Carolina State University.

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Why we need applied humanities approaches (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

The humanities might not-too-facetiously be labeled the black sheep of academia. After all, the humanities are frequently characterized as being in crisis and, since 2008, have suffered massive hemorrhaging in the numbers of new majors. To put it simply, an applied humanities approach is needed in STEM education.