Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

population and workforce, the same cannot be said for academic institutions,” said Dr. Margarita Azmitia, a psychology professor at UC Santa Cruz and co-chair of the APA Task Force. According to the report, faculty of color can be subject to several “taxes” in academia. Meanwhile, despite totaling over 30% of the U.S.

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University Business

MARCH 6, 2024

institutions still lags far behind. This year’s gains mark a new milestone now that women run more than a quarter of the world’s highest-ranked institutions. Their exit from the world of elite academia means that the U.S. has only 15 women in the top position, a one-point decline from the year prior.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 22, 2023

The webinar – hosted by UMich’s National Center of Institutional Diversity (NCID) – took place on Tuesday and was moderated by Edmund Graham, associate director of the NCID. Amidst the stressors of academia and social media, the panelists spoke about finding joy and taking breaks from being online. "In

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The PIE News

MAY 18, 2023

In a U-turn decision, the UK government is no longer planning to close the country’s 30 Confucius Institutes. A spokesperson for UK prime minister Rishi Sunak said, “We are taking action to remove all government funding from Confucius Institutes in the UK, but currently judge that it would be disproportionate to ban them.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2023

The Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) will host its 8th annual early-career faculty professional development program, ELEVATE (Enriching Learning, Enhancing Visibility & Training Educators), this week. I arrived at ELEVATE wondering if the tenure track was right for me.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Grace” Jinliu Wang will become the 17th president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), effective Apr. WPI is a world-class institution with a unique and vital approach to teaching, learning, and discovery. Dr. Grace Wang “WPI’s founding principles of theory and practice resonate strongly with me,” Wang said.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 15, 2024

On the heels of India’s National Education Policy 2020, a recent think tank run by the government of India highlights the country’s dedication to establishing the region as a leading global hub of education with an emphasis on continued internationalisation and collaboration with foreign institutions.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Bolstered by state and national workforce needs and their promising return on investment, the STEM track represents a gold mine for colleges and universities that want to ensure credentials from their institution are providing students with good job prospects and gainful employment. What can we do? ” The post Oh, the humanit(ies)!

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Entrepreneur and philanthropist Hansjörg Wyss has donated an additional $350 million to Harvard University to support the research center that bears his name: the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. Wyss, a graduate of Harvard Business School, donated $125 million to establish the institute in 2009.

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University Business

MAY 14, 2024

” Georgia Tech’s Vertically Integrated Projects program invites undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as faculty across academia and research, to collaborate on multi-year complex problems. . “It works for university researchers—not necessarily for its students and society.” “The vaccine worked.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 20, 2023

I am aging faster in academia. It is no secret that women scholars of color die earlier in academia and are less likely to be in leadership positions in upper administration in higher education institutions. Tricia Hersey, author of Rest is Resistance, reminds us academia is the headquarters for grind culture.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 24, 2024

Being true to ourselves is a barometer of well-being, but what if aspects of our true selves are counterproductive for us or our institution? A common exhortation from today’s leadership gurus in academia and popular media is to “be authentic” or your “true self” at work. Gunsalus, Nicholas C. But what does that mean?

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 8, 2024

Since the eighties, women comprised a majority on college campuses while institutional leadership remained predominantly male. The 2024 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings have been released, and analysis reveals that, for the first time, 50 of the top 200 institutions are led by women.

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University Business

MAY 3, 2024

The three presidents to step down demonstrate a variety of reasons for making a change: to reengage in academia, pursue other professional opportunities or make way for new leadership during trying times. He began as the director of the institution’s stock portfolio, transitioning four years later to the vice president for advancement.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 23, 2024

In this episode of Changing Higher Ed, Drum is joined by guest Cassie Sanchez, Director of Education at the Warrior-Scholar Project (WSP), to discuss how institutions can tap into the often-overlooked pool of student veterans to drive enrollment, retention, and graduation rates. Insights from WSP's Director of Education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 2, 2024

The president, the first Black woman to lead the institution, stands cast aside, not by her own hand, but by the very forces Harvard claims to oppose: prejudice, cowardice, and a grotesque disregard for basic fairness. Dr. Ivory A. Where whispers can become weapons, and accusations, however baseless, can topple giants.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2023

But institutions can’t love us back.” Malaklou hosts events like "Evening with an Activist" at the bell hooks center, where students can learn tangible ways to make a difference outside of academia. Fries-Britt said that, when she first became a faculty member, she was struck by the culture of bullying that existed in academia.

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Educause

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The landscape of admin rights across academia looks much the same today as it did five years ago. While many institutions still grant admin rights to all employees, no questions asked, others are looking to strengthen their policies.

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The PIE News

APRIL 26, 2024

“Academia is by nature collaborative and international, and that’s, broadly speaking, a very positive thing for the UK, but sometimes that can be abused. Government has not named any countries in particular but some in the sector feel that institutions are being directed on how to collaborate with partners in China.

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Gray Associates

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

From in-demand nursing programs to emerging areas like Cannabis Science and Social Justice, uncover the trends and innovative additions shaping the future of academia and career prospects. Stay informed about your industry's latest developments and see how educational institutions are adapting to stay competitive.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The differences begin with the types of institutions they attend for their undergraduate educations and continue with the institutions at which they do their doctoral studies. Black students were more likely to graduate from institutions at which the highest degree offered was a master’s degree.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

" The (mostly) accepted consensus within academia is that a terminal degree is almost always table stakes for most academic leadership roles. Only a fellow PhD holder will "get" the existential value of institutional shared governance, faculty autonomy, and academic freedom.

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HEPI

OCTOBER 30, 2022

HEPI is running a series of blogs on the changing faces of academia in collaboration with the British Academy. In this blog, my aim is to bring together a few exemplars of experiences by people of colour within academia. Emotional labour has several meanings, and inevitably some are context dependent.

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Gray Associates

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Discover the transformative power of AI across industries and academia, from reshaping job markets to fueling scientific discovery. As the AI revolution accelerates, higher education institutions are poised to equip the workforce with the skills needed to thrive in an AI-driven world.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 20, 2024

Through the November 2023 HBCU/MSI Research Summit — a joint effort between Virginia Tech’s Graduate School and the Pamplin College of Business — the university welcomed 25 visiting faculty and staff from participating institutions.

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Liaison International

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Oftentimes, we consider alumni for one thing—helping our institutions with development. As enrollment leaders, recognizing the unique perspective alumni bring to the table can revolutionize how we shape our institutions, building an enrollment pipeline that not only attracts but also nurtures students on their academic journeys.

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University Business

DECEMBER 5, 2023

As might be expected, the Ivy League Pluses were responsible for producing the majority of leaders across sectors such as law, media and academia. But above all, the institutions most likely to make this list have at least one notable postgraduate program or are large research universities.

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HEPI

JANUARY 4, 2024

As a seasoned academic who has witnessed the advance of AI over four decades, I believe that any reluctance to adapt to this digital dawn will only undermine institutions dedicated to intellectual and scientific discovery. In academia we still place a great deal of emphasis in scholarship on the capacity to recall and recite.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 25, 2024

But look outside academia, and there is a world with a robust collection of data that informs the intervention process. Actions such as taking the student’s possessions, shining a light in their face, and threatening their family are generally frowned upon by most institutions of higher education.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 25, 2024

But look outside academia, and there is a world with a robust collection of data that informs the intervention process. Actions such as taking the student’s possessions, shining a light in their face, and threatening their family are generally frowned upon by most institutions of higher education.

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Insight Into Diversity

MAY 6, 2024

The College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) released a new report showing that despite recent increases in the number of tenure-track women and faculty of color, barriers to advancement in academia persist for those with one or more marginalized identity.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2023

Nemat “Minouche” Shafik, an economist whose career has focused on public policy and academia, has been named as the next president of Columbia University in New York City. Dr. Nemat “Minouche” Shafik Shafik who is currently the president of the London School of Economics, will become the first woman to lead the Ivy League institution.

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Liaison International

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Oftentimes, we consider alumni for one thing—helping our institutions with development. As enrollment leaders, recognizing the unique perspective alumni bring to the table can revolutionize how we shape our institutions, building an enrollment pipeline that not only attracts but also nurtures students on their academic journeys.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

To create more effective pathways for students at younger ages, higher education institutions can collaborate closely with middle and high schools. Higher education institutions can further support middle and high school students by partnering to offer specialized programs, certifications, or courses that directly align with industry needs.

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HEPI

OCTOBER 16, 2022

HEPI is running a series of blogs on the changing faces of academia in collaboration with the British Academy. The good news, however, is that ethnic diversity has been gradually increasing in UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). per cent of heads of institutions are from a Black, Asian and minority ethnic background.

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University Business

APRIL 27, 2023

While the impetus of these bans stems from a desire to protect the data and digital infrastructure of the institution (as well as broader national security concerns), compromised data could certainly have an individual-level impact. The post TikTok Bans: What does it really mean for your institution?

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Rena Seltzer, Leader Academic

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Join us for this dynamic ten-week group for faculty members as we address how to survive and thrive in academia. “I If you would like to ask your institution to cover the cost of the group, we will be glad to send you a sample letter for making a request for financial support. We will then follow-up with additional information.

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