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Building community in online conferences, events (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

While we agree with some of the key points in their article, we feel that others underestimate the potential of virtual and hybrid professional development. In-person events can be isolating for anyone who is not already part of the in crowd. In-person events can be isolating for anyone who is not already part of the in crowd.

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The Missed Opportunity: Student Affairs and Human Resources Collaboration to [Re]engage College Communities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

My response included a statement that if offered the job, I would be willing to get into a dunk tank, sell tickets for student scholarships, and challenge my colleagues to join me in the activity. Human resources is responsible for engaging with employees to establish community and employee satisfaction.

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College cancels classes for career, advising expo

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Lebanon Valley College in Pennsylvania hosted a full-day advising and career exploration event in lieu of classes on March 21, giving students an opportunity to access resources and develop their success plans. The college offered students an event attendance incentive: a chance to win a $500 scholarship.

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New digital texts shake up monograph publishing (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

This groundbreaking interface, says author Shahzad Bashir, Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Humanities at Brown, “performs, rather than simply states, the book’s argument—namely, that we see pasts and futures as fields of unlimited possibility that come alive through a combination of close observation and ethical positioning.

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Only Within Their Own Institutions, Are Black Scholars without Honor!

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At that moment, I discerned the looks I received from my faculty colleagues as suggesting that I was not qualified to speak to them about research, scholarship or anything intellectual because I was not, and will never be, on their level. Never question your genius, your humanity, your intelligence, your beauty, Never question it.”

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Degrees and Certifications Help Inform the Future of DEI Leadership

Insight Into Diversity

Through the program’s partnership with INSIGHT, students can receive scholarship funding. The program encourages participants to engage with their community through volunteering, attending events, and writing capstone essays that demonstrate their commitment to advancing DEI ideals.

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How can we access the non-economic benefits of the Humanities?

HEPI

In current discussions of the value of humanities research, two concerns come across most strongly: the extent to which humanities research creates skills, and the extent to which humanities research is financially lucrative for individuals, the government and the economy. The second is rediscovery.