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Emory Launches AI Institute to Improve Patient Care, Health Equity

Insight Into Diversity

Emory University announced it is launching a new institute this month that will harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to provide more cost-effective and equitable care for patients with cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and other conditions. Bellamkonda, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, in a statement. “By

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A Missing Piece [Peace]: Teaching & Learning in the Digital Age

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I was at a conference, and the attendees were workshopping solutions for increasing digital learning capacity at their respective institutions. In many instances, these individuals might not have had any training in the science and/or practice of teaching and learning. However, one participant had an intense reaction to our suggestion.

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Growth in assistant professorships is uneven (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

In STEM areas, health sciences professions and business disciplines, demand for new Ph.D.s But this is not the case in education, in social sciences and in particular in the humanities, all of which are characterized by stable or declining demand for assistant professors. is clearly growing. percent between 2011 and 2021.

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Lafayette dept. heads, program chairs raise governance concerns

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Twenty-three Lafayette College department heads and program chairs say there are serious issues with governance at the college, according to “points of concern” four of them shared with the president and provost. “Trust and institutional culture are broken,” the first of the five points said.

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Rising higher ed leaders tackle campus challenges in EAB’s fellowship

EAB

In each session, the fellows gained depth in new topics or terrains, developed leadership skills, and built a network with peers from institutions across the country. In many cases, partners jointly completed a project that benefitted both institutions. All cohorts ended with presentations of the fellows’ capstone projects.

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A Defense of the Senior Diversity Officer in Politically Charged Times

Insight Into Diversity

Institutions wary of the battle to unwind the work of equity, inclusion, justice, and belonging would do well to invest in leaders whose work epitomizes its core values. As we have become more diverse and reflective of our state, we have also become better as an institution.” But is it really?

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President moves: Recent spate of leaders to announce retirement boast impressive résumés

University Business

Additionally, half of the six presidents to be hired or retired hail from an institution with strong religious ties. While SVU is technically a secular private liberal arts college, it identifies with the values of the LDS Church. But those who decided to step down are doing so on sound footing.