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Author discusses her new book on grant-writing

Inside Higher Ed

Lai, an associate professor at the Lynch School of Education and Human Development of Boston College. She responded to questions about the book via email. In my book, I use ikigai as a framework for generating grant ideas. That’s why I focus in the book on how to discern these values. Q: What is ikigai ?

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Is Academic Scholarship Stagnating?

Inside Higher Ed

I should add that neither US News nor the educated public has much understanding of what a first-tier, cutting-edge English or history or sociology department would look like. Would it be judged on scholarship, influence, or some other elements?

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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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Bimpe Femi-Oyewo, Edward Consulting, Nigeria

The PIE News

Bimpe Femi-Oyewo is the founder and CEO of Edward Consulting, the educational consulting firm with a mission to improve society through education. million – in scholarships and admissions for Africans for their study abroad at top universities. How did you find yourself working in international education? Scholarship.

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Rutgers Webinar Discusses Health Equity, Minority Health, and Medical Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The current state of health equity and medical education were key topics at a webinar on Tuesday sponsored by Rutgers University’s Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity, and Justice. The Proctor Institute – housed in the Rutgers-New Brunswick Graduate School of Education – hosted the event in honor of Black History Month.

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Dr. Ruth J. Simmons Takes Readers ‘Up Home’ in New Memoir

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Simmons busily prepared to deliver the 2023 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. It was the latest on a long list of accomplishments in Simmons’ career as one of the nation’s most prominent Black women in higher education. Dr. Ruth J.

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Toward a more inclusive peer-review process (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

When asked what surprised her most about publishing after a summer spent working as an intern at one of our presses, a history graduate student replied, “In graduate school, we focus on tearing books apart. But I was impressed by how much you do in publishing to build up a book.”