Deans for Impact

JUNE 27, 2023

Increasing access and affordability of pathways into teaching–especially for future teachers of color. These are some of the biggest priorities for the fellows that make up our eighth cohort of Impact Academy. These institutions include public and private universities, a teachers’ union-led initiative, and residency programs.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 13, 2022

She balances her regular classwork with weekly classroom observations, all while studying for the challenging Praxis Subject Tests, which she must pass to become a certified teacher. I dedicate myself to the advancement of learning, giving our successors both the vision and power to build well.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Two years in, Canton is preparing a proposal that outlines the reasons for making African American studies a department, and the benefit it would bring to the university, to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in which it is situated, and to the community. The college’s dean, Dr. David E. Photo courtesy of David Canton.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Follow the podcast on Spotify , Google Podcasts , Apple Podcasts , SoundCloud and Stitcher or visit our podcast homepage for additional episodes. EAB’s Paul Gunther hosts University of Central Arkansas President Houston Davis for a wide-ranging chat about how to reach students and families who feel that a college degree is out of reach.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Perhaps the following conversation between Anita Casavantes Bradford and Steven Mintz about how R-1s can support their faculty to find fulfillment in meaningful research and as transformative teachers and mentors can suggest some answers. What, then, would it take to achieve a greater balance between scholarship and teaching?

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The Office for Diversity & Inclusion at A.T. Still University of Graduate Health Studies (ATSU) is a founding partner of the Academic Medicine Consortium of Arizona, a group of medical schools that collaborate to identify and nurture students toward academic medicine. The program is expected to launch in spring 2023.

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MindMax

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

MindMax Founder and CEO Lee Maxey recently hosted a webinar with UPCEA featuring Annette Roberts Webb , Dean of UC Merced Extension. Titled PCO Startup Mode: Balancing Long-Term Strategy with a Practical Launch at UC Merced Extension , the webinar sparked a fascinating discussion about operating a continuing education unit in startup mode.

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