Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Many colleges and universities have struggled to prepare for generative AI on campus, for instance, by providing guiding policies or pedagogical support. To tame their anxieties about AI, faculty and administrators might embrace Howard Kabat-Zinn’s maxim, “You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.” What can be done?

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Campus Sonar

APRIL 23, 2024

At the center is the story of the student, then it builds out as you examine how to support students through each phase of the plan. Start with the strategic plan as a framework that’s supported by the budget, academic plan, facilities plan, DEIB plan—all these things support the students and the organization's mission.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Nobody is going to tell our story and keep it from erasure but us.” Hollis, then dean of the College of Liberal Arts. We have a proposal for a graduate certificate program in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies that the provost supports. … Morgan State introduced its program as a minor in 2009 at the behest of Dr. Burney J.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

He is now an assistant professor in the department of evolution, ecology, and organismal biology at The Ohio State University (OSU) in Columbus. He envisioned a career working at a pet store or with the state wildlife department. He knows a ton about bats, and from that, he makes interesting connections to the rest of the world.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), founding dean and now president emeritus of the Morehouse School of Medicine, and co-founder of the Association of Minority Health Professions Schools (AMHPS). The panelists also discussed what they would change about medical education as it stands now.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 12, 2023

Others see opportunity for accelerating discussions about reimagining teaching to help students write prose that differs from what machines can produce. Administrators can carve out time for faculty training support. Finally, talk with students about instructions, rules and expectations. Don’t Abandon Pencil and Paper.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 30, 2023

Thanks to a new change in America’s federal work-study program, thousands more students like Halima could soon become tutors in America’s public schools to aid in the national pandemic learning recovery — and potentially diversify our nation’s teaching workforce. Jilo Tisdale On May 10, 2023, US Department of Education Secretary Dr. Miguel A.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 20, 2023

Universities and colleges work hard to ensure diversity among faculty and staff, so when a valued employee from an underrepresented group enters a human resources office for their exit interview — and that’s the first time a supervisor learns the individual has been dissatisfied in their job — alarm bells should start ringing.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 22, 2023

“If you're silent about your pain, they'll kill you and say you enjoyed it.”― These incidents highlight the fact that systemic racism and police brutality pervade various corners of our society, including higher education where Black women may feel particularly vulnerable. This study serves as a call to action.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Our second cohort concluded in December 2021, our third cohort wrapped up in spring 2022, our fourth occurred in fall 2022, and our fifth occurred in spring 2023. Scroll down to read about each of the capstone projects in the fellows’ own words.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Photo Courtesy of Dr. Shamard Charles “With the pandemic, we have a heightened sense of the importance of public health not just in our everyday lives but how public health is weaved into everything we do and how we think about the world,” says Dr. Shamard Charles, MD-MPH, assistant professor of public health at St. and Kathy R.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The college was renamed and reorganized from the former College of Health and Human Services. Since its formation, the college has drawn support from notable policymakers, nonprofit leaders, and academics in the public health space. “In It is the first college in Virginia to focus primarily on public health.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Blogs Implementing a caseload management model in a newly centralized division August 9, 2023 Melissa Grant Associate Dean of Advisement, Office of the Provost, Pace University The views and opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of EAB.

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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. Students complain about faculty who won’t write recommendations (or not in a timely manner).

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 21, 2023

Image: The success rate for new academic programs at colleges and universities depends more on the type of institution launching them than whether a program is in the sciences or humanities, according to a new report identifying what sorts of programs fare better when it comes to growth. ” The study listed a failure rate of 39.4

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Insight Into Diversity

DECEMBER 22, 2022

To address the shortage of health care professionals in the state and promote diversity in health education, the California Department of Health Care Access and Information recently invested nearly $41 million across more than 20 higher education institutions and organizations through the Health Professions Pathways Program (HPPP).

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Leshner said it was important to Zweig that the funds go toward supporting career-driven individuals with disabilities. “We’re so excited about this gift, because it really does build on the university’s mission and its strength,” said Mary Burke, vice president for institutional advancement at Temple.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 30, 2023

“Jewish people belong at Stanford, and deserve to be respected by our peers. When that trust is broken, it can eat at all of our sense of belonging, causing damage beyond whatever the original intent might have been,” they wrote. ” In the letter dated Jan. A 2021 survey of Jewish college students in the U.S.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Though the 28 laureates in attendance this year gave and listened to each other’s talks with optimistic titles such as “Computing for Social Good,” Inside Higher Ed took the opportunity to ask them questions about computer science’s challenges in higher education. Missing Seats at Important Tables.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

JUNE 9, 2022

Since he began his distinguished academic career after transitioning from the private sector, we were eager to hear his wisdom about how it affected his approach to academic leadership, the guidance and opportunities that he's offering his students, and the perceptions and expectations around a job well done. Adding the Human Element.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 10, 2023

Image: The recent Inside Higher Ed and College Pulse Student Voice survey of two- and four-year college students about academic life revealed gaps in core advising functions. We build relationships primarily with our students, but also it’s a framework that we use to build relationships with one another.”

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 13, 2022

This dual reality was thrown into stark relief last week when Thomas Meixner, professor and chair of hydrology and atmospheric sciences at the University of Arizona, was shot dead in his office building, apparently by a former graduate student in the department. A second, unnamed person reportedly was injured by a bullet fragment.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2023

I used to keep them in Mason jars under our back porch. I thought about how quiet I’d been as an undergrad, and I felt there was something I needed to do and should do at MIT to get more African American and minority students in and to make it more hospitable.” That forced me to think about what I was doing,” she said. “I

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The Student Affairs Collective

MAY 28, 2020

Our campus has seen more than its share of challenges. Currently our Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs and her team are navigating the coronavirus and a wildcat strike by graduate students for a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA). Two of those killed were students at our university. That is a tremendous difference!

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 15, 2023

Still others are climate refugees in search of land that supports human life. “How can we give our students more without shutting our doors? Yes, to the point that we do not sacrifice our mission. “Even more so, if we don’t have the right quality of instructors, we will stop our growth.”

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) recognizes the ongoing usefulness of this higher education model for some student populations, so we invited Dr. Becky Takeda-Tinker , president of Colorado State University Global , to tell us more about it. Facing the realities of our own human limitations is part of that work.”

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Typically, educational professionals focus on how to help students better access what is considered ‘typical’ learning (Ong-Dean, 2005). There is a growing amount of evidence that the disabling impairments of autism are due to the need of support in one’s environment, and not because of one’s inability to function (Lai, et al.,

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Susquehanna President's Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Alphabet Soup - Higher-Education Organizations There are dozens of national, international, and regional organizations supporting higher education. AAHEA – American Association for Higher Education and Accreditation – Founded in 1870, this was originally the “Department of Higher Education” of the NEA (National Education Association).

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WCET Frontiers

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

With today’s post, our steering committee work group discusses the implementation stage of a microcredentialling program. Lesley Voigt, Madison College: We brought micro-credentials to campus in 2012 as a way to help validate and verify the learning that takes place within our Continuing Education courses.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Typically, educational professionals focus on how to help students better access what is considered ‘typical’ learning (Ong-Dean, 2005). There is a growing amount of evidence that the disabling impairments of autism are due to the need of support in one’s environment, and not because of one’s inability to function (Lai, et al.,

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Coursera blog

APRIL 13, 2023

We are excited to expand our portfolio of world-class online degrees with eight new programs from leading universities, bringing Coursera’s catalog to more than 50 bachelor’s and master’s degrees. With pricing under $20,000, all new degrees offer exceptional affordability and accessibility, especially well-suited for working adults.

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Echo Delta

OCTOBER 30, 2021

This is the first of four installments in our (Re)Precedented Webinar Series, which originally took place live in September and October of 2021. Our guests are college enrollment experts who managed to have successful enrollment numbers during a pandemic. Webinar Summary. The pandemic stopped the academic world in its tracks.

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Echo Delta

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

This is the second of four installments in our (Re)Precedented Webinar Series, which originally took place live in September and October of 2021. ?. If you want to know more about what we do, you can hop over to echodelta.co. I know you’ve got a fantastic conversation, so much to talk about. Webinar Summary. ” Okay.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 21, 2023

About the Podcast Guest Dr. Andrew Koricich Dr. Andrew Koricich is the Executive Director of the Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges (ARRC) and an Associate Professor of Higher Education at Appalachian State University. But before we get there, tell us a little bit about yourself. Andrew, welcome to the program. Good to be here.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Ford Our focus is on the high-level biases that affect numerous minoritized groups and undermine the overall quality and fairness of promotion and tenure discussions. Our de-biasing recommendations are drawn from the well-established literature on groups, decision making , and culturally responsive, anti-racist practices. Dr. Donna Y.

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Higher Ed Marketing Lab

JULY 21, 2021

?. This is the first installment in our VP Summer Series, a podcast mini-series focusing on the unique challenges facing senior enrollment and marketing leaders. We’re also joined by Echo Delta’s own Laura Martin Fedich, who will be co-hosting each of our VP Summer Series podcasts. So that’s a little bit about me.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

I will be a better dean for having attended and participated in the conference, hosted by the Classical Liberalism Initiative of the Stanford Graduate School of Business. What is a dean to do? political principle that is embedded in all our lives and actions. There can be no academic freedom without enforcement.

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