University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Meanwhile, the humanities and social sciences are taking a back seat. Colleges and universities hailing from both sides of the fence are inching ever closer to the middle, integrating lessons in the humanities with STEM-based curriculum—and vice versa. But something exciting is happening in the world of higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Roanoke College students will soon get the opportunity to learn and even earn a degree in cannabis studies, after approval from school faculty. Dr. DB Poli This will make Roanoke College the first college in Virginia to offer a four-year degree in the field of cannabis studies, according to the school.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

or higher and an interest in Black history, life, and culture. The college will have its own dean of students, director, counselors, academic advisors, and outreach and support staff, and it will draw from existing faculty who have “a demonstrated record of success in teaching Black students,” said Wood. Dr. Donna Y.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

history, Tufts University; M.A., international affairs, The New School; and Ph.D., His work has long focused on the intersections among human rights, political economy, collective dissent, and empirical methodology. Mark enrolled at the New School, where he earned a master’s degree in international affairs in 2012.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 7, 2023

When Brown University released its landmark 2006 report documenting the institution’s historical involvement in slavery, many of its recommendations were one-time fixes: revising the university’s official history, creating memorials, and the like. For Dr. Ruth J. Dr. Ruth J. Simmons is former president of Brown University. “If

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 25, 2024

history, Tufts University; M.A., international affairs, The New School; and Ph.D., His work has long focused on the intersections among human rights, political economy, collective dissent, and empirical methodology. Mark enrolled at the New School, where he earned a master’s degree in international affairs in 2012.

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

I am so proud that the School of Arts & Sciences can lead on this critical priority with the expansion of a department that will inspire conversation, research, and ultimately action,” Nicole Sampson, the Robert L. Sproull Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences, said in a press release. and Mary L.

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University Business

MARCH 14, 2023

Several of them are also coming in as either the first woman or the first of their race or ethnicity to lead their school. Cheryl McConnell, Saint Joseph’s University, the school’s first female president. Jenkins is set to become Bates College’s first Black president in its 168-year history.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The Proctor Institute – housed in the Rutgers-New Brunswick Graduate School of Education – hosted the event in honor of Black History Month. Sullivan discussed his latest book, We’ll Fight It Out Here: A History of the Ongoing Struggle for Health Equity, which chronicles the history and impacts of AMHPS.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 17, 2023

Over the last decade, Thompson’s resonant affirmation has invigorated ways of embracing the full humanity of these girls and women, including their joys and aspirations. Similarly attuned to intrinsic Black girl value, Nannie Helen Burroughs (1883-1961) founded The National Training School for Women and Girls [NTS] in Washington, DC.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 22, 2023

” A few short months after OpenAI released ChatGPT—a large language model with an unusual ability to mimic human language and thought—the company released an upgrade known as GPT-4. But by OpenAI’s own admission, humans are susceptible to overrelying on the tools, which could have unintended outcomes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Those assignments acknowledge the usefulness and the limitation of the technology, which cannot detect or differentiate human bias and negative stereotypes in the almost limitless field of data and information from which it pulls its answers. Many faculty have found ways to mix AI with human-driven writing solutions, marrying the two skills.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2023

It became the first two-year school in the state of Massachusetts to allow students to attain degrees in Black Studies. As such, the school began offering the degree program this fall. Leaders at Massasoit Community College are optimistic about the future the school's recently launched Black Studies program.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The NSF’s full Survey of Earned Doctorates report isn’t expected until December, and it will include fresh findings on how COVID-19 affected doctorate recipients’ graduate school experiences and postgraduation plans. Humanities and arts degrees fell 16 percent. In history, degrees conferred fell from 884 to 725.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2023

Manhattanville hasn’t publicly announced which programs are frozen, but faculty sources say they are art history, world religions, philosophy, film studies, music, music education, French, Spanish and chemistry. Other faculty sources said that history has two remaining full-time faculty members.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

Some parts of history have been suppressed in many states, books banned, curriculum and conversations disappeared, and even research agendas are on hold or downright outlawed and controlled. Research is clear regarding how race and racism impact us all in the United States and beyond. Racial diversity has to be valued.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 13, 2022

When Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig steps into his post as Western Michigan University’s (WMU) provost and vice president for academic affairs this January, he will be giving the school membership in an exceedingly small club. McBride and provost and executive vice president for academic affairs Dr. Renée T. Vasquez Heiling agrees. “I

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

A professor of Chicano/Latino studies and history at the University of California, Irvine, Anita was a high school teacher at 23, then a K-12 school director of curriculum and assessment, a freelance journalist and a migrant rights activist, before earning her Ph.D. This turned into an ongoing debate. students as they did.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 20, 2023

In November, the four students from Ukraine organized a presentation that introduced our campus community to their nation’s history, geography, culture, food, dress, songs, customs, dances, entrepreneurial spirit and educational system. Mark Zupan has served as the 14th president of Alfred University since July 2016.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2023

John Hope Franklin Award was created in 2004 to pay tribute to Franklin, a historian, writer, educator, and humanitarian who made significant contributions to shaping the perspective of American history in the 20th century. In high school, she was placed in an accelerated academic program. Postal Service in Washington, D.C.,

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 23, 2022

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean. In high school, in the 80’s, I thought of the 60’s as a bygone era not much removed from the Paleolithic. The Whiggish interpretation of American history was easy enough: over time, the range of people included in public life grew. “Who?” I remember 2002.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

Dr. Akilah Carter-Francique, the dean of Education, Health and Human Services at Benedict College and former executive director of the Institute for the Study of Sport, Society and Social Change at San Jose State University, says student-athletes have a huge voice in challenging the status quo. Supreme Court’s NCAA v.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 12, 2023

For some assessments, professors may need to revert to traditional forms of teaching, learning and evaluation, which can be viewed as more human-centric. Ted Underwood, p rofessor of information sciences and English and associate dean of academic affairs in the School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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Echo Delta

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Most schools struggled to keep enrollment numbers up and getting students back to campus. Join us for a discussion with two small schools that posted record enrollment numbers in 2020. Topics discussed include: How some schools grew during the pandemic. Webinar Summary. The pandemic stopped the academic world in its tracks.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Leshner was torn between whether to give the money to Temple or JEVS Human Services , a social service agency in Philadelphia that provides education, training, health and rehabilitation programs to help disabled individuals statewide become employable and self-sufficient.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Dr. Doris Espiritu EPW was created by Dr. Doris Espiritu, Senior Advisor to the Provost, dean of the Center of Excellence for Engineering & Computer Science, City Colleges of Chicago. program or other [kinds] of doctoral studies,” says Dr. Sharon Barrios, program director and Cal State Chico’s dean of graduate studies.

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Susquehanna President's Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2022

. · AACC – American Association of Community Colleges – One of “The Six” Higher-Education Organizations in Washington, DC; they represent almost 1,200 institutions · AACSB – Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business – This is the leading accrediting body for business schools in the U.S.

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Coursera blog

APRIL 13, 2023

Universities such as Anáhuac University Network (Red de Universidad Anáhuac) , Ball State University , Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech) , London Business School , and S.P. Admission is based on performance in three preliminary courses, not academic history. The first cohort is expected to begin in August 2023. “We

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Echo Delta

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Now schools are stepping up to make campus visits less of a visit and more of an experience. Jeff is a leading authority on campus visitation who has worked with hundreds of schools across the country to help them craft impactful authentic visit experiences that resonate with prospective students. That’s a great question.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

This is not to say that the construct of race is not important for understanding American history, politics, and civics; for we understand our nation has not fully reconciled its racial tensions. Additionally, the racial demographics of school age populations grow increasingly diverse. DEI and economics in higher education.

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JULY 5, 2023

I cannot recall any faculty member who had a clear path and said, from the moment I was in high school or the moment I was in college, I wanted to be a faculty member,” said Galan. “It She describes him as a “genuinely amazing human being” who “cares about everyone.” Higher Education Administration and Policy Education:   M.Ed.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Chaudhari is a Professor in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Services and Associate Dean of HRS Diversity & Inclusion in the College of Medicine at The Ohio State University. Ford is the EHE Distinguished Professor in the College of Education & Human Ecology at The Ohio State University. Dr. Donna Y.

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University Business

AUGUST 7, 2023

Thomas in January during a pivotal period in its 139-year history. As the dean of St. Thomas’ law school from 2013 up until his selection as interim president last year, Vischer may not be able to take credit for the university’s full string of successes, but he is in the position to capitalize on them. .

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 4, 2023

University leaders responded with an email to the campus denouncing the incident and announcing that the Office of the Dean of Students would investigate and determine whether the incident constituted a violation of the university code of conduct. Burwell the very next day voicing concerns about the investigation.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Whether a new semester or new school year, it just doesn’t get old! Lesson #1: Thinking and learning In groups, have your students reflect upon their academic history and identify how they think and learn. It’s important to note that mindsets vary and humans are not always one or the other. References Bresciani Ludvik, M.

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eLiterate

OCTOBER 25, 2022

He went on to chair MIT Sloan School’s Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting; then became Deputy Dean of the school; and eventually serve for three years as the Chief Economist for the Security and Exchange Commission of the United States before returning to MIT. I was certainly right about his career prospects.

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