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Building Opportunities for Black Men

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When Adrianne Washington, dean of special academic programs at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC), found that the Honors Program was overlooking the school’s Black men, it didn’t sit right with her. Washington is dean of the nascent Honors College. There has been targeted information sessions for MSSI students.

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Rhodes College Awarded $800,000 for Research on Racial Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Natalie Person, dean for curricular development at Rhodes college, notes that Memphis is one of the most understudied regions in the United States. And we are a vibrant, culturally rich city with a very interesting history that the rest of the world doesn't know much about.”

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Have you seen these 10 Terrible Tenure Decision Making Patterns?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Narrow, self-serving yardsticks for assessing impact of scholarship, teaching, and service. If a faculty member is assigned more teaching and/or more service, and has less time available for scholarship, they should be evaluated accordingly. The criteria should be read aloud, prior to evaluating that dimension.

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Century-Old Institutions Paving the Way for DEI in Sports with Strategic Plan

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Molly Harry, an assistant professor of recreation and sport management at the University of Arkansas, says student-athletes are more likely to choose their college based on scholarship amounts, proximity to home, playing time, and the potentiality of NIL deals. athletic system and not the athletes themselves.

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Five Things You Should Know About Connecting Democracy and the Curriculum

Faculty Focus

As the most recent National Survey of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE) report shows us – and for the first time in modern history – students turned out at rates commensurate with those of all voters – 66% (Thomas et al., Students in history courses can compare and contrast elements of past and current insurrections.

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Academic Libraries Leading the Way in Accessibility

Insight Into Diversity

From digital resources and sensory spaces to personalized assistance, many academic libraries prioritize creating an environment where all members of the academic community can thrive, ensuring equal access to information.

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A professor's job is endangered for teaching about race

Inside Higher Ed

The professor, Samuel Joeckel, said in an email that the dean of his department and the university’s provost waited outside the class he was teaching last week to inform him of the news. The dean had an envelope in his hand and gave it to me. “On Feb. “On Feb. “They asked to speak with me privately.