Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The University of California, Irvine, will launch an interdisciplinary, pre-health professional development program, which aims to support students from underserved communities interested in healthcare careers. Dr. Belinda Campos UC PRIME Pre-Health Pathways (UCPPP) – it is receiving funding from a five-year, $3.6

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Old Dominion University’s (ODU) Darden College of Education and Professional Studies is launching a program to help address disparities in the number of minorritized higher ed faculty. So, this is the program where we say, ‘Let’s connect with other doc students, not just at ODU, but nationally.”

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Faculty Focus

JULY 2, 2023

Distance learning is viewed today as a parallel learning modality, and is both valued and entrenched in higher education (Marcus. The preparation of faculty in online pedagogy and the appropriate use of tools for asynchronous learning to quickly build capacity was a start (Tucker & Quintero-Ares, 2021). 2022; Nworie,2021).

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Creatrix Campus

MAY 6, 2024

A Closer Look at Faculty Performance Appraisal and Development System editor Tue, 05/07/2024 - 02:12 Higher education institutions now analyze faculty performance for promotion, tenure, and remuneration increases. Let's look deep into the faculty performance appraisal and development systems in this blog.

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Today's Learner

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Reading Time: 4 minutes Lori Blubaugh, RHIA, is Interim Director of Health Information Technology at Wallace State Community College What can institutions do to improve faculty retention? Now, I understand that there are times when a faculty member may need extra guidance—a new faculty member, for example.

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PeopleAdmin

JANUARY 18, 2024

Professional development is a huge factor in retention, but getting faculty and staff to engage with professional learning can be tough. Engage Through Shared Goals and Interests Research suggests that participation in learning communities is more related to student engagement than to educational outcomes.

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University Business

MAY 28, 2024

The field of educational therapy has been gaining more visibility in recent years, with articles in major publications such as The Wall Street Journal spotlighting the growing field. One challenge has to do with the lack of built-in institutional support in higher education settings.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2023

Offering advice about professional development opportunities, shared governance, and health benefits were but some of the practices presented and discussed by Montgomery College and the Dominican University of California, the two winners of the 2022 Delphi Award, at a webinar onWednesday.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 18, 2024

The pandemic exacerbated these mental health problems and also made it clear that students are not the only ones experiencing mental illness or mental distress—faculty, staff, and administrators are as well, and vocally so for perhaps the first time. Why does protection from harm matter to higher education professionals?

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 18, 2024

The pandemic exacerbated these mental health problems and also made it clear that students are not the only ones experiencing mental illness or mental distress—faculty, staff, and administrators are as well, and vocally so for perhaps the first time. Why does protection from harm matter to higher education professionals?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The ACPS, conducted by the American Council on Education and the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) Institute, found that 61% of college presidents surveyed were men, and 46% were white men. Whites make up more than 75% of all professionals in higher education. More than 80% were white.

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MindMax

JANUARY 5, 2023

In a 2021 survey conducted by Financial Times , more than 25% of Chief Learning Officers (CLOs) expressed intentions to increase their budgets for executive education in 2021. It’s clear that employers are committed to providing development opportunities for middle and senior managers. Reimagining and Redesigning Executive Education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 12, 2023

Coastline College is now offering a program to help teach faculty about the complexities and nuances of the Vietnam War. The goal is to help faculty create curricular materials for humanities courses and provide veterans and Southeast Asian students more access to meaningful content. The program will run Jun. 19-23 virtually.

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Today's Learner

MARCH 13, 2024

It’s not news to anyone in higher education that adjuncts must deal with the uncertainty and variability that comes with lack of tenure. Compounding these factors, adjunct faculty, like all faculty, are tasked with teaching students whose needs and expectations are different from those of previous generations.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The piece argues forcefully for the need to place faculty at the forefront of the student success movement. It would be weird for me to argue with his thesis: my entire job is to engage my faculty colleagues in activities related to student success and educational equity. So where’s the problem?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 2, 2023

The campaign, initiated by the student international officers of the college honor society Phi Theta Kappa, uses evidence-based statistics and first-hand success stories to spread the message that community colleges offer a smart option for individuals to achieve their educational goals.

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EAB

JANUARY 31, 2023

Blogs Faculty orientations and continuing a culture of mentoring January 31, 2023 Kristen McCauliff Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs and Professional Development, Ball State 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 8, 2023

Image: Maximizing faculty development’s impact on student success and equitable learning requires targeted action. The report , which is based on survey and interview data from 95 responding institutions, also draws on evidence-based standards for high-impact faculty development.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Many ran along the lines of “As a student & educator who recently fell off the face of the earth due to a severe depression—thank you so much for approaching this situation with compassion and grace. Interactions between students and faculty are very pivotal for learning, student motivation, well-being and overall engagement.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 3, 2023

Illinois State University will be launching an online seminar series to help teach faculty how to create inclusive and equitable classes. People are working to understand what ‘equitable’ means for their courses,” said Dr. Deneca Avant, interim assistant vice president for faculty development, diversity, and learning. .

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Terrell (MCT) Educational Foundation, Inc. has announced the 2022 cohort of MCT Scholars, recognizing 10 first-year graduate students in higher education or student affairs students at six institutions. This study aims to measure how this movement has impacted the identities of students of color in higher education graduate programs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 10, 2024

Katina Lang-Lindsey, an assistant professor at Alabama A&M University, has been named among the newest cohort of Enriching Learning, Enhancing Visibility & Training Educators ( ELEVATE ) at the Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

George Washington University’s (GW) adjunct faculty union voted on a bargaining agreement on Nov. Per that agreement, GW part-time faculty may see their first contractual raise in four years and an increase in base salaries – from $4,467 to $5,000.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 31, 2024

In order to advance international education, Senior International Officers (SIOs) and other thought leaders should pursue leadership that is grounded in intentional collaborations. The post On advancing international education: how SIOs can lead the charge appeared first on The PIE News.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The good news is that campus administrators are expressing an interest in learning more about Jewish identity and antisemitism—and various Jewish educational and civil rights organizations are focusing more of their efforts on providing such professional development opportunities. and Israel. and Israel.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2023

In my experience working with face-to-face faculty, I have observed a wide range of usage patterns regarding the Learning Management System (LMS). During the peak of the pandemic, usage understandably surged, with more faculty embracing LMS tools and features. The varied use, however, got us wondering about the student experience.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Provost Sue Mattison announced the plans at a recent faculty senate meeting. All units of the university have made budget cuts to lower the deficit, including non-personnel expenses that have curtailed professional development and travel opportunities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 29, 2023

There is is a lot of discussion about what K-12 teachers do and don’t (mostly don’t) receive in terms of training in culturally relevant pedagogy, and it is often traced back to teacher education programs. Specifically, 44% of teachers in K-12 education reported that they very often or always feel burned out at work.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

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.” Three camps On most campuses, faculty fall into three camps: those who want to “lock and block” AI (just stay out of the water!) It’s time to get in the water.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2023

In my experience working with face-to-face faculty, I have observed a wide range of usage patterns regarding the Learning Management System (LMS). During the peak of the pandemic, usage understandably surged, with more faculty embracing LMS tools and features. The varied use, however, got us wondering about the student experience.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

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.” Three camps On most campuses, faculty fall into three camps: those who want to “lock and block” AI (just stay out of the water!) It’s time to get in the water.

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PeopleAdmin

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

How to Optimize Faculty Activity: Best Practices for Academic Leaders Between managing teaching assignments, navigating promotion and tenure review, balancing faculty workloads, and tracking down course evaluations, academic affairs teams and academic administrators are kept busy constantly. Supporting faculty is especially important.

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PeopleAdmin

MARCH 3, 2023

In HigherEd, faculty retention and student retention are closely linked. Retaining faculty is critical to maintaining a high-quality education and a positive learning environment for students. When faculty members leave, students may feel less connected to their university, leading to decreased student retention rates.

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ACPA

MAY 30, 2023

ACPA – College Student Educators International expresses our profound sadness and alarm on the ongoing threats to the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) within U.S. Higher Education. These attacks have real world implications on the daily work and learning that takes place within Higher Education.

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Deans for Impact

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Data, when interpreted in context and used appropriately, is a powerful tool for surfacing important trends and issues in education. Educator-preparation leaders “are committed to changing the status quo,” wrote Tracey Weinstein, DFI’s vice president of data and research, in an early reflection on the CIS Network. “But

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

MAY 1, 2024

Reading Time: 10 minutes In the dynamic landscape of higher education, institutions constantly seek innovative strategies to enhance their brand visibility, improve student engagement, and foster a sense of community. Participants enjoy opportunities for student leadership and professional development. To what end?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

Inferior campus facilities impact the ability to both recruit and retain students as well as attract the best faculty, and the evidence is apparent across the entire higher education landscape. Poor amenities have a negative impact on the ability to recruit and retain both students and elite faculty. Dr. Adriel A.

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