Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Institutions wary of the battle to unwind the work of equity, inclusion, justice, and belonging would do well to invest in leaders whose work epitomizes its core values. As we have become more diverse and reflective of our state, we have also become better as an institution.” But is it really?

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Inclusivity Arts And Sciences Equity Scholarship 97

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education. We are an affordable institution. Also, it’s the environment.

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WCET Frontiers

AUGUST 31, 2023

Marc joins us to discuss the potential of AI in digital learning and to highlight the amazing work happening at his institution to prepare faculty and students for a future that includes working with AI. This summer, we hosted an innovative cross-disciplinary AI Institute for Teachers.

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University Business

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Additionally, half of the six presidents to be hired or retired hail from an institution with strong religious ties. Cordon’s seven-year leadership stint with LDC Church saw her navigate the institution through the COVID pandemic. News and World Report rankings among private, non-profit schools in New York.

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Facilities Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences Leadership 105

Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 18, 2023

Large-scale quantitative data such as these provide an invaluable evidence-based context about the areas of scholarship in which institutions are investing new faculty lines, a matter of interest to deans of graduate schools and provosts alike. Finally, we only explored Ph.D.-granting

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 29, 2023

Find a group of colleagues, either inside or outside your institution and make something you think is important happen. A: The academic library is, at its core, about making scholarship available to students and faculty and preserving it for future generations. This is a lot easier than you might think and it can be fun.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

In each session, the fellows gained depth in new topics or terrains, developed leadership skills, and built a network with peers from institutions across the country. In many cases, partners jointly completed a project that benefitted both institutions. All cohorts ended with presentations of the fellows’ capstone projects.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

Starting with programs for middle and high school students, through supports for graduate students, the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) has provided inspiration, insight, encouragement, and community for engineering students.

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University Business

JULY 5, 2023

The Supreme Court’s long-awaited decisions on two cases that would implicate the fate of race-conscious admissions at public and private institutions’ undergraduate levels finally came out last week. Its decisions to rule against affirmative action have struck a nerve with higher education leaders.

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Scholarship Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences Policy 52

Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Recent years have seen institutions experiment with integrating extended reality into their teaching and research on campus, and there has been no shortage of ambitious predictions about the technology’s potential impact. Q1: Why integrate extended reality experiences into open, online courses?

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 15, 2023

All details except the student’s gender and institution have been changed to protect her identity.) Nearly a third (30 percent) of the faculty is Black, according to the institution. There, he met a professor from an Ivy League institution who advised him to apply to his institution.

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University Model Higher Education Scholarship 102

The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 21, 2023

Rural-serving institutions (RSIs) face many more unique challenges than most urban schools and persist, comprising more than 25% of all U.S. Although inherently different, every higher ed institution can learn from the innovative best practices RSIs have been forced to adopt to help positively impact their enrollment and more.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 27, 2022

A recommendation for noncontinuation triggers a multilevel review, including by the provost. At WVU, it's proposed that no employee may count as their institutional duties activity “adverse” to West Virginia or any of its agencies in a formal legal proceeding. The professors aren't satisfied with that, however.

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Faculty Provost Inclusivity Scholarship 130

The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2023

This incident is viewed not just as an isolated event but as a potential template for future actions in other institutions. It illustrates the extent to which political forces can assert control over academic institutions, fundamentally altering their governance and operational ethos.

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