Family leave is a gender equity issue
Wonkhe
DECEMBER 5, 2023
Clare Matysova's research highlights how much better higher education employers could be doing on family leave The post Family leave is a gender equity issue appeared first on Wonkhe.
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Wonkhe
DECEMBER 5, 2023
Clare Matysova's research highlights how much better higher education employers could be doing on family leave The post Family leave is a gender equity issue appeared first on Wonkhe.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 6, 2024
This problem is not just about paperwork; it’s about equity. Looking forward, I believe that universities must take the lead in ensuring access and equity in higher education. American higher education can still be an unparalleled driver of social mobility, but this will require a renewed commitment to equity and opportunity.
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Inside Higher Ed
JULY 26, 2024
Addressing Scholarships’ Equity Problem Liam Knox Fri, 07/26/2024 - 03:00 AM A new Common App report highlights the challenge of getting scholarship money into the hands of those who need it most—and proposes solutions to make it happen. Byline(s) Liam Knox
WCET Frontiers
JUNE 18, 2024
For educators, this day can inspire curriculum development, community engagement, and reflection on policies to ensure a commitment to equity and inclusion. Invite Black scholars, activists, or community leaders to speak about the importance of Juneteenth and its relevance to educational equity.
Insight Into Diversity
OCTOBER 17, 2024
The report outlines five key areas of focus: Increasing exposure to higher education for K-12 students, re-engaging adult learners, implementing innovative admissions policies, enhancing financial aid equity, and supporting persistence and completion rates among underserved students.
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 18, 2024
Leading for Equity and Justice Sarah Bray Thu, 01/18/2024 - 03:00 AM Julia Chinyere Oparah offers strategies to help women of color transform higher ed as senior administrators without sacrificing their careers and health. Byline(s) Julia Chinyere Oparah
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
When it comes to equity in higher education, Dr. Tammeil Gilkerson has been a leader. Her work around students’ basic needs, supporting undocumented and mixed-status students, and achieving social justice through focused racial equity efforts has made her a rising star in community college leadership.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 28, 2024
All the while, Curry has kept his focus on expanding equity for his students, with his sights specifically on food and housing insecurity, an issue that impacts many of his students. He’s a real-life Equity Avenger, grinding 24/7 against injustice and setting an example for us all,” she says. Gilkerson agrees.
Continuous Learning Institute
JULY 28, 2024
Solano ) It’s critical that educators understand the difference between “equity impact” and “equity intentionality” and why community colleges and broad access institutions need both approaches. Let’s unpack equity impact first. Shifting to equity intentionality. The research is clear.[1]
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 8, 2024
The Why and How of Equity-Minded Mentoring Sarah Bray Fri, 03/08/2024 - 03:00 AM A process that honors mentors’ and mentees’ social identities can change the culture of exclusionary academic fields, Kristyn Lue and Annie M. Wofford say. Byline(s) Kristyn Lue Annie M.
Insight Into Diversity
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
One of the school’s key innovations in promoting outcomes and representation in health care education is the creation of the Integrative Curriculum Assessment for Inclusion, Representation, and Equity (I-CAIRE). We use the term equity-minded to define the qualities nurses need to have to advance health care equity,” the case study reads. “We
Wonkhe
AUGUST 14, 2023
Gareth Jones and Margaret Greenaway make the case for support for flexible learning The post We must not dodge financial equity for flexible learning appeared first on Wonkhe. Unless you're full time and on-campus, student finance policy pretends you don't exist.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 30, 2024
million from the National Institutes of Health to create a health equity center. The transformational gift will support the development of the New York Center for Minority Health, Equity and Social Justice, to be led by the CUNY School of Medicine and headquartered on its Harlem campus. Matos Rodríguez.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 17, 2024
DeCuir-Gunby, a prominent educational psychologist and racial equity expert who is on the faculty at the USC Rossier School of Education, has been named the next executive director of the USC Race and Equity Center. I am excited about the opportunity to serve as the next executive director of the USC Race and Equity Center,” she said.
Wonkhe
AUGUST 5, 2023
Isabella Aboderin explains The post Africa-UK research partnerships must aspire to more than “equity” appeared first on Wonkhe. A new Africa charter for transformative research collaboration challenges global North universities to look at their preconceptions about international research engagement.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Since 2020, ATD has partnered with the University of Southern California Race and Equity Center to create the Racial Equity Leadership Academy (RELA) , an intensive institute that supports teams of community college leaders as they develop strategic racial equity plans and consciously dismantle barriers to equity at their institutions.
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Embracing Technology to Advance Equity Lauren.Coffey@… Wed, 09/20/2023 - 03:00 AM A Carnegie Mellon professor argues that higher education needs to embrace technology to help break down barriers to entry for students. Byline(s) Lauren Coffey
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 23, 2024
The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity, & Justice has released its final report on equity in higher education. Giving this platform to scholars also allows us to see where strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities may lie in educational equity.”
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 10, 2024
Mary Ann Villarreal has been appointed vice president in the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Student Success at the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). She will focus on advancing equity and student success efforts in service to undergraduate populations and academic excellence.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Success for all students in higher education cannot simply be achieved with a “one-size-fits-all approach,” according to a new equity toolkit from Achieving the Dream (ATD). Equity is everyone's job at an institution,” said Francesca Carpenter, director of equity initiatives at ATD and contributor to the toolkit. “S
Higher Ed Dive
JULY 17, 2024
Amid high interest rates and slowed dealmaking, a major source of investments for elite universities could become a liquidity headache, a new analysis finds
Insight Into Diversity
APRIL 18, 2023
The REACH Initiative will help ensure that we continue building on our progress in a coordinated effort to diversify our academic community while enhancing academic opportunities in health equity research and clinical practice,” writes Terrance Mayes, EdD, associate dean for equity and strategic initiatives.
The Berkeley Blog
JULY 30, 2024
The UC Berkeley School of Education podcast hosts conversations with equity-conscious leaders from pre-K through university settings who transform structures and strategies for educating students. The post Equity Leadership Now!: Embracing AI literacy in education appeared first on Berkeley News.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 24, 2024
PHILADELPHIA— Despite the ongoing attacks to diversity, equity and inclusion within higher education, more than a thousand educators gathered in-person and virtually late last week to share strategies and brainstorm ways to center equitable outcomes for the students who attend their institutions.
Insight Into Diversity
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
The Emory Empathetic AI for Health Institute (Emory AI.Health) will work to develop and implement AI technologies to enhance patient health and wellness, emphasizing health equity by making care more affordable and accessible.
The Berkeley Blog
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
The post Equity Leadership Now!: Lyons joined Professor Jabari Mahiri on the School of Education podcast to discuss his journey in higher education and his belief that education should foster a sense of agency among students, among other topics. Chancellor Lyons on how Berkeley shaped his leadership style appeared first on Berkeley News.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 17, 2024
Sáenz says Burmicky came to UT Austin already an experienced higher education practitioner who wanted to do research on problems of practice with an equity lens.
University Business
MARCH 28, 2024
There’s new momentum building on college and university campuses to rescue and reinvigorate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, vital initiatives that have been the target of a coordinated national assault for over a year. Ask specific questions. Look for where the action is and fill in any gaps.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 15, 2024
Harper in the Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education back when Harper was on the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn). He also served as an assistant director of the National Black Male College Achievement Study, an assistant director of the Grad Prep Academy, and a doctoral research assistant to Dr. Shaun R.
Campus Technology
OCTOBER 16, 2023
The nonprofit organization Achieving the Dream (ATD) has made available its 87-page 2023 "Equity Toolkit" guide for community colleges that wish to pursue equity by examining their policies and practices that create barriers to degree and certificate completion for underserved and minority students.
Insight Into Diversity
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Creating equity in the classroom requires that educators anticipate individual student needs, consider the delivery and presentation of their content, assign coursework that has real-world meaning, and prioritize skills development — efforts that result in greater student success, according to experts and research.
Higher Education Today
JANUARY 9, 2023
31 to discuss our upcoming report on capacity building for Shared Equity Leadership. Read more » The post Capacity Building for Shared Equity Leadership appeared first on Higher Education Today. By Jordan Harper, Natsumi Ueda, and Elizabeth Holcombe Join us for a webinar Jan. Register here.
Continuous Learning Institute
MAY 28, 2023
LISTEN TO THE EPISODE: Learn why the equity work is everyone's work at the institution. In this episode, I interview Dr. Tia McNair, Vice President in the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Student Success at the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). 24:06:00: Addressing the equity tax.
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 11, 2022
The resounding demands for equity within higher education heard far and wide during the summer of 2020 have, I fear, faded. I’d add the following: Identify and address barriers to equity, including high-DFW weed-out courses, course unavailability, impediments to credit transfer and complicated degree requirements.
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 29, 2024
Lisa Marsh Ryerson, former leader of Wells College and the AARP Foundation, will take over for longtime President Paul LeBlanc in July.
Higher Education Today
AUGUST 12, 2024
Title: Legacy Looms Large in College Admissions, Perpetuating Inequities in College Access Authors: Marián Vargas and Sean Tierney Source: Institute for Higher Education Policy In 2023, the Supreme Court ruling on the consideration of race in admissions illuminated a similar conversation about admissions equity: legacy status.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 28, 2024
The issues closest to my heart—those that affect our students and education equity—are being largely ignored by the presidential candidates. History has shown that equity needs to drip from the federal level, and right now the faucet seems rusty. The
The Guardian - Higher Education
MARCH 2, 2024
Move is to comply with state law passed by Governor Ron DeSantis that prohibits public funding of DEI programs The University of Florida is terminating all its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) positions to comply with a state law passed in January that prohibits state or federal funds from being used to fund the programs.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 12, 2023
Dr. Roberta Rincon “The ADVANCE program has been a game-changer for higher ed,” says Dr. Travis York, director of inclusive STEMM ecosystems for equity & diversity at the American Association for the Advancement of Science. STEMM” adds medicine to the standard abbreviation.) Bringing that to light is critical.”
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 23, 2024
Louis, has been appointed executive director of the school's Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity (CRE2). His innovative, interdisciplinary approach to university leadership and his research will be a vital asset to the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity.”
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 7, 2023
Two years after a scathing report on gender equity issues, the NCAA commissioned an external, independent review of its progress at championships. “A A continued commitment to equity must be at the center of everything in college sports,” said National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) President Charlie Baker.
Campus Technology
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Earlier this year, Lumen Learning announced a partnership with Howard University to help develop equity-centered learning solutions for a new statistics course and platform.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
We Shall Not be Moved: A Policy Agenda to Achieve the National Imperative of Racial Equity and Diversity in Higher Education ” has been endorsed by a number of civil rights organizations including the NAACP, National Urban League, National Women’s Law Center, and the Center for Law and Social Policy.
The PIE News
JUNE 7, 2024
Private equity firm Stirling Partners invests in education, consumer, healthcare and technology services including OpenClassrooms and Laureate Education. The post Private equity firm to acquire Keypath Education for AUD$187m appeared first on The PIE News.
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