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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Making Equity a Priority
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.
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Leading for Equity and Justice
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
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The Why and How of Equity-Minded Mentoring
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.
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We must not dodge financial equity for flexible learning
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.
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Diversity, Equity and Student Success Conference Plots Agenda for the Future
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.
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Achieving the Dream Releases New Equity Toolkit
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
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5 tips for college and university presidents to support diversity, equity and inclusion
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.
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ACT partners with private equity firm, will transition to for-profit
Higher Ed Dive
APRIL 18, 2024
The corporate structure change won't affect the price of the ACT test or students' experiences with it, the organization said.
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Africa-UK research partnerships must aspire to more than “equity”
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.
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Transforming Community Colleges for Equity
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.
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Examining Educational Equity in Leadership
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.
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Campus Free Expression, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Can — and Must — Coexist
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 26, 2024
Acknowledging the deep divide regarding perspectives on freedom of expression and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts across higher education, and the feelings of those who believe particular speech harms their personhood, we wholeheartedly reject the contention that these commitments must operate at cross-purposes.
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Embracing Technology to Advance Equity
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
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Women's Educational Equity Takes On Technology
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 18, 2024
“While American women have advanced in the last 175 years, we haven’t come close to achieving equity,” said Laura Rebell-Gross, senior managing director of Girls’ Education with the Student Leadership Network, a nonprofit organization working for educational equity.
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Achieving the Dream: 8 Equity Principles for Community Colleges
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.
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Decoding Generative AI and Equity in Higher Education
WCET Frontiers
APRIL 25, 2024
The thread of access and equity runs through everything we’ve offered and created related to AI. Few of these discussions look at generative AI, particularly from an equity perspective, and when we do consider AI and equity together we may see a different set of opportunities and challenges.
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Beyond the Divide: Advancing Digital Equity and Access
WCET Frontiers
APRIL 11, 2024
However, it is essential to remember that higher education in this country was not created to advance equity and opportunity for commoners. In the spirit of equity, it is important to note these federal lands included seized lands from Native Americans. However, this should not come as a surprise.
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Emory Launches AI Institute to Improve Patient Care, Health Equity
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.
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Stanford’s REACH Initiative Advances Health Equity
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.
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University of Florida terminating all diversity, equity and inclusion positions
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.
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Educational Equity Key to Progress and Democracy
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 19, 2024
I am concerned about what’s happening with local school boards, policies, this misnomer that we don’t have to be worried about diversity, equity, and inclusion and we can be a ‘color blind society,’ that it’s what we should be—which is not true,” said Tchen.
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Report Tracks the NCAA’s Progress Toward Gender 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.
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Equity in the Classroom Leads to Greater Student Success
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.
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Student Success & Equity with Dr. Tia McNair
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.
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Capacity Building for Shared Equity Leadership
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.
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Accessibility and Belonging: Cornerstones of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 22, 2023
These twin pillars are indispensable in the pursuit of true diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). He is also the director of the Institute on Education Equity and Justice. These are indeed crucial elements of the equation. But we must not overlook the equally vital aspects of accessibility and belonging.
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An Equity and Access Champion
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 17, 2024
Dueñas’ scholarship addresses issues of equity and access in higher education with a focus on sense of belonging and experiences with imposter syndrome among Latinx students attending four-year colleges and universities.
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AAC&U Project to Assist 12 Campuses with Equity-Center Curriculum Design
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
It is expected to assist campuses in designing and implementing equity-centered curricular models that connect student learning to career exploration, development of professional purpose, and acquisition of transferrable skills.
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Community college transfer gap challenges equity anew
Higher Ed Dive
DECEMBER 19, 2022
InsideTrack's president suggests some fixes after the rate of women transferring from two-year to four-year institutions fell during the pandemic.
4 ways Cengage is strengthening diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in course materials
Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Cengage believes diversity and inclusion can advance the way students learn. Here’s how they have fully integrated DEI&B into their instructional design process, in the social sciences and beyond.
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Schools Advance Health Equity Through Community Outreach
Insight Into Diversity
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Through the Community Based Service Learning (CBSL) Program, medical students at Einstein engage with and impact social and health equity in the Bronx community. The NSU College of Optometry offers a comprehensive public health curriculum consisting of four courses that address issues related to health equity in diverse populations.
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Reimagining Courseware from an Equity-First Perspective
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.
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NSF Funding to Support Research Equity in Kentucky
Insight Into Diversity
APRIL 23, 2024
million in grant funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) — through its nationwide Growing Research Access for National Transformative Equity and Diversity (GRANTED) program – to bolster research infrastructure at underrepresented higher education institutions. Kentucky Commercialization Ventures (KCV) has secured $8.25
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Closing Higher Ed’s Equity Gaps
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.
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Webinar: Mental Health Equity on Campuses Requires More Extensive Work
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 30, 2023
When it comes to improving mental health equity on college campuses, more work just needs to be done, mental health experts said during a webinar Wednesday. Then, we can start to address equity from that lens," said Dr. Shawnté Elbert , chief health equity officer at Columbus Public Health. It’s not enough to make statements.
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How Addressing Equity Gaps Helped Carthage Boost Overall Student Retention
EAB
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Podcast How Addressing Equity Gaps Helped Carthage Boost Overall Student Retention Episode 176. They also offer advice to other institutions looking to apply proven strategies to improve graduation rates and close equity gaps despite potential pushback from those who may impede those efforts. December 12, 2023. Learn more.
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LbSD podcast, episode two: Fostering equity through cognitive science
Deans for Impact
AUGUST 15, 2022
Deans for Impact · Fostering equity through cognitive science (LbSD podcast, episode two). The post LbSD podcast, episode two: Fostering equity through cognitive science appeared first on Deans for Impact. Listen to the episode and subscribe for the full series via Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Google Podcasts , or YouTube. Contact us.
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Addressing Funding Disparities to Advance Equity in Community Colleges
Higher Education Today
JANUARY 8, 2024
Title: Variation in Community College Funding Levels: A Focus on Equity Authors: Sandy Baum and Jason Cohn Source: The Urban Institute Community colleges play a critical role in expanding access to higher education, enrolling 44 percent of all U.S. public undergraduate students.
Can technology narrow the equity gap in language education?
The PIE News
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
Can technology narrow the equity gap in language education? The post Can technology narrow the equity gap in language education? AI also provides an opportunity for self-regulation, reducing anxiety and the fear of ‘losing face’ and making mistakes. – Join the webinar Join our webinar on Thursday 30 November , 1 p.m.
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Report: Little Movement on Pay Equity in Higher Ed
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 12, 2024
A new report from College and University Professional Association for Human Resources released Thursday finds a lack of “meaningful progress” when it comes to pay equity for women and people of color in higher education, who continue to lag behind their white and male peers.
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UPitt Dean Works to Advance Equity in Policy, Practice
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 5, 2023
In that time, Kinloch said she has strived to bolster equity and justice at the school. UPitt’s strategic plan focuses on equity, justice, and innovation, continued Kinloch, noting her creation of a new position, the associate dean for equity, justice, and strategic partnerships. The individual in that position reports to her.
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University of Dayton to Open Health Equity Fellows Think Tank
Insight Into Diversity
DECEMBER 6, 2022
The University of Dayton is utilizing more than $1 million in donations from two non-profit organizations to launch a fellowship program and think tank dedicated to addressing health equity. Health equity means that everyone — no matter their income, race, gender, education, location, etc. —
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The Triumph of 'Equity' Over 'Equality'
The Chronicle of Higher Education
APRIL 1, 2024
Academic ideals have shifted in recent decades. By Darrin M. McMahon Joan Wong for The Chronicle Academic ideals have shifted in recent decades.
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