Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 10, 2023

Black history — and Black Americans — are under attack. Since 2021, legislatures and governors in 19 states have enacted educational gag orders that restrict teaching and learning about allegedly divisive concepts such as race, racism, and American history. The fate of affirmative action in higher education awaits a U.S.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

DECEMBER 5, 2022

It is by far the largest and most important strike in the history of American higher education, with the potential to transform both the status and income of those who work in an “industry” that now employs more workers than the federal government.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

LAS VEGAS-- Dr. Joy Gaston Gayles opened the 47th annual conference for the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) in Las Vegas with a call to disrupt the systemic oppression keeping marginalized populations from accessing higher education and burning out academics working toward greater diversity, equity, and inclusion. “If

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2023

So, when it came time for him to pick an academic pursuit, the study of Latinos and sports history naturally came to mind. I just wanted to understand what [the history was] behind this,” says Burgos. “I Latino, African American, and sports history. He is a professor of history at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

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University Business

JUNE 5, 2023

Pennsylvania is facing a double-edged sword in funding its higher education system next year, so much so that Gov. Josh Shapiro proclaimed his state’s public higher education system “isn’t working. And as faculty are currently negotiating new contracts, that percentage may need to rise.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

New faculty unions at Howard Community College and Frederick Community College have been certified and recognized, with full-time faculty recognized as AFT-Maryland members, Maryland Matters reported. More than 80% of Howard’s 170 faculty and 100 Frederick faculty submitted cards Aug.

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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. One potent yet underutilized strategy is the implementation of a Student Ambassador Program. To what end?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 9, 2023

dissertation, titled “A Jotería Identity and Belonging: Pláticas of Co-Creation with Queer and Trans Latinx Graduate Students in Higher Education,” not only describes his research as a prolific scholar and noted activist, but it also represents some of his own intriguing journey. “I Sergio Gonzalez’s Ph.D.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2023

laid off eight tenured and tenure-track faculty members and froze various programs last month, citing realignment of academics with changing student demands. I suspect this pattern of continuous review and adjustment will define all of higher education in this country going forward.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 3, 2023

As legislative sessions in many states head towards their conclusions, new attempts to exert control over higher education have continued to appear. Faculty in both states are distressed, and some are protesting. Eichner was particularly concerned about the bill in light of recent history.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The legislative ramblings in Florida and other states seeking to remove Black history from the curriculum and revise Black history should give us pause about what historical information students will enter university with. Relatedly is the need for faculty to focus on labor acknowledgement which recognizes slavery and enslaved people.

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University Business

MAY 24, 2023

Earlier this year, the AAUP established a special committee to review the apparent pattern of politically, racially, and ideologically motivated attacks on public higher education in Florida. The post Florida higher ed faces an ideologically driven assault unparalleled in US history appeared first on University Business.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Image: College and universities will need to diversify their faculties at about 3.5 This is the upshot of a new analysis in Nature Human Behavior that challenges the persistent idea that faculty diversity amounts to a “pipeline” problem. “Overall, the lack of progress on faculty diversity in the U.S.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Tyler Cowen speaks to students and faculty about “The Economics of Articifial Intelligence” on September 7, 2023, In the Great Hall of the Memorial Union as a part of the Iowa State Lecture Series Higher education has adapted slowest to artificial intelligence (AI), according to Tyler Cowen, economics professor at George Mason University. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Sean Decatur will be stepping down from his current role at the end of 2022 to become president of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City in April 2023. Dr. Sean M. Decatur Decatur has been the school’s president for almost a decade, his tenure having begun in 2013.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Political interference in higher education, we are told , is increasing. The partisan divide in views on higher education, we hear , is deepening. ” As her own books demonstrate, political attacks on higher education date back much further.

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Higher Education Inquirer

DECEMBER 17, 2023

More than a century ago, Thorstein Veblen and Upton Sinclair critically exposed the structure and history of US higher education. Yet there is still much that the public doesn't know about the higher education business. The Reemergence of "Fascism(s)" in US Higher Education Others have followed.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2023

The success of higher education institutions rests on their ability to increase student enrollment and retain learners. Therefore, learners need flexible and supportive programs and care from all higher education personnel. The foundation of achieving this lies in building a caring relationship with each student.

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Susquehanna President's Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Higher Education Reading List One of our wonderful trustees recently asked me to recommend a higher-education reading list. Here it is: Newsletters and Magazines I start each weekday with a review of these three: Inside Higher Ed publishes a daily newsletter of current events in higher education.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 20, 2023

The awful truth is that the wealthiest institutions are so flush with resources that they are deforming the entire system of higher education. I’m not referring here to faculty salaries or reduced teaching loads or class size or breadth of programs or extensive support services—all of which are good things (within limits).

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2023

The success of higher education institutions rests on their ability to increase student enrollment and retain learners. Therefore, learners need flexible and supportive programs and care from all higher education personnel. The foundation of achieving this lies in building a caring relationship with each student.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Chaka Cummings has been appointed the inaugural executive director of The Association for Teaching Black History in Kentucky. Chaka Cummings The association – consisting of Berea College, Kentucky State University, the Muhammad Ali Center, and Kentucky History Resources, LLC – will be in the Carter G. Cummings holds a B.A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Williams College faculty voted 81-5 to approve the creation of an Asian American studies (AAS) concentration beginning Fall 2023, The Williams Record reported. Stephen Tifft, chair of the Committee on Educational Affairs (CEA) and professor of English. The vote – done at a Dec.

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Today's Learner

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Reading Time: 4 minutes Towards the end of the fall 2022 semester, when most faculty members were immersed in grading final exams and winding their semesters down in eager anticipation of the holiday break, an unfamiliar form of intelligence crept into our classrooms. OpenAI released ChatGPT with little pomp or ceremony on November 30, 2022.

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Creatrix Campus

MARCH 9, 2023

As such, ensuring the quality of education provided by higher education institutions is of utmost importance. Quality assurance is a process of evaluating and monitoring the quality of education provided by higher education institutions to ensure that they meet certain standards and expectations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 27, 2024

California’s public schools didn’t teach Asian American history to a young Dr. Beth Lew-Williams. history classes that I was taking,” Lew-Williams says. “The history classes that I was taking,” Lew-Williams says. Holding several degrees in history, including a Ph.D. Neither did college. West coast in the late 1800s.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 29, 2024

I look forward to working with the amazing WSSU faculty, staff, students and alumni as we build upon the historical strengths of this university that will launch us into the future. She holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Wake Forest University and a juris doctor degree from Wake Forest University School of Law.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Blogs Trauma-informed practices in higher education: Building support communities from the top down August 9, 2023 Joanna Krueger Associate Professor of Chemistry, UNC Charlotte 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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 4, 2024

I have always believed that institutions of higher education must be student-centered to be successful. For me, that means educating the whole person and providing both the professional, technical preparation and the soft skills that go hand in hand.” He holds an MBA from the University of Miami and a master’s and Ph.D.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The situation at Chicago seemed comparable, said Clifford Ando, professor of Classics and history at Chicago, to that of West Virginia University, which recently caused angst by cutting 143 faculty positions – heavily in the humanities – to address an estimated $45 million (£36 million) budget shortfall.

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University Business

JULY 21, 2023

Through the tuition revenue they accrue by teaching lectures to the federal grant dollars they gain through sponsored research, faculty may be the financial pulse of an institution. which will discuss revamping faculty affairs in a post-pandemic world. Interfolio is a higher education technology company focused on faculty affairs.

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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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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2023

Anyone who cares deeply about American higher education needs to come to grips with a series of hard and unpleasant truths: That this country’s system of postsecondary education relegates the students with the greatest needs to the most underresourced institutions. Adapt or die. It’s what they do.

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University Business

JANUARY 17, 2023

Every higher education institution shapes the student experience by applying a storied history to its own unique traditions. It’s making waves in higher education because of its universal impact on the skills students need to have when they make their way into a professional work environment.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 18, 2022

This has had real effects across the American higher education sector: since 2016, new international student enrollment had been decreasing year over year across colleges and universities in the United States, even before it plummeted in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That is wonderful news. Dr. Stephanie K.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2023

An Ohio higher education bill currently making its way through the state legislature could prohibit Ohio higher education instructors from teaching climate science without also including false or misleading counterpoints, Ohio Capital Journal reported.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 7, 2024

One of the most pressing issues for higher education within the last several years is the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI). At the heart of composition faculty in particular, but of the entire higher education community as well, are those of us looking for solutions for students using AI to write papers.

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