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Dr. Keona Lewis Appointed Assistant Provost for Academic Diversity and Inclusion at University of Notre Dame

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Keona Lewis will become assistant provost for academic diversity and inclusion at the University of Notre Dame, effective Feb. Lewis is currently associate director of research and evaluation for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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Fielding Graduate University Mourns Educational Leader

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Fielding Graduate University Taylor was a national leader on issues of diversity and inclusion in higher education, particularly those relating to access and equity, preparing the next generation of researchers and faculty members in the nation’s colleges and universities. Taylor delivers an inspiring speech to a full house Jan.

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Fixing FASFA: Black Students and HBCUs Will Lose the Most

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

HBCU leaders and their campuses are experiencing heightened frustration while trying to navigate this new process, which is compounded by ongoing attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion, including the dismantling of DEI offices and programs across the country.

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Critical Role of Classified Professionals with Amparo Medina

Continuous Learning Institute

Another one is program review systems. We do program reviews on the operational side. About Amparo Medina Amparo has been in higher education and Classified Senate since 2015 when she started her career at Oxnard College. Amparo earned an MS in Educational Counseling and a BA from UC Berkeley.

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Aligning Your Academic Program Portfolio to Student and Labor Market Demand

Helix Education

Creating an academic program plan should be inclusive of voices and data from internal and external sources to gain insight into both student and labor market needs. Incorporating primary and secondary market data will enrich the academic program review process and build alignment in efforts to enroll and retain students.

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Rising higher ed leaders tackle campus challenges in EAB’s fellowship

EAB

The culminating experience for the EAB Rising Higher Education Leaders Fellowship was the capstone project that substantively contributed to the fellows’ professional advancement and helped solve a pressing challenge facing their home institutions. The topics covered included student success, budget models, change management, and more.

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Assessment is fun?

Dr. Missy Alexander

In 2006, when I was an assistant professor on the tenure track, I wrote an essay that was published in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Those were the early(ish) days of the assessment movement in higher education and I was feeling the pain. It is assessment all day every day.