Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 2, 2023

Wayne State University has received $6 million for a cluster hire program to recruit and hire 30 new humanities faculty and create a Black Studies center. The grant also helps fund the launch of the Detroit Center for Black Studies, which will be faculty-led and help connect Black Studies faculty from Michigan institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

“Grace” Jinliu Wang will become the 17th president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), effective Apr. WPI is a world-class institution with a unique and vital approach to teaching, learning, and discovery. Dr. Grace Wang “WPI’s founding principles of theory and practice resonate strongly with me,” Wang said.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 15, 2022

program in French and history, tells a story that resembles that of many humanities graduate students: that “the transformative experience I had in the classroom led me to dedicate my whole life to academia. The institution has a storied history. The article’s author, Hannah Leffingwell, A.B.D.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Hartwig , dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and professor of communication at Colorado Christian University, has been selected as vice president for academic affairs and provost at Vanguard University, in California. Editorial Tags: College administration New presidents Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 3, 2024

“If you can have an AI model run through and then a human just sort of spot checks it, and it can go ahead and make those decisions, that’s just going to let your team focus on what’s viable or important,” Rick Clark, assistant vice provost and executive director of undergraduate admission at Georgia Institute of Technology, told USA Today.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

The bill requires that — of the nine voting members — at least six members must be state residents, eight must be governor appointees, and at least three members appointed by the governor must be alumni of the institution among other requirements.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 7, 2023

Dr. Pardis Mahdavi Mahdavi served as provost and executive vice president at the University of Montana most recently. Previously, she was acting dean of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver and director of the Pacific Basin Institute and dean of women at Pomona College. She earned a Ph.

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The PIE News

APRIL 22, 2024

Chancellor Robert Jones and Tickell both emphasised the critical importance of addressing shared global challenges, such as healthcare disparities, climate change and the right to access education, in true partnership with institutions in developing countries. The partnership renewal includes a five-year fellowship in water sciences.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 7, 2023

Duane Watson Duane Watson has been named associate provost for faculty development at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. Mayborn Professor and professor of psychology and human development at Vanderbilt. in brain and cognitive sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Watson serves as the Frank W.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Walker Walker, a scholar of religion, Wake Forest Professor of the Humanities, and ordained American Baptist clergyperson, has been the school’s interim dean since January. Institute of Peace U.S. Walker has become dean of the Wake Forest University School of Divinity, effective immediately. Dr. Corey D.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 18, 2023

But this is not the case in education, in social sciences and in particular in the humanities, all of which are characterized by stable or declining demand for assistant professors. granting universities in the humanities decreased by 16.8 granting universities; a broader approach considering other types of institutions (e.g.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 7, 2023

For his leadership, LeBlanc – a first-generation college graduate – was named one of Forbes Magazine’s 15 “Classroom Revolutionaries” and one of the “most influential people in higher education,” in addition to winning the TIAA Institute Hesburgh Award for Leadership Excellence in Higher Education in 2018.

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University Business

MARCH 28, 2024

Use the institutional mission to link DEIB to planning, resource allocation, general education goals, and support for the student experience. To better inform yourself, senior staff and others, ask the following question: How does your institution communicate, through action, its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion?

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The PIE News

JANUARY 31, 2024

This type of intentionality leverages shared and compounding expertise within and among institutions to help everyone achieve their goals. SIOs have employed collaboration at their own institutions in order to implement comprehensive internationalisation. This allows everyone to win. About the authors: Jill E.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 29, 2024

Dr. Jamie Washington — an educator, author, student affairs administrator, pastor, consultant, president and co-founder of the Social Justice Training Institute (SJTI), past-president of the American College Personnel Association (ACPA), and much more. Institutional transformation can take up to a decade of intentional effort.

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HEPI

JANUARY 4, 2024

Professor Guo spent 34 years at Imperial College London studying AI, data mining, machine learning, and large-scale data management before becoming Provost of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in 2022. UK institutions must now step up to the plate. This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Professor Yike Guo.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2023

Sylvia Burwell Burwell had an unusual background for a college president, never having been a professor, a dean, or a provost, and never having earned an advanced degree. secretary of health and human services under President Barack Obama. That experience was critical as she led the university through the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2023

Sylvia Burwell Burwell had an unusual background for a college president, never having been a professor, a dean, or a provost, and never having earned an advanced degree. secretary of health and human services under President Barack Obama. That experience was critical as she led the university through the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Blog: Just Visiting I see we are in another cycle of concern for the academic humanities, this time triggered by a long article in the New Yorker by Nathan Heller titled “The End of the English Major.” We shouldn’t be surprised that the decline in humanities faculty has led to a decline in humanities majors.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Wayne State University has received $6 million to recruit and hire 30 new humanities faculty and create a Black studies center.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2024

International Chapel Morehouse College With programming ranging from panels and performances to service in the community – and much more in between – many institutions are planning to commemorate the occasion for longer than just the one day itself. Francis College, in 1964, said Shannon Zlotkowski, assistant provost for DEI at UNE.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Nine out of ten raise their hands,” said Jean, assistant provost for special programs at MSU. Dr. Daniel Jean, assistant provost for special programs at Montclair State university. In fall 2021, the Brooking Institution, a nonprofit public policy research organization, found that males make up four out of every ten college students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 28, 2023

Succession planning is paramount in Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) as it can play a critical role in preserving these institutions' legacy, values, and unique contributions. This process includes the board of trustees, senior administrators, department heads, faculty members, and human resources professionals.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 22, 2023

The grant money will fund the project for one year, but it will continue afterwards due to additional funding from industry partners, including the BioCom California Institute. We have the human capital to prepare students [for] these roles.” Nearly one-third of Cal State Fullerton’s students are first-gen.

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University Business

MARCH 4, 2024

In the memo, three senior UF officials underscored the institution’s commitment to “universal human dignity” in light of the demand to disband DEI. “The University of Florida is an elite institution because of our incredible faculty who are committed to teaching, discovering, and serving.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2024

Building off of its decades-old Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African American Studies, the New York state private research university established its Black studies department in late 2022 , an endeavor headed by McCune, an associate professor of Black studies. A department really gets to own its future,” he said.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 3, 2023

Image: Twenty-three Lafayette College department heads and program chairs say there are serious issues with governance at the college, according to “points of concern” four of them shared with the president and provost. “Trust and institutional culture are broken,” the first of the five points said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Brooke Vick, chief diversity officer, associate provost for equity and inclusion, and coordinator of the new DEI certificate program at Muhlenberg College. Dr. Brooke Vick, chief diversity officer and associate provost for equity and inclusion at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa., As the U.S. Some last for days, others for years.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Brown, director of academic integrity at The Institute for Learning and Teaching at Colorado State University (CSU). Some institutions turned to other AI software to assess assignments’ originality in the same way institutions assess for plagiarism. Provost Dr. Janice L. Dr. Joseph F.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Rice served as Stanford University’s provost from 1993-1999, during which time she was the institution’s chief budget and academic officer. As provost, she was responsible for a $1.5 Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching and the 1993 School of Humanities and Sciences Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 1, 2023

Ryan and Provost Dr. Ian Baucom explained the reasoning behind the prompt in a statement Tuesday. “We We believe this approach is consistent with our efforts to treat all our candidates as individuals, in light of their capacity to advance our mission, and in the fullness of their humanity.” UVA President James E.

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The PIE News

APRIL 21, 2023

Starting in Fall 2023, research is projected to be conducted between the College of Health and Human Services at ISU and Cuba’s highest ranking university. For the University of Havana, it marks another partnership amongst around 80 international institutions, including Harvard.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Blogs Looking to the future of advising: 6 takeaways from the 2023 NACADA conference The academic advising profession faces shrinking budgets, expanding student and administration expectations, and increasing turnover—all of which make it harder for institutions to think strategically about advising structure and staffing to support student success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 6, 2022

And I also work in the area of bioethics and the law, with a special focus on genetics, human reproduction, and mental health. And for her contributions to these fields, Allen was named as one of two recipients of the 2022 Bioethics Founders’ Award from the research institute, The Hastings Center. Allen is no stranger to the institute.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

Leslie Hall, director of the HBCU Program at the Human Rights Campaign — the largest LGBTQ lobbying organization in the U.S. A 2022 report from the UCLA School of Law Williams Institute and the Point Foundation, an LGBTQ scholarship fund, noted that 32.6% of non-LGBTQ people. “The

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 20, 2023

Image: When humans write, they leave subtle signatures that hint at the prose’s fleshy, brainy origins. Human writers also draw from short- and long-term memories that recall a range of lived experiences and inform personal writing styles. Such attributes betray the text’s humanity.

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