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KRISTIE BOWERS

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Bowers holds a bachelor’s degree in human development and a Ph.D. in community and public affairs from Binghamton University as well as a master’s in teaching from Western Carolina University.

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A free, online, global university seeks seal of approval

Inside Higher Ed

That’s why Saleema, a young Afghan woman studying at University of the People , now presents as Madison from California in her online Principles of Business Management course. Still others are climate refugees in search of land that supports human life.

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Communicating Effectively in a Presidential Search

Inside Higher Ed

It needs to recognize the college or university’s past in relation to its future. At this point in the process, it’s useful to remember the primacy effect , the human tendency to be influenced disproportionately by first impressions. The community needs to see its desires for the next leader reflected in the selection.

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A sectorwide approach to higher ed's future (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Individual universities cannot be all things to all people and should not rely on small changes at the margins with the hope of squeezing out incremental gains. For example, AU partnered with Martha’s Table and Trinity Washington University on an early childhood education program that meets a new Washington, D.C.,

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Two Tri-C professors sue administrators for retaliation

Inside Higher Ed

” “Our motto is ‘Tri-C is where futures begin,’” Gaston, an associate professor of philosophy, humanities and religious studies, said in the interview. First of all, students of color, students who lack technology, it’s poor students.”

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How Higher Ed Can Help Underserved Communities Access Broadband

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Karen Mossberger, the Frank and June Sackton Professor in the school of public affairs and director of the Center on Technology, Data and Society at Arizona State University. By working with the city’s Department of Public Utilities, Ben-Avie is exploring how campuses could become communications hubs themselves.

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Museums and College Campuses as Community Hubs and Cultural Centers

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma In 1997, Heather MacDonald, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute and author of The Diversity Delusion: How Race and Gender Pandering Corrupt the University and Undermine Our Culture , published a blistering critique of the impact of identity politics on the museum world. A recent book by Daniel H. I totally disagree.

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