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The story of working across the South Wales region on our shared civic mission

Wonkhe

Louise Bright celebrates the initiative The post The story of working across the South Wales region on our shared civic mission appeared first on Wonkhe. Enabled by a national civic framework, universities and colleges in South Wales have formed a new civic partnership.

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Sharing Our Work With Each Other

ACRLog

Recently I’ve been thinking about the ways that academic librarians share their work with one another. But there’s so many more opportunities to talk about your research or other work you’re doing. I never knew my coworkers were working on such interesting research projects! It just had not come up in our conversations.

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Our problem, not theirs: young white, working class males and higher education

HEPI

This is a personal perspective on one of the most enduring challenges facing those of us working to widen university participation (WP). In both instances, raising HE participation rates amongst white working class males was judged to be amongst the most daunting challenges faced by WP practitioners.

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In a season of milestones, I’m grateful for our year of great work together

UW Presidential Blog

The close of the academic year is an incredibly special time in academia, and at the University of Washington, our own unique array of traditions, milestones and rituals makes this one of the most joyful – and busy!– seasons in our community’s life.

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How Academic Technologists Can Bring Anti-Racism into Our Work

Educause

Find out what one group of academic technologists learned when they asked how they could bring anti-racism into their work. Everyone can play a part in fighting bias and discrimination.

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Learn Always: The Power of Saying, “I Don’t Know”

MindMax

The school got back in touch and wanted to work with us. In contrast, our proposal started by frankly admitting that we didn’t yet know the optimal plan—but that we’d figure it out together. I taught biology in the late 1980s, and the syllabus I was working from was copyrighted in 1972. That never sat well with me.

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Achieving the Dream Convening Highlights Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This is especially critical in Chicago, a highly diverse community that is an economic powerhouse in our country but where structural inequities in access to and completion of a post-secondary credential of value put countless lives at risk.” Embedded in its work is a concentrated focus on equity and inclusion.