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Dr. Dara N. Byrne: Leveraging Public Higher Education for the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Byrne to bring her commitment to access and equity to a new area of public higher education. Photo Credit: Macaulay Honors College Finding a lack of diversity Access to higher education has been an important theme in Byrne’s life in academia. Students meet with Macaulay Honors College Dean Dara N.

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ETHAN POLLOCK

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In the role, Pollock will serve as Browns senior officer with oversight of undergraduate programs, whose responsibilities include overseeing the Universitys student-centered Open Curriculum, academic advising, study abroad, undergraduate research opportunities and career exploration. He spent two years as a U.S.

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Should African Americans Trust the College Board with African American Studies?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The College Board's decision to revise its African American Studies curriculum has come under fire from many who argue that the changes are motivated by political pressure rather than pedagogical considerations. He has stated that the revisions were made after input from professors and in accordance with "longstanding A.P. principles."

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Bringing Greater Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The campus movement helped open the space for Black studies, and Black studies as a discipline in return would provide the curriculum that looks at the African American perspective. I taught Quest course (part of UF’s general education curriculum) with 66 students and a TA (teaching assistant); I never had a TA in my life,” Canton says. “I

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Pragmatic Optimism and Managed Transformation

The University Innovation Alliance

Leading With Informed Optimism While President Randall was appointed to his current position in August 2021, making him a relative newcomer compared to many other higher education leaders, he's hardly a newcomer at the University of Utah. One, your curriculum doesn't allow us to explore possibilities.

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Mental Health and Learning Among Students with Marginalized Sociodemographic Identities

Supporting Student Success

Marginalized sociodemographic groups navigate more barriers and challenges (stressors) within our society, and postsecondary education institutions. I will highlight some of my own reflections on promising areas for institutional action based on my policy and practice work within higher education. 2009; Kirmayer et al.,

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Collaboration vs. Competition in Higher Ed

The University Innovation Alliance

She discussed what America needs most from higher education, the operational challenges and rewards for a major university system, how to best serve returning students, and humility and perspective as leadership attributes. Leaders need to recognize that faculty are the key drivers of change inside the classroom and in the curriculum.