Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Editors of top-tier journals couldn’t comprehend why she chose to focus on Black women instead of Black people generally, and if she wanted to talk about Black women and girls in the courses that she taught, she had to figure out how to slip the material into the pre-designed curriculum. The experience was isolating.

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MARCH 4, 2024

But rather, it's the elimination of opportunities to retain faculty and students [who] this country and its universities has historically never served,” McCune said. And so, part of what we are seeing is an elimination of offices that help retain faculty that have historically not been included in the university culture.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Those are powerful insights for their boards, faculty, and communities. For many years, the curriculum for those who hoped to ascend to a presidency focused on management skill development and building core competencies like budgeting, board management, and fundraising.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 10, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT can prove very valuable and promising in the realm of higher education but come with their own suite of issues that need to be considered, according to higher ed leaders and faculty who participated in a panel discussion on Wednesday. ChatGPT launched in November of 2022,” Watson said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

It has done that with an 86% success rate for the 2022-23 academic year. It also added professional development for all the tutors and faculty. Graduate Level Project upGRADS California State University, Fullerton (Fullerton, CA) Less than 10% of college and university faculty in the U.S. are Hispanic.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

“Students organized Black student unions demanding more African American studies courses, Black faculty and staff,” says Canton. 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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

McNeal was the last to join – she did so in July 2022 – and her appointment solidified GCU’s 100% women deanship rate. GCU’s predominantly women-led culture and administration provides its student body – 73% identified as female in 2022 – with role models, Marbach said. "I It was in our curriculum.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2023

Following her retirement as president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in July 2022, Jackson continued to have an impact on academia, industry, and public service. In a 2022 interview with ABC News, Jackson recalled, “At MIT, it wasn’t always friendly. regrettably, the award ceremony was cancelled in 2009.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Dueñas says her work calls upon “researchers, educators, [and] even, at times, policymakers to think about the ways in which policies, curriculums, rules, bylaws. affect the day-to-day lives of students.” and she received a 2019 Graduate Peer Mentor Award at University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate School, among others.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

This focus is part of what drew Google to the program. “ The program stands out because of the uniqueness of the curriculum. The 2021-2022 cohort of STEP CS students—the inaugural group —numbered nine, with five students from under-represented backgrounds. west regional lead, tech education outreach & partnerships at Google.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

There is power in being a role model, he says, and that’s why he wants to make sure undergrads and graduates can see themselves represented in Lehman faculty, staff, and administration. are white and only 21% are faculty of color. Delgado is himself a child of immigrants and a first-generation college-goer.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2023

In terms of retention, Carter says hiring supportive faculty is a huge component. “We We also have a lot of supports built into our curriculum,” she says. We get students of color primarily through word-of-mouth and because of the fact that we have so many faculty members who are people of color,” Cummings says. Online, 18.1%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

“Macaulay can provide an elite education — or a model that exemplifies the best of what higher ed has to offer — but without elitist recruitment or admissions processes,” says Byrne, who has been a faculty member at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (part of CUNY) since 2003. She concluded the fellowship and joined the faculty of John Jay.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 10, 2023

“I then thought, because I was very good in math and science, perhaps I could become an engineer and design an airplane for others to pilot,” said Lim, who joined the NJIT in July 2022 as its ninth president and a distinguished professor of mechanical engineering. Research activity is ahead of last year.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Dr. Lisa Hunter The company produced “Complicated Lives, Competing Priorities: Reimagining the Course Schedule for Today’s Student” using 687 responses from a 2022 survey of institutional leaders – 241 two-year public institutional leaders, 260 four-year public institutional leaders, and 158 four-year private institutional leaders.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 16, 2023

Shana Stoddard Having first come to Rhodes as a William Randolph Hearst Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in 2015, Stoddard has cemented a role for herself at the school over time, attaining the position of associate professor of chemistry in 2022. “I I knew that I wanted an undergraduate research lab,” Stoddard said. She holds a Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

In October 2022, the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) released a new report where, again, Black students lagged behind white students on the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) also known as the Nation’s Report Card. Curriculum and instruction must be rigorous and relevant. Dr. Donna Y.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

But all those positive things about face-to-face education, a sense of belonging, community engagement, interacting with faculty members and advisors, those things can be harmed if [students] are left to be self-directed learners who are only learning in an online environment.” Smith Jaggars attributes this to systemic barriers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

The faculty and staff overseeing EPW know each student personally. “I We design the curriculum individually to students’ needs. It is estimated that over 7 million people speak Spanish in Texas,” says Rueda-Acedo, who from 2005–13 was the sole faculty member. Latino faculty at UTA closely mentor the students.

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Civitas Learning

MAY 7, 2025

Advisors, faculty, and staff need a holistic view of a students experienceacademic progress, goals, challenges, and engagementso they can intervene early and offer proactive support. Faculty need simple ways to flag concerns and coordinate with advisors in real time. For student-facing teams, that story matters.

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EAB

AUGUST 25, 2023

Now, we’re sharing the five topics that were top of mind for independent school leaders over the past year (July 2022 through June 2023). Our researchers responded to dozens of requests for research, resources, or networking opportunities regarding managing faculty and staff, all of which we provide to meet partner needs.

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EAB

JANUARY 5, 2023

In recent years, institutions have confronted historical legacies of oppression , invested in faculty diversity , and developed retention programs for Black and Latino men , among many other initiatives. Just 10% of provosts selected any activity within "enhancing the faculty experience" as most critical. December 15, 2022.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

According to the Associated Press, “42% of ACT-tested graduates in the class of 2022 met none of the subject benchmarks in English, reading, science and math (NPR, 2022).” By focusing on student centered instruction using a rubric framework, all faculty are being trained on classroom strategies to improve student outcomes.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

After earning an undergraduate degree here in accounting, he returned as a faculty member in 1998, serving 11 years as a professor and 12 years as business school dean. He also told us: "I come from a line of three generations of faculty members here at the University of Utah. And they laid out a pretty simple plan.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

No common Advisement curriculum or talking points to ensure information equity—safeguarding that all students are connecting with departments and services appropriate for their needs. My work also benefited greatly from the Chronicle of Higher Education’s “The Future of Advising—Strategies to Support Student Success”, 2022.

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EAB

JANUARY 1, 2024

As any faculty member or administrator will tell you, growing new programs is a lot easier than changing—or sunsetting—existing program offerings. Annual portfolio reviews give you enough time to socialize any needed changes with faculty and allow you to intervene while there is still time to make a difference in a program’s performance.

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EAB

JULY 20, 2023

Seventy-eight percent of over 1100 teachers nationwide identified student behavior as a top concern in the EAB’s Fall 2022 survey on student behavior. Sign up now to secure your seat for an upcoming cohort and get a head start on this critical issue. Limited seats available.

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Timely MD

APRIL 18, 2024

According to a 2023 RAND Report , 23% of teachers said they were likely to leave their jobs by the end of the 2022-23 school year. A staggering 44% say they “always” or “very often” feel burned out at work, according to the 2022 Gallup Panel Workforce Study.

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Civitas Learning

JULY 11, 2024

Northwest’s student success model relies on collaboration between faculty, advisors, and student support units, such as diversity and inclusion, the registrar’s office, and the athletics department. This analysis contributed to a 12% increase in retention from Fall 2022 to Fall 2023. Read the Blog 3. Read the Blog 4.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Our second cohort concluded in December 2021, our third cohort wrapped up in spring 2022, our fourth occurred in fall 2022, and our fifth occurred in spring 2023. All cohorts ended with presentations of the fellows’ capstone projects. Below are a few of the key themes that appeared in multiple capstone projects from past participants.

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EAB

MAY 25, 2023

Dr. Louis Slimak , Associate Provost for Curriculum and Assessment at West Virginia University (WVU), has done extensive work to overhaul the WVU’s program review process—and its culture around data more broadly—since his arrival in 2016. We’re also standing up a dedicated Edify dashboard for our faculty hiring process.

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COE

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

It doesn’t have to all be done by us [faculty or administrators].” Minter noted that students can play a vital role in their education and that of their peers. She said programs such as “near-peer” mentoring are powerful. “It

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EAB

JULY 28, 2023

Most of the 13-year-old cohort tested by NAEP in Fall 2022 will enter high school in Fall 2023 and begin entering college in Fall 2027. Doing so requires intense cooperation between faculty, advising, and tutoring powered by an effective early alert and referrals system. The time to get ready is now. Ready to find out more?

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EAB

JULY 28, 2023

Most of the 13-year-old cohort tested by NAEP in Fall 2022 will enter high school in Fall 2023 and begin entering college in Fall 2027. Doing so requires intense cooperation between faculty, advising, and tutoring powered by an effective early alert and referrals system. The time to get ready is now. Ready to find out more?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2025

Despite his many accomplishments, meticulously documented in a 137-page curriculum vitae that lists dozens of speeches, scholarly publications, honorary degrees and faculty positions, Gates loathes being referred to as Dr. Gates or Professor Gates.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Jeff Bieganek “Test-Optional Admission Policies and The Impact on Graduate Management Education,” surveyed and collected the input of 116 deans, directors, faculty, and staff at 107 graduate business schools – a mix of public schools and private, non-profit schools – in September and October 2022.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 29, 2023

This is one of the 14 occupations in the 2022 Gallup Poll on occupational burnout. Marken & Agrawal , 2022). We have to really take a step back and think about who's training the teachers with degrees, certification, and licensure -- and that is college faculty. Will they face the same repercussions?

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