Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 9, 2025

Under the agreement, Barnard will adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's definition of antisemitism, which includes certain critiques of Israel among its examples. The settlement has drawn criticism from faculty who argue it could chill legitimate academic discourse.

Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Rochester was looking to hire faculty whose work focused on diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. Cluster hiring instantly injects diversity into departments that have little, while making the experience easier for minoritized faculty members. Steele remembers being at an event for new faculty. They were hiring three.

Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

In the era of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Great Resignation, faculty and staff burnout is a major problem in higher education. Many faculty and staff, she pointed out, have had to take on extra responsibilities from other positions that have gone unfilled. They’re worn down. People are just plain overworked,” said Dr. Margaret W.

Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

I would describe faculty as on a spectrum between sanguine and despairing,” says Dr. Joseph F. Faculty members, Brown recalls, were worried that students would use ChatGPT to cheat and bypass any difficulties they encountered, negatively impacting learning. “As you can imagine, people were and still are apprehensive.

Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 25, 2024

The annual forum brought together more than 650 students, faculty, athletic directors, and administrators for a three-day conversation focused on enhancing diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging initiatives at colleges and universities. That topic was among many issues discussed Thursday at the NCAA Inclusion Forum.

Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 7, 2023

There is considerable research generated about African Americans in higher education, specifically faculty. In fact, most studies concerning African Americans have focused on the retention of students or faculty (Wolfe & Dilworth, 2015). Trustees reported their college also broadened the definition of diversity to include opinions.

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

As I moved from a faculty role into more administrative work, the words stayed with me though they no longer informed text selection, course design, or other personal pedagogical practices. It resonated immediately in the context in which I heard it — in a gathering of religion scholars of color.

Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 8, 2025

Title :Assistant Dean for Student Vitality & Career Development and Director of Student Affairs Tenured: No Age: 38 Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing University of Virginia; MBA in Business Administration, Averett University; Ph.D I know there are students out there that could definitely succeed, they just need the resources.

Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

Lesley Shawler Title: Assistant Professor, School of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences; Faculty Supervisor, Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders, Southern Illinois University Age: 38 Education: B.A., She called it “definitely a unique experience that allowed me to meet well-known behavior analysts.”

Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Nonetheless, the percentage of women STEM faculty remains disproportionately small. Women now receive around 40% of STEM PhDs — far from parity but a definite improvement. He describes it as a way to help women on faculty get the sort of information that’s often shared in informal social connections between men.

Grant

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2024

It secures its place in federal education policy, making it less susceptible to annual budget fluctuations or shifts in administrative priorities.” Faculty's working conditions are students' learning conditions,” Kezar told Diverse. Royel Johnson, an associate professor of higher education at University of Southern California (USC).

Student success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The federal government, on the other hand, uses a straightforward numerical definition to classify as Hispanic Serving Institutions any two- or four-year nonprofit degree-granting college or university where enrollment is at least 25% Latine. Investing in diversity among faculty, staff and administrators is a critical component.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2024

The conference attendees were a mix of students, faculty, donors, education administrators, and edtech professionals. This suggestion is reasonable given the common occurrence of faculty in the higher education sector being hired without any prior preparation to teach [facilitate learning].

Teaching

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2024

The increasingly aggressive stance toward the sector among both federal and state politicians, growth in faculty departures, ongoing staff burnout, and persistent dearth of enrollment among low-income, rural, and male-identified students are all troubling too. Definitely. Absolutely.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

As Chat GPT and other innovations that make use of artificial intelligence technologies are brought forward, faculty members and administrators throughout the academic community are appropriately raising concerns about their potential adverse effects on the higher education experience.

University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 6, 2023

Provosts could make better decisions if they had better data on faculty research, career interests of prospective students, and research funding trends. Faculty could be freed from the burdens of populating personnel files and reports. There’s definitely risk associated with data privacy. People were drowning,” said Borgman.

Faculty

Active Minds

JANUARY 16, 2023

Our Active Minds Chapter at Morgan State University was definitely created out of necessity. We believe the best way that our organization can continue to be supported is by having student concerns taken seriously, and by the administration continuing to offer the necessary resources to improve the mental health of students at MSU.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 8, 2023

There has definitely been an increase of students who are coming to the center for services,” says Terry. A lot of parents and faculty have reached out, just to have answers of what’s going on, how do we support our children?” It’s definitely a hard place that it puts us in,” Terry says. says Terry. “We

Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 9, 2023

We believe that higher education faculty and administrators play an integral role in combating the faulty assumptions, racist ideas and harmful policies put forth by white nationalists. We believe there is a need to elevate diverse African American experiences with intersectional social identities. This must be challenged.

Teaching

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2023

Recently, when I was asked to appear on a Diverse sponsored panel at the recent AAC&U annual meeting on the best practices of attracting, hiring and retaining diverse faculty and administrators, I approached it from a journalist’s perspective. Broadening the definition gets you more candidates, and more diversity.

Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Dr. Steffen Wilson “It is important for us as faculty to understand that students are new to the world of professional e-mail and that they are likely to send e-mails with inappropriate content,” Wilson and Florell wrote in the article. Faculty perspectives on the matter as well as its frequency and seriousness vary greatly.

Communication

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Building pipelines After attending undergraduate and graduate school, Thompson built a career as a professor, administrator, and researcher/writer before joining the CPE in 2009 as senior vice president for academic affairs. He became executive vice president in 2013 and assumed the presidency in 2018. “We A framework was built.

Low income student

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 14, 2025

Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty: Remember, its progress, not perfection. Cureton] is definitely a global citizen, says Dr. Trina Shanks, a professor of social work, director of community engagement, and founding director of the Center for Equitable Family and Community Well-Being at U-M. You win some and you lose some.

Teaching

EAB

MAY 16, 2023

The three share tips on collecting and using data to convince faculty and senior leaders to become enthusiastic partners in the effort. DC: And I'll add on to that, even more so with the faculty component. Students may, you know, they're going to see their faculty more than they see their academic advisor. Learn more.

Student success

Civitas Learning

JUNE 8, 2023

Silos persist, differing definitions of student success hinder collaboration, and institutions struggle to establish a consistent and centralized knowledge base. In this step, leadership teams facilitate cross-functional collaboration by establishing alignment around a shared definition of student success.

Collaboration

EAB

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

They also provided more hands-on training for faculty and students to spur wider adoption of the Navigate student success platform and improve communication during the registration process. Secretly was hoping maybe we'd be at 1%, but we definitely were not gonna be at 10% down, but that is where we were. And we had no idea why.

Retention

EAB

JUNE 12, 2023

What was not expected, however, was their expansion of the third-party servicer definition. Overall, Hill believes that “the new TPS guidance will be either significantly modified or even rescinded after the public comment period is over.”

Title IV

EAB

MAY 2, 2023

I've been with counseling services for about 10 years, in a variety of roles clinically and administratively, and I think NAU for those who don't know, is located in Northern Arizona. DD: That is our message as well, as we want students, staff, faculty, administrators to utilize and leverage the resources that they have on campus for that.

Mental health

Eric Stoller on Academic Advising

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Eventually, I decided to apply for the College Student Services Administration (CSSA) program at OSU. Conveniently, I had already registered for the NASPA Annual Conference that year and would be able to meet several of the CSSA faculty and students at the event. The community at OSU has definitely had an impact on my life.

Student affairs

EAB

JUNE 20, 2023

Melanie Overton: That’s true, compassion is central to their work and we’re definitely working with the VPs of student affairs in this seminar. The crisis experience tested relationships between leaders and teams, the faculty and staff, and the institution itself. MA: How would you describe the energy of the participants?

Leadership

EAB

APRIL 4, 2023

Beth and David also offer tips on ways to eliminate administrative obstacles and on the importance of focusing your marketing messages around the expected return your students can expect to see on their education investment. BD: Yeah, definitely. EAB · How to Recruit Adult Career Switchers Transcript [music] 0:00:12.7

Application

EAB

JUNE 30, 2023

What benefits do staff, faculty, and students gain from better data management? When this data is stored in varied systems rather than in a single, standardized location, administrators and decision-makers may not have an accurate understanding of issues the campus needs to address. Building a single source of truth (i.e.,

Database

The University Innovation Alliance

MARCH 15, 2023

He spoke with us on the Weekly Wisdom Podcast about his leadership style, expectations he's faced, lessons he's learning from the experience, and how future administrators might best prepare for this kind of leadership. Javier Reyes found himself elevated to the position of Interim Chancellor. Sometimes you'll be able to take time off.

Leadership

Supporting Student Success

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Visualization based on definitions of positive stress, tolerable stress, and toxic stress from the US National Scientific Council on the Developing Child. This can include institutionally (faculty / staff) supported student groups (e.g. student leaders, administrative leaders). Shifting Cultures: Broad Awareness.

Mental health

Supporting Student Success

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

At first these were mostly made up words with definitions that were new to me but as a I learned more, I understood how useful this tool could be. I also worked with faculty to build custom workshops for their courses.

Success

The University Innovation Alliance

MARCH 7, 2024

It doesn't always make everybody happy, but it definitely makes it easier when everybody feels they're being listened to.” I may not be able to make the staff happy because I need to do this for faculty and students, or whatever the case may be. You're approachable. The vice presidents have responsibility for their respective areas.

Higher education

EAB

AUGUST 8, 2023

JA: Yeah, your program is definitely unique from many programs in those respects. Definitely, if you'd like to have your program, if you're not in there, you would like to be in there, please reach out to me. So knowing, "Oh, they have staff and faculty and professors, who have real-world experience. KW: Absolutely.

Application