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Higher Ed Leaders Offer Strategies Improving Faculty and Staff Well-Being

Timely MD

Faculty and staff at colleges and universities have the second-highest burnout rate out of industry in the country, just behind K-12 workers, according to a recent Gallup Panel Workforce Study. Why are faculty and staff leaving their positions? And, what can be done to help the entire campus community be well and thrive?

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Cultivating a Culture of Connection and Care for the Changing Terrain

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Perspectives and expectations based on work from home that began during the COVID-19 pandemic spawned changes in communicating, teaching, and engaging. Added to the work-from-home ethos is a changing culture as younger generations move into senior leadership positions. In-person relationships are being displaced by virtual engagement.

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An Activist-Scholar

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title: Professor, Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin-Madison; and Director, Asian American Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison Tenured: Yes Age: 40 Education: B.A., mass communication, Indiana University; and Ph.D., media studies and Asian studies, Pomona College; M.A.,

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Helping Student Parents

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

communications, Hood College; M.A., communications, Hood College; and D.O.L., organizational leadership, Hood College Career mentors: Dr. Olivia White, Hood College, and Margaret Latimer, Montgomery College Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “One thing that has been incredibly valuable to me has been deep trust in myself.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions. Dr. Erika D.

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Where higher ed leaders agree (and disagree) on the biggest barriers to DEIJ progress

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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. Mid-level leadership.

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The Transformational Power of Higher Education

The University Innovation Alliance

She spoke about how she went from avoiding to embracing administrative leadership, the pandemic's lessons about collaboration and community, and her view of what it will take to reenergize higher ed. Through our engagement with our professional communities, we are leaders. Faculty is a leadership role.