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AAC&U Project to Assist 12 Campuses with Equity-Center Curriculum Design

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A dozen higher education institutions have been selected to participate in the Equitable and Inclusive Curriculum-to-Career Models Project, according to the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). This work is necessary for advancing higher education, student success, and our economy.”

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Diverse Students Are Going Hungry at the Cafeteria Curriculum

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Terry O’Banion Community college students who are from lower socio-economic backgrounds, are first generation, and who have not been successful in high school are starving to death trying to find educational sustenance at the cafeteria curriculum. And there are plenty of clues to the nature of that curriculum.

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ASU Faculty Receive $1.6 Million for Program to Better Teach K-12 Educators about Civics, History, and Media Literacy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Arizona State University (ASU) faculty have received $1.6 A number of ASU faculty will contribute and particiupate in the project. The project will also develop an online mentorship program for teachers, the Professional Learning Network (PLN), so that they can connect with ASU faculty for support during the program.

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CUNY Graduate Center Selects 65 Black, Race, and Ethnic Studies Doctoral and Faculty Fellows

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The fellows – 20 CUNY Graduate Center doctoral student fellows and 45 faculty fellows – will be affiliated with CUNY’s BRES Collaboration Hub and will do research and create curricula to improve Black, race, and ethnic studies at CUNY. Faculty fellows get $2,000 stipends for research and curriculum development projects.

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Wayne State University Receives $6 Million Grant for Humanities Faculty Cluster Hire and Black Studies Center

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Wayne State University has received $6 million for a cluster hire program to recruit and hire 30 new humanities faculty and create a Black Studies center. The grant also helps fund the launch of the Detroit Center for Black Studies, which will be faculty-led and help connect Black Studies faculty from Michigan institutions.

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The Consuming Effects of Commodifying Education on Faculty Members

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For this piece, we identify the function and effects of neoliberalism on the relationships among graduate students and faculty. Neoliberalism’s intrusion in higher education causes students to expect high return-on-investment; correspondingly, faculty are expected to be superhuman workers. Dr. Cathryn B.

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A Registrar’s View: Will You Graduate?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Curriculum proposing and processing is the first culprit in what I would consider the demise of a student’s dreams of completing their educational journey. Another issue that institutions of higher learning find that deters a completed graduation record is the availability of qualified faculty to teach in respective areas.