Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 25, 2023

Color Us United, a nonprofit that advocates for a “race-blind” America, declared a “historic victory” over DEI efforts at the University of North Carolina’s School of Medicine (UNC). In a press conference Thursday, the organization took credit for the university’s February decision that it would not require DEI statements from job and tenure candidates, as well as the school’s recent confirmation that a task force to integrate social justice into curricula had been disbanded and its recommendati

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Steve Keating

MAY 25, 2023

One of the surest ways to “future proof” your organization is to make developing your future leaders a daily activity. Every day! Not when you “find” time, not when you “make” time and not tomorrow. Today and everyday. If you’re looking at developing future leaders as an expense, even a necessary one, then frankly, you’re looking at it wrong. The development of future leaders is an investment, it’s the one investment that is sure to provide a high rate of return.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 25, 2023

Rodmon King Rodmon King has been named the assistant dean for diversity, inclusion, and belonging for the School of Public Health and Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He served as dean of institutional equity and inclusion at Connecticut College. King holds a master’s and a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Rochester in New York.

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Counseling Today

MAY 25, 2023

Counselors can help clients who have experienced adult bullying learn to heal and take back their power. The post The mental toll of adult bullying appeared first on Counseling Today.

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Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 25, 2023

Dr. Peiyin Hung’s academic passion lies in rural health and learning how to help people in those more sparsely populated areas get the care they need. “Rural America, in general, really suffers from a lot of challenges in just [getting] to risk-appropriate care,” Hung said. “It’s very challenging for them.” Compared to the average person living in urban areas, people in rural communities often suffer from more inadequate access to healthcare, experience lower quality of care, and have higher mor

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 25, 2023

Purdue University’s Military Family Research Institute (MFRI) will receive $5 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. over the next three years. Dr. Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth “We at MFRI are honored and humbled by this funding,” said Dr. Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth , MFRI director and distinguished professor in Purdue’s Department of Human Development and Family Science.

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The University Innovation Alliance

MAY 25, 2023

Lessons in Innovation for Higher Ed A Conversation With Peter Temes, President, Institute for Innovation in Large Organizations Alan Thu, 06/01/2023 - 06:00 Image Blog Post Higher Ed Leadership Innovation Spotlight Despite our focus on higher education, the University Innovation Alliance (UIA) always watches innovators working in other sectors. For this podcast in the Innovation Spotlight Series , we spoke with Peter Temes , president of the Institute for Innovation in Large Organizations (ILO I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 25, 2023

Two Houghton University employees were fired after not following the school's email signature guidelines on pronouns, USA Today reported. Dorm directors Shua Wilmot and Raegan Zelaya – he/him and she/her, respectively – had included pronouns in their email signatures, refused to remove them, and in April, received letters notifying them of their termination.

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EAB

MAY 25, 2023

Blogs Improve your program review process with these 4 data tips A Q&A with Dr. Louis Slimak, Associate Provost at West Virginia University In today’s fast-changing environment, program review is an increasingly critical area of focus and the first step in delivering a portfolio that meets the institution’s goals and students’ needs. Yet many institutions lack a standardized, data-informed process for assessing program performance, leading to inconsistency and disagreement.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 25, 2023

Higher education is bracing as the nation's debt ceiling nears its limit, The Hill reported. Justin Draeger Republicans and President Biden have been in negotiations for weeks over the matter. If no deal is made, the U.S. is expected to default by the beginning of June, affecting markets and possibly the global economy. And if the U.S. defaults, colleges and universities would lose significant federal funding and students may lose access to aid.

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