Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2025

From the small town of Lyman, South Carolina, Dr. James L. Moores journey to success is one he attributes to the steadfast support of his mother and the historical Dr. James L. Moore III trailblazers whose influence shaped his path to distinction. On Saturday, Jan. 25, Moorea Distinguished Professor of Urban Education at The Ohio State University (OSU) and executive director of the Todd Anthony Bell National Resource Centerwas awarded the Order of the Palmetto South Carolinas highest civilian ho

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Patter by Pat Thomson

JANUARY 26, 2025

I recently came across a researcher who was giving up. No more academia. There were other, better things to do. She had been working as a contract researcher for a long time. It is not uncommon for contract researchers to spend a long time going from contract to contract. However, the researcher who was giving up had not had to search out work as she had been continuously employed by the same few people.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2025

Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education, University of Oklahoma Age: 38 Education: B.S., Business Marketing, Albany State University; MBA., Albany State University; M.S., Student Affairs and Higher Education, Indiana State University; Ph.D., Educational Leadership and Higher Education, University of NebraskaLincoln Career mentors: Dr.

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Steve Keating

JANUARY 26, 2025

I will never forget my first promotion to a leadership position. I was a salesperson for a beverage company. I reported to a district manager who reported to a regional manager who reported to a general manager. I was a very, very good salesperson. Still, I was very nervous when one Friday afternoon I was called into the Presidents office for a chat.

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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

JANUARY 26, 2025

Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education, University of Oklahoma Age: 38 Education: B.S., Business Marketing, Albany State University; MBA., Albany State University; M.S., Student Affairs and Higher Education, Indiana State University; Ph.D., Educational Leadership and Higher Education, University of NebraskaLincoln Career mentors: Dr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2025

Recent reports regarding the cancellation of a virtual conference focused on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Registered Apprenticeships have Dr. Marybeth Gasman mischaracterized the nature of the stoppage. The conference, originally scheduled for January 30, was part of a larger $13 million Department of Labor (DOL) grant administered by Jobs for the Future (JFF), with the Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) at Rutgers University, serving as a sub-grantee thr

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