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An internal audit of Boston University’s Center for Antiracist Research (CAR) has found no issues with the handling of CAR’s finances, according to the school. Dr. Ibram X. Kendi The audit comes after CAR founding director Dr. Ibram X. The school is now looking into CAR’s grants for adherence to proper reporting processes.

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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.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2023

CUNY’s central offices will use $150,000 on professional development, faculty engagement, and monthly discussions on issues related to discrimination. And the CUNY School of Law will have an adviser for faculty and staff on fostering a common understanding of discrimination and how to confront it.

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Rutgers University faculty held rallies Dec. We made a series of proposals around critical issues and needs that will make a better Rutgers for everyone—our students, staff, grad workers, faculty, our communities, the state of New Jersey,” said Dr. Rebecca Givan, president of Rutgers AAUP-AFT.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Dr. Clyde Barnett III These strong allegations have ignited macro and microaggressions directed at Dr. Vassar, including several statements from MSU Faculty Senate chair Jack Lipton. Besides the blatantly erroneous allegations against Dr. Vassar, there are several issues at play here. Complex issues require complex leadership.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Faculty and staff serving Indigenous students at PWIs must be aware of the varying institutional contexts and how students navigate and experience their educational pathways. The movement and transition between these institutional types can be jarring to Indigenous students.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Morgan State University and the State of Maryland are establishing a new Center for Urban and Coastal Climate Science Research to address the issue of climate change. The center is one of six that Morgan State has launched over the past five years.

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the school had 118 full-time faculty and 107 part-time faculty in Fall 2022. Saint Rose faced financial issues for years as enrollment declined, even putting its accreditation at risk. The school had 2,200 undergrads in 2020, but only about 1,800 in 2022. “We

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Colleges and universities nationwide have established Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) offices for years to increase faculty diversity and help students from various backgrounds succeed at the post-secondary level and beyond. In the past few months, DEI advocates at the university level have witnessed their livelihoods at risk.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Henry Stoever The toolkit includes leadership principles, a guide to board responsibilities, a planning playbook, among other resources, and pays special attention to issues of equity, inclusion, and belonging. When I started at AGB, the Board of Directors, staff, and I incorporated student success into the association’s vision.

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APRIL 16, 2024

Smith acknowledges that much progress has been made since she was a student-athlete at Stanford University in the 1990s — notably DEI divisions in athletic departments — but most athletic staffs don’t reflect the student-athlete populations. “We They were making demands and holding administration’s feet to the fire.”

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MAY 17, 2023

The GOP-dominated Ohio Senate has passed 21-10 a bill that would ban nearly all diversity and inclusion training requirements at the state’s public colleges and universities, prohibit faculty strikes, and bar public universities from taking stances on “controversial” topics, the Associated Press reported.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

A special feature section from CUNY's Hunter College in the report about the rise in labor activity in higher ed from 2022 to 2023 illustrates the quickening pace of student worker organizing, to that degree that in the past year and a half, student worker unionization growth has surpassed that of faculty.

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JUNE 14, 2023

As a law professor emanating from a primarily liberal arts institution, I deemed it invaluable that the author’s note in my law review articles could state that research was conducted, in part, as an FRN Scholar-in-Residence at NYU, courtesy of the Faculty Resource Network.

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

“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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DECEMBER 13, 2022

University of Florida (UF) faculty have expressed worry about a new regulation that would allow college deans to review employment of tenured faculty every five years instead of seven, The Gainesville Sun reported. UF faculty already have a tenured review process that takes place every seven years.

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MARCH 4, 2024

The decisions we have reached regarding early decision and standardized test requirements remain true to these values, and continuing to examine family connections is the right decision for the complicated questions this issue raises for our community.”

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NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Even before recent events, LGBTQ+ students tended to be targets of harassment, and there is strong evidence that members of the LGBTQ+ community are at a higher risk for experiencing mental health issues – especially depression and anxiety disorders. Train Faculty and Staff. Foster Community.

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OCTOBER 19, 2023

Campus racial climate is defined in the report as the “current attitudes, behaviors, and practices of faculty and students at a higher education institution toward students based on their race/ethnicity.” It's not enough to just have more students and faculty of color on campus,” said Hernández-Reyes. In light of the U.S.

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APRIL 5, 2024

Administrators and faculty members are responsible for confronting these unjust behaviors head-on. My recommendations for addressing this issue are: Promote Linguistic Diversity : Colleges and universities should celebrate linguistic diversity as a strength. They are warriors in the truest sense, battling against unimaginable odds.

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MARCH 28, 2024

Community colleges will have funding to support endowed chair positions for faculty. Establish faculty academies to train former community college students who are enrolled in master’s and doctorate programs and who want to become community college faculty.

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APRIL 9, 2023

Three unions representing approximately 9,000 Rutgers University faculty and staff went on strike Apr. Significant and substantial progress has been made, as I have noted, and I believe that there are only a few outstanding issues. 10, following nearly a year of unsuccessful contract negotiations, CNN reported. New Jersey Gov.

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DECEMBER 21, 2022

We hope to attract a mix of professionals that will create conversations across industry sectors examining issues of equity and inclusion in their workplaces and communities,” said Lemheney. All of us in higher education, you have to think about these issues every day—be cognitive of who is included and who is not. It’s like exercise.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

James Tipton of Taylorsville, a “tenure bill” that would introduce required performance evaluations for higher education faculty positions and make it harder to grant or earn tenure. We don’t speak out as an institution on public policy unless the issues will impact our entire community in potentially significant ways,” he said.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2022

BCC staff are also allowed to work remotely. “We We are currently working on fixing the heating issues in time for when students, faculty and staff return after the Thanksgiving holidays,” BCC spokesperson Richard Ginsberg said in an email. The union represents CUNY professional staff and faculty.

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OCTOBER 11, 2023

Before tackling systematic issues, leaders must develop an equity mindset and set the tone for the school’s work, the report stated. Faculty play a key role in understanding and responding to student needs, the report authors wrote. And it gives the tools to move into action," said Dr. Karen Stout, president and CEO of ATD.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2023

“In these early days, I am acclimating myself to the institution, evaluating the campus climate, establishing relationships with faculty, staff and students, and becoming more connected with the local community,” says Jaamal. Strategic planning Coe is in the process of developing its newest strategic plan.

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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.

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APRIL 5, 2023

Carolyn Terry The annual Delphi Award – sponsored by the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and the University of Southern California’s Pullias Center for Higher Education – commends and rewards schools giving support to non-tenure-track, contingent and/or adjunct faculty, according to its website.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

We’re looking at creating a national clearinghouse of diversity, BIPOC [Black, Indigenous, People of Color] initiatives for minoritized students, faculty and staff at universities,” said Byrd. There’s diversity happening among students, where the pipeline is slowing down is at the faculty level.”

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

The detrimental ripple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on higher education won’t be going away any time soon, and student mental health is becoming an increasingly urgent issue, according to a recent EAB report. And conventional approaches to address this issue just are not enough anymore, Brown said.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

On the opening day, academics shared findings on student success at Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), while others tackled issues of pay inequity in internships. Youngbull studied TCU concepts of student success by interviewing leadership and faculty at five different institutions in New Mexico, Arizona, and North Dakota.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Mantella, president of Grand Valley State, issued and completed a 15-point plan for racial equity as a clear statement on providing foundational knowledge around diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and emphasizing commitment to the university’s values. Bernal, chief of staff to the president and vice president for inclusion and equity.

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MARCH 29, 2023

The Black Men’s Research Institute (BMRI) at Morehouse College hosted its first Spring Symposium addressing health issues for African American men. Mental health issues are ubiquitous, and they have a tremendous impact on our community,” Evans said. Dr. Walter M. It is problematic for the adjustment that means for Black men.”

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MARCH 30, 2023

“President Plunkett and her leadership team will work closely with faculty and staff as the university prepares for closure,” Plunkett and IWU Board Chair Robert Miller said in a email to staff. Several meetings will be held over the next week so everyone can develop a plan to secure new employment.”

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

That’s very much a result of community awareness, but also faculty and student advocacy to say, ‘Hey, Native Hawaiians are underrepresented across the higher education playing field.’” noa faculty identify as Native Hawaiian, the largest representation of Native Hawaiian faculty ever seen at the campus. Just under 8% of UH M?noa

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JUNE 7, 2023

This comes after the Tougaloo Alumni Coalition – not directly associated with the Tougaloo Alumni Association – started a petition to remove Walters earlier this year, citing concerns such as declining student enrollment, loss of faculty and staff, vacant key positions, and questionable fiscal issues. Dr. Carmen J.

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