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AAUP Statement Ends Opposition to Academic Boycotts

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The statement reconsiders AAUP's categorical opposition to academic boycotts from the 2006 report, On Academic Boycotts , maintaining that such boycotts are not in themselves violations of academic freedom but can be legitimate tactical responses to conditions that are fundamentally incompatible with the mission of higher education.

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Have you seen these 10 Terrible Tenure Decision Making Patterns?

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Universities are making vocal commitments to recruit faculty who represent the diversity of the student population. At the same time, they struggle to retain the women and minoritized faculty who they have recruited. Narrow, self-serving yardsticks for assessing impact of scholarship, teaching, and service. Moreno at al.

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Examples of Excelencia

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It also added professional development for all the tutors and faculty. WSU’s CAMP was founded in 2006. Graduate Level Project upGRADS California State University, Fullerton (Fullerton, CA) Less than 10% of college and university faculty in the U.S. Most of the individuals leading sessions are faculty of color.

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Fostering Success

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These students are provided academic supports that include counseling, scholarships, and opportunities to participate in innovative science programs. “Dr. I think public institutions have a mission to make sure that those in society have access to higher education,” says Alexander, who arrived at UCLA in 2006.

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Association of American Law Schools President Speaks on Cooperative Politics

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So much of my career I did my scholarship in the field of election law,” said Alexander, the Arthur J. And in 2006, he served as general counsel for Cory Booker’s Newark mayoral election. He said it was one of the reasons he went to law school. To Alexander, the legal profession is ultimately about serving communities and justice. “So

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Young, Brilliant, and Ready: Preparing Black Males for Postsecondary Opportunities and Transitions

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These concerns are not new; Tinto’s (1993) and Tracey and Sedlacek’s (1984) groundbreaking studies and theoretical scholarship remain relevant today. To note, Black males have the highest unemployment rate in the nation. We have a long way to go to achieve equity in the academy for Black males.

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Context, Cultural Insight Bring Diversity to the Dramatic Arts

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Stepping into a scholarship void In graduate school, realizing there were virtually no books on Asian American theater history, she began interviewing Asian American theater artists around the U.S. For her first book, A History of Asian American Theatre (2006), she interviewed over 70 people. Her research became based on their stories.