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Real Faculty Wages Decline for Third Straight Year

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Any recent gains in salary for full-time faculty members have been swallowed up by soaring inflation. Full-time faculty saw a 4% bump for the year ending fall 2022, the largest single-year gain since 1991. For faculty, that only happens maybe twice in their career, when they go from assistant to associate, and from associate to full.”

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Seed Investments Fund 15 Research Collaborations Between Virginia Tech and Minority-Serving Institutions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Seed funding is one of the primary mechanisms we use to allow faculty to pursue new research directions that have incredible potential but might be prohibitively difficult to get off the ground otherwise,” said ICTAS Director Dr. Stefan Duma. “We to bolster research on campus. The projects will launch this year.

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Native Son Propels Opportunities for Kentucky Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

CPE’s 2024 Higher Education Matters Progress Report shows the graduation rate for URM in the Kentucky Community & Technical College System (KCTCS) increased 15 percentage points from the 2016-17 academic year to the 2022-23 academic year. The 2024 Higher Education Matters Progress Report shows a 16.1 A framework was built.

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A Persevering Spirit

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Diane Finley, Prince George’s Community College; and Dr. Christine McDermott, Delaware State University Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “Don’t stretch yourself out too thin. Learn how to say no as a junior faculty member but say it with poise and some grace. I love my students. I love my teaching.

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Dr. Orlando Taylor: A Person to Emulate

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He mentored generations of students and colleagues, from being one of only three Black faculty members and the first Black tenure-track professor at Indiana University to his long-time service at Howard University. He honored human beings. He was dignified in manner but always had a spark of good cheer and big smile.

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Profiling Some of the Institutions With the Most Minority Business Graduates

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Among the programs are accounting, business administration, health administration and services, finance, human resources, and marketing. In terms of retention, Carter says hiring supportive faculty is a huge component. “We At the graduate level there are eight graduate degree programs and 10 stand-alone certificates. Online, 18.1%

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A Heart for People

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sociology, University of Colorado Boulder Career mentors: Elaine Enarson, independent scholar; Ophra Leyser-Whalen, University of Texas at El Paso; and Ron Aday, Middle Tennessee State University Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “Your career path may look very different than your mentors and/or your faculty colleagues.

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