Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2024

An encounter with Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond, the renowned education researcher at Stanford University, led to Vasquez Heilig being hired as her researcher while completing his Ph.D. “There were a lot of things happening in Houston that didn’t add up to me,” says Vasquez Heilig. “I at Stanford.

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Catherine Cronin

APRIL 14, 2022

Although I now work independently in open education research and policy, my work between 2019 and 2021 related to practice and policy in the Irish HE sector, as Digital and Open Education lead for Ireland’s National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.

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The University Innovation Alliance

MARCH 15, 2023

Reyes previously served as West Virginia University’s Milan Puskar Dean of the John Chambers College of Business and Economics from 2016-2021, and vice president for StartUp West Virginia from 2018-2021. Co-Host: Bridget Burns , CEO, University Innovation Alliance Dr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

During Howard’s second year in the graduate program, Gay, his “academic mother,” suggested that he attend the American Educational Research Association’s meeting in 1996. Almost immediately, he encountered some resistance from educational researchers who claimed that their area of research does not focus on race.

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Teaching Higher education Curriculum Scholarship 290

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 25, 2023

A Gallup poll was released, bearing terrible news: only 36% of Americans have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in higher education, down 12 percentage points from 2018 and 21 percentage points from 2015, when more than half of U.S. Americans generally see value in higher education.

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Higher education Educational research Student loans Teaching 246

SRI Education

JULY 28, 2023

Bullying is considered a type of school violence (Arseneault, 2018; Yang et al., 2018; Sigurdson et al., Children who are frequently bullied are at risk for later mental health challenges, substance abuse, and even unemployment as adults (Arseneault, 2018; Takizawa et al., 2018; Lereya et al., 2014; Wolke et al.,

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Mental health Literacy Instruction Curriculum 52

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

He finally became chairperson in 2018, but ultimately stepped down early in response to what he says was intolerable treatment by his colleagues, who he alleges chose teaching assistants without his input, among other slights. Only around 60% of Black faculty believe that faculty of color are treated fairly.

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Faculty Educational leadership Scholarship Teaching 246

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Dietra Trent, a Hampton alumna, was appointed executive director of the White House Initiative on Advanced Educational Equity, Excellence and Economic Opportunity through Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Jackson, a prolific educational researcher, is the new dean of Michigan State University’s College of Education.

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