Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Joy Gaston Gayles will become head of the NC State College of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development (ELPHD), effective Jul. She also received NC State’s University Faculty Scholar in 2018 and is the winner of the Zenobia L. Hikes Woman of Color in the Academy Award. Gayles holds a Ph.D.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

But all of that changed in 2022, when Steele saw a listing for a job at the University of Rochester’s Warner School of Education and Human Development. Rochester was looking to hire faculty whose work focused on diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. Steele remembers being at an event for new faculty. They were hiring three.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

Warren Grayson and Dr. Jennifer Elisseeff, The Johns Hopkins University; and Dr. Michele Manuel and Dr. Cammy Abernathy, both of University of Florida Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “Feel the fear and do it anyway! She arrived at the University of Florida in July 2020. You are capable of more than you can imagine.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 27, 2024

Hawley Prize from the Organization of American Historians also in 2019; and a fellowship with the National Endowment for the Humanities in 2020. Anti-Asian reported incidents jumped from 279 in 2020 to 746 in 2021, according to FBI statistics.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 26, 2022

One of the goals I’m trying to achieve is to portray our lives outside of the classroom to humanize our experience and to show that many of our contributions actually happen outside of the classroom in the research that we do, in the work that we publish and the work that we do with students,” she says. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 13, 2024

Education is a human right regardless of one’s background, and access and support should be readily available to those in need. Since 2020, our first-generation retention rate has increased by 7.2% Edward’s “familia” or family of students, faculty, staff, and leadership.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 10, 2023

After a national and international racial reckoning spurred by the killing of George Floyd in 2020, politicians have hit back hard. Army, I enrolled at the University of the District of Columbia, earned a doctorate from Harvard University, and embarked on a career in which I founded and led 20 education and human services organizations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2023

Dr. Sarita Cargas, associate professor of human rights at the University of New Mexico Honors College. They talked about having headaches and trouble staying awake in class, feeling anxious that other people would hear their tummies grumbling,” said Cargas, an associate professor of human rights at the UNM Honors College.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 11, 2024

She stood up to the principal and affirmed my humanity. She let me know, ‘You are a full human being, and they’re going to have to recognize you.’” Rema,” says she has learned from her own experiences to defend our collective humanity. In 2020, the world was riveted by the murder of George Floyd, and Vassar was horrified.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2023

One focus will be on trust of autonomous systems by humans. Another emphasis will be on how humans and machines can work together to take advantage of what each are best at. Howard had previously received a grant from the Department of Defense in 2020 of $7.5 No HBCU currently has R1 status.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2023

Since Fall 2020, there was a surge in applications and enrollments from India and countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The largest growth areas across all countries are biological and agricultural sciences and mathematical and computer sciences, although the arts and humanities, business and education also show growth.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The Bronx is home to over one million people, 56% of whom are Latinx, according to 2020 U.S. There is power in being a role model, he says, and that’s why he wants to make sure undergrads and graduates can see themselves represented in Lehman faculty, staff, and administration. are white and only 21% are faculty of color.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 12, 2023

When Congress voted in December 2020 to restore Pell Grants for incarcerated Americans after a 26-year ban, advocates hailed the move as an opportunity for 760,000 people in prison to achieve a better life through education. Faculty are also restricted in the number of materials that they can bring into prisons, as well as what type.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 27, 2024

Hawley Prize from the Organization of American Historians also in 2019; and a fellowship with the National Endowment for the Humanities in 2020. Anti-Asian reported incidents jumped from 279 in 2020 to 746 in 2021, according to FBI statistics.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Dr. Amanda Ellis joined CPE in 2020 as vice president of K-12 policies and programs. From there, she began to work with representatives — faculty and staff — from both two-year and four-year institutions. This model has learning objectives and content that were agreed upon by faculty and staff across the state,” says Offutt.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 9, 2023

We believe that higher education faculty and administrators play an integral role in combating the faulty assumptions, racist ideas and harmful policies put forth by white nationalists. We believe there is a need to elevate diverse African American experiences with intersectional social identities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

Just look at the pictures of your campuses’ faculty, and pay close attention to upper administration. Who knew that the racial reckoning of 2020 would have evoked such a silencing and chilling impact on mere discussions about race and racism? Need another quickie and eye-opening proof? They may be encouraged, but are you hiring?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In 2020, as interest grew and Black student enrollment increased, Sauvignon crafted a Black Studies curriculum and submitted it to the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education. The program got approval last spring. Massasoit officials agree.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, president emeritus of the University of Maryland Baltimore County, aptly says, “By understanding human behavior and our values, we develop a moral compass that can guide our decision-making. Dr. Barbara J. Additionally, institutions should be attentive to the well-being of all employees.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2023

In January 2020, he began serving as interim chancellor of MCCCD and was initially told that he would likely be in that role for six months until a permanent chancellor was named. But as the pandemic raged on and upended life for MCCCD students and faculty, Gonzales endeavored to stay focused on them. “I There, Gonzales earned an Ed.D.

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Believe in Students

OCTOBER 10, 2024

I arrived at Believe in Students in April 2020, just as the pandemic was rocking the world and changing college campuses, in some ways permanently. And in all the hundreds of hours of conversations I’d had about student success, I had never once talked to or about faculty members as part of the solution.

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EAB

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Colleges can make progress toward helping students feel they belong in the following ways: Hire diverse staff and faculty. Our mission is to walk students through unfamiliar processes, support their academic and human needs, and create opportunities for placemaking within the institution ,” says El Centro Director Julissa Colón.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

Villarreal, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute; Dr. Elisa Gorla, University of Neuchâtel; Dr. Felice Manganiello, Clemson University; and Dr. Gretchen Matthews, Virginia Tech Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “Try, try, and try, and then you will get it. Do what you love.

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Civitas Learning

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Unfortunately, many campuses are deeply compartmentalized, making it difficult for staff (and faculty) to collaborate on an intentional and unified approach to student success. This shared understanding helps leaders allocate human and financial resources to the most impactful strategies.

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The University Innovation Alliance

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Between 2016 and 2020, the UIA conducted a randomized control trial study of proactive, predictive analytics-enabled advising for first-generation and Pell-eligible students across 11 campuses. Faculty and staff feel pressured to help but lack the resources to do so. Proactive Advising.

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The University Innovation Alliance

OCTOBER 6, 2022

I was passionate about technology," he recalled, "so I was able to persuade the board and the faculty and my colleagues to open up a new graduate center. President LeBlanc has seen institutions close, most notably Marlboro College, when the school he first led merged with Emerson College in 2020. And it's really about our humanity.

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Civitas Learning

APRIL 4, 2024

Students now enjoy the ease of auto-generating their best-fit schedules based on courses they must take, breaks, and preferences like a specific campus, section, or faculty member. Additionally, they can compare schedules side by side, enabling them to make informed decisions once the enrollment period opens.

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John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Annual Influenza Vaccine Since 2020, Johns Hopkins University has required all JHU students, trainees, postdoctoral fellows, faculty, and staff to receive an annual influenza (flu) vaccine. Information about JHU insurance coverage for students and for faculty and staff is available online. We appreciate your support.

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The University Innovation Alliance

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Between 2018 and 2020, seven University Innovation Alliance institutions utilized change management and human-centered design principles to identify and deconstruct barriers to successful career readiness for first-generation and low-income students. The expectation to serve students in this way doesn't yet exist.

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Believe in Students

APRIL 1, 2024

In 2020, the pandemic helped shed light on the issues we have long known are true: the increase in the price of college for students and the accompanying rise in basic needs insecurity for today’s students is a serious threat to the long-term success of our higher education system. Questions about the motivations of faculty and students.

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Civitas Learning

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Unfortunately, many campuses are deeply compartmentalized, making it difficult for staff (and faculty) to collaborate on an intentional and unified approach to student success. This shared understanding helps leaders allocate human and financial resources to the most impactful strategies.

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EAB

JUNE 20, 2023

The crisis experience tested relationships between leaders and teams, the faculty and staff, and the institution itself. MA: When we talk to college and university cabinet leaders about how they're trying to build trust or respond to faculty and staff grievances, it does sound like they're doing all the right things.

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Supporting Student Success

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Stress is a natural part of the human condition, and can be performance enhancing at low to moderate levels. This response has had adaptive value over the course of human evolution, when stressors often involved reacting to immediate threats to our survival. 2020; Kirmayer et al., Background. Stress, Mental Health and Learning.

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EAB

APRIL 17, 2023

Between the 2016-17 and 2020-21 academic years, bachelor’s-level health care administration programs grew by 9.41%, in part to meet rising employer demand for health care administration professionals. over 100 completions reported in the 2020-21 academic year) and whether the program offered a distance-delivery option.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Sense of Belonging/Acceptance Racially minoritized students who attend PWIs often report feelings of isolation, marginalization, lack of support, and exclusion from faculty and peers. Ford is Distinguished Professor of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University Emeka Obinnakwelu Jr., Dr. Tanya J.

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AUGUST 4, 2022

But between March and August of 2020, that percentage jumped up to 13%. The use of telehealth accounted for fewer than 1% of outpatient visits prior to the pandemic. The federal government supported the move during this period by removing regulatory barriers and payment policies. For example, the U.S.

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EAB

APRIL 11, 2023

So Dreamscape was founded by Walter Parkes, who's a famous Hollywood producer behind Gladiator, Minority Report, Men in Black, some of our favorite movies, and he's been working with Michael Crow in the Biology faculty in particular at ASU to apply VR to higher Ed. Michael: That's so cool. So this isn't just some futuristic vision?

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