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AAC&U Project to Assist 12 Campuses with Equity-Center Curriculum Design

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A dozen higher education institutions have been selected to participate in the Equitable and Inclusive Curriculum-to-Career Models Project, according to the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). This work is necessary for advancing higher education, student success, and our economy.”

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Demotion of USC Administrator Leads to Accusations of Racism

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

USC declined to make administrators available for interviews with Diverse. So you have to be able to look at pedagogy, you have to be able to look at curriculum. Moreover, the collective says, the administration did not truly listen to students’ concerns, instead promoting the school’s various diversity initiatives.

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Diverse Students Need Diverse Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jessica Enders COD's leaders support staff development to ensure its faculty, administrators, and staff are up-to-date on issues and teaching and learning strategies. A fully designed doctoral curriculum in which all courses focus on the community college. Some distinct program features include: 1.

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The Consuming Effects of Commodifying Education on Faculty Members

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For this piece, we identify the function and effects of neoliberalism on the relationships among graduate students and faculty. Neoliberalism’s intrusion in higher education causes students to expect high return-on-investment; correspondingly, faculty are expected to be superhuman workers. Dr. Cathryn B.

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4 Ways to Partner with Faculty on Student Success

Civitas Learning

Faculty play a central role in building connections with students. As Inside Higher Ed notes, “Students often turn to their faculty members for advice and support outside of academics, including career advice and mental health support, so positive student-faculty relationships are a critical piece of student success.”

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A Registrar’s View: Will You Graduate?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Curriculum proposing and processing is the first culprit in what I would consider the demise of a student’s dreams of completing their educational journey. Another issue that institutions of higher learning find that deters a completed graduation record is the availability of qualified faculty to teach in respective areas.

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Culturally-Sustaining K-12 Education: Who’s Teaching the Teachers?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Too often, we hear administrators complaining about their teachers being unprepared/under-prepared to work with Black students. We have to really take a step back and think about who's training the teachers with degrees, certification, and licensure -- and that is college faculty. Will they face the same repercussions?

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