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Title: Assistant Professor of HigherEducation, Department of Educational Leadership, College for Education and Engaged Learning, Montclair State University Tenured: No Age: 37 Education: B.A., Higher and Postsecondary Education, Teachers College, Columbia University; Ph.D., funded by the Alfred P.
Irene Mulvey “ Manufacturing Backlash: Right-Wing Think Tanks and Legislative Attacks on HigherEducation ” describes well-funded, widespread political attacks on highereducation, comprising legislative pursuits that undermine academic freedom and university autonomy.
highereducation, with more than one-third of faculty members reporting increased constraints on their ability to teach, conduct research, and speak freely compared to six or seven years ago. Despite these challenges, the survey found strong faculty support for open dialogue and diverse viewpoints in the classroom.
Faculty and student groups at more than 50 U.S. college and university campuses will hold a nationwide Day of Action for HigherEducation on April 17. American Association of University Professors chapters across the country are joining a grassroots effort to counter narratives that malign highereducation.
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has announced its Real Solutions for HigherEducation campaign, a multi-pronged, multiyear $1 million endeavor to ensure highereducation serves students and communities.
As diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts have come under attack, I wonder if highereducation leaders shouldn’t begin to evolve the concept before policymakers strip away every tool we have to provide supports for students of color. In the context of highereducation.
The recently released "Project 2025: The Conservative Promise" paints a dystopian picture of American highereducation, overrun by a "woke" ideology that supposedly threatens our nation's very foundations. The document's authors misrepresent the origins of progressive thought in education. Dr. Ivory A.
As a first-generation college student, a Black woman, and the child of immigrants, I have witnessed firsthand the transformative power of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in highereducation. Our highereducation institutions must reflect this reality and prepare students for the world they will inherit.
McMickens, Morris Thomas, and Calvin Hadley There is deep concern about the status of Black men in highereducation. A recent report about the enrollment of Black men in postsecondary education indicates that Black men comprise 4.6% Palmer, Larry J. Walker, Tryan L. or a little over 850,000 of the 18.6
A new report released by The Education Trust titled, “Improving Titles III & V of the HigherEducation Act to Better Serve Students of Color and Students from Low-Income Backgrounds” examines how Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) receive funds related to Titles III and V of the HigherEducation Act (HEA).
The Future of Black Leadership in HigherEducation: Firsthand Experiences and Global Impact is an excellent book that answers the question, what does it take to succeed as a Black professional in highereducation leadership?
leaving chief diversity officers (CDOs) in highereducation feeling embattled and uncertain about their futures. My colleagues in the National Association of Diversity Officers in HigherEducation increasingly share stories of shuttered diversity offices, reassignments, and career upheavals. Build Strong Coalitions.
New research from CUPA-HR on the state of the faculty workforce in highereducation shows that despite some growth in representation among tenure-track women and faculty of color in new hires, advancement to higherfaculty ranks remains a barrier.
Michigan State University (MSU) tenure-track faculty have launched a public unionization campaign to gain more influence in administrative decision-making, The State News reported. To be recognized as a collective bargaining group, the Union of Tenure Stream Faculty will need support from a simple majority of MSU’s tenure-track faculty.
College tuition, fees, and related expenses have outpaced inflation and wage earnings [and] there is a persistent decline in the public’s confidence of highereducation according to a Gallup Poll.” Virginia Fraire, a #RealCollege Curriculum Advisory Board Member.
United Faculty of Florida (UFF) and its Florida State University and University of Florida chapters have filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging a Florida statute it claims, “unlawfully bans arbitration of adverse personnel decisions for public university faculty.” We must ask ourselves who a law like this truly serves.
Colclough hatched an idea — what if they could develop professional learning environments easily accessible for all faculty in North Carolina’s community colleges, and what if that development could move the needle on student success? Course-pass rates are two percentage points higher after faculty have attended a Hub course.
The Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSIs) has released a new report that highlights the unique challenges and needs of early-career faculty at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs). That’s why professional development and mentorship play a critical role in fostering a diverse and dynamic faculty at MSIs.”
The announcement from the American Council of Education (ACE) on Thursday, recognizes Howard's designation as an institution of very high research spending and doctorate production, a status that fewer than 150 universities nationwide have achieved. Department of Education.
million) while overall spending on academics, including faculty salaries, fell by 6% ($4.8 The evidence is clear that Gallaudet has very high and increasing administrative costs,” Bunsis writes about the private university that educates the deaf and hard of hearing. million) since 2019.
Columbia College Chicago has laid off 70 faculty and staff members with plans to remove 32 vacant positions to address financial concerns amid declining enrollment numbers. The announcement tops mounting troubles for the college, whose budget deficit is expected to grow to $38 million.
A growing number of faculty say that they find it difficult to have an open and honest conversation on campus about at least one hot button political topic and fear being disciplined for their teaching, research, academic discussions, or off-campus speech.
College students are turning to faculty for career advice, but not as many of these educators are working with their school’s career centers to better respond, according to a new study from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). Awareness is important,” NACE President and CEO Shawn VanDerziel said.
More than 80% of college faculty and staff members have noticed increasing demand among online learners for mental health services this past school year, according to a new survey from the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) and teletherapy company Uwill. It's not why they chose the online education in the first place.”
McMickens’s scholarship centers on historically marginalized and underserved populations that suffer from inequities, particularly in highereducation. The research is rich and ever-manifesting on college campuses for McMickens, an associate professor of highereducation and the director of the M.S.Ed.
More than 300 women faculty at the University of Colorado Boulder will receive back pay and a salary equity analyses every three years, following a $4.5 million settlement that the university reached following a class action lawsuit that was filed alleging widespread gender pay discrimination.
Columbia College Chicago has announced plans to consolidate or discontinue several of its degree programs and possibly lay off more than two dozen faculty members On Monday, Interim Columbia College President Jerry Tarrer said in a statement that the cuts were "a logical and necessary step." "We
For the past 18 years of her distinguished career in highereducation, Eanes has worked at public institutions. Although public highereducation can be challenging, it is gratifying, rewarding and impactful in ways that are measurable and not measurable.”
The primary argument made in the article is that despite having spent approximately a quarter of a billion dollars since 2016, faculty and students are not enthusiastic about Michigan’s DEI initiatives.
Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education, University of Oklahoma Age: 38 Education: B.S., Student Affairs and HigherEducation, Indiana State University; Ph.D., Business Marketing, Albany State University; MBA.,
Margaret Price’s life and work twines about the experiences of people with disabilities in highereducation. “My Crip Spacetime draws upon a mixed-methods study of over 250 disabled faculty and staff members. She says she was able to speak candidly about her disabilities as a candidate for hire in highereducation. “I
The report, titled “Unblocking the Pipeline: Supporting the Retention, Progression and Promotion of Black Early-Career Academics,” was the culmination of a monthslong survey of Black ECAs by the HigherEducation Policy Institute, a U.K. where harassment reporting mechanisms often fail to protect Black faculty. think tank.
McCorn said that he is looking forward to helping to grow Paine College, “Connecting Paine College's historic past with a strategic vision for the future will catapult this institution into unparalleled prominence in American highereducation,” he said. “I
The immediate losses as a result of continued and strategic legislative attacks against diversity, equity, and inclusion work are staggering: reduced funding for offices, the elimination of staff, diluted support for students, and the dismantling of progress made over the past 60 years to support students, faculty, and staff and move the U.S.
in educational leadership. Continually going back to that same campus was ideal because I still was able to connect with mentors and faculty and staff and it really just nurtured my journey in highereducation, she says. Im just so blessed to be able to give to highereducation in such a dynamic way, she says.
highereducation institutions. Morgan has long been a leader in providing access and opportunity for Black males seeking highereducation," Wilson said. Morgan State's initiative comes at a critical time when highereducation institutions nationwide are grappling with enrollment challenges.
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 highereducation.
8, has sparked a national conversation for highereducation to dramatically improve its treatment of Black women. This misogynoir – prejudice against Black women – is present in a number of settings, and higher ed is no exception. "In Some view Candia-Bailey’s tragedy as a sad wake-up call for higher ed.
As institutions of highereducation turn to AI machine learning and data-driven algorithms to make their work more efficient, a new study published in the American Educational Research Association (AERA) peer-reviewed journal , AERA Open , reminds administrators that algorithms can be racially biased.
Born in in Macon, Georgia, Sheftall became known as an economist with a particular interest in the economics of highereducation, local public finance, and U.S. Economic History. F rom 1999 to 2013, he was the chief academic officer at Morehouse and served as acting president in 2013.
NCCU embodies grit, innovation, leadership, purpose and legacy, and I am committed to building on our rich traditions and ensuring that our students, faculty, staff and alumni have the tools and opportunities necessary to succeed,” she said. “I I can’t wait to engage with all the possibilities that Durham has to offer.”
And while I am always trying to find ways to support community college students, I believe this work can be applied to all highereducation institutions. Institutions of highereducation budgets should be value statements and represent the needs of our students. As practitioners, we should settle for nothing less.
As the holidays approach, today’s colleges and universities are increasingly marked by overflowing donation bins containing canned goods collected by every student organization and faculty department to stock the campus food pantry. Over the last decade the food pantry became a highereducation trend.
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