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The school is planning to cut approximately 100 more faculty within five years, on top of the previously announced 20-plus faculty positions to be phased out next year. The additional faculty reductions will come from more layoffs, early separation agreements, and unfilled vacancies. million next year, the Star Tribune reported.

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MAY 3, 2023

Among the latest efforts are HB 715 in North Carolina, which would remove tenure for future faculty in the University of North Carolina (UNC) system and at public community colleges, and SB 266 in Florida, which would give the state more control over the content of core classes and limit funding for DEI efforts.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

According to university officials, the Center for Early Literacy and Responsible AI will focus on "harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to transform early literacy instruction for culturally and linguistically diverse learners in kindergarten through second-grade classrooms across the nation." Tripathi. “In

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JANUARY 9, 2024

The California State University (CSU) announced it will provide all instructional faculty, librarians, counselors, and coaches with a 5% general salary increase. With this action, we will ensure that well-deserved raises get to our faculty members as soon as possible," said Leora Freedman, vice chancellor for human resources. "We

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Scott has been appointed assistant provost for faculty development and diversity at Yale University. in curriculum and instruction at Prairie View A&M University, and a Ph. in curriculum and instruction at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Scott Lakia M.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Meridith Randall GWC Academic Senate President Damien Jordan, an associate professor of counseling, says Randall built trust among the faculty while serving as vice president of instruction, which readily translated when she became interim president. Randall says faculty training in online teaching is a priority this year.

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MARCH 6, 2024

The conference attendees were a mix of students, faculty, donors, education administrators, and edtech professionals. This suggestion is reasonable given the common occurrence of faculty in the higher education sector being hired without any prior preparation to teach [facilitate learning].

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DECEMBER 12, 2022

Morgan State’s Teaching Assistant Project (TAP) – created by its School of Graduate Studies – includes features aimed at providing development of instructional skills, fostering a community of learners and coaches, and ensuring development of a teaching philosophy that fully embraces inclusion and diversity.

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MARCH 22, 2023

Some faculty in Texas may not be expected to demonstrate proficiency in knowledge transfer. The article seems to make clear that incorporating a DEI statement into the application folio of faculty is not considered necessary. Some faculty speak to this in their philosophy statements.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Davis-Ganao said she had been wanting to incorporate online instruction for almost a decade, but it wasn’t until COVID that she finally had the opportunity to push her department into the option. The most difficult part of the hyflex transition has been acclimating faculty to new technology.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The board of trustees and administration thoroughly restructured the college's academic offerings without meaningful faculty involvement and denied academic due process to multiple faculty members during their tenure applications and renewals. The report details the restructuring of New College of Florida led by Gov.

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APRIL 26, 2023

We’re looking forward to his leadership, his work with the entire community and his ability to lead this instruction for the success of his students, faculty and staff,” said Robert Gilbert, chair of the HCC board of trustees. Timmons holds a doctorate in higher education administration from Bowling Green State University.

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

Undergraduate LAs operate as part of an instructional team, supporting both students and faculty to create more inclusive, learner-centered classrooms that improve student and faculty success. It was originally conceived and developed at the University of Colorado Boulder and has since grown to more than 120 other colleges.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

They also threaten promotions and tenure pursuits by potentially punishing faculty for not following the state’s definitions of DEI, the suit alleges. How am I supposed to incorporate DEI into my classroom instruction?” These regulations are a totalitarian triple-whammy,” FIRE attorney Daniel Ortner said. I’m a professor of chemistry.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

The world is rapidly changing, and so is the educational landscape, said panelist Marcus Penny, a STEM instructional coach for Boston Public Schools. Individuals do not need to be limited to the public school system and to traditional avenues of education in order to attain their education.

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AUGUST 22, 2024

The Strategy: Transition to a case management model that offers students proactive guidance and access to resources, and engages faculty to see a complete picture of their academic journey. The Outcomes: Achieved significant improvements in persistence and streamlined processes through a data-informed approach and strong faculty partnerships.

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AUGUST 22, 2024

The Strategy: Transition to a case management model that offers students proactive guidance and access to resources, and engages faculty to see a complete picture of their academic journey. The Outcomes: Achieved significant improvements in persistence and streamlined processes through a data-informed approach and strong faculty partnerships.

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APRIL 18, 2024

Faculty and staff must work to center their schedules around the learner, not vice versa. Practices like starting programs quarterly or even monthly and reducing the number of days students must come to campus for hands-on or clinical instruction can better accommodate students’ schedules.

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JUNE 8, 2023

Page was a United Negro College Fund/Mellon International Faculty Seminar Fellow and is a certified Supplemental Instruction Supervisor. Over her career, Page has secured about $40 million in funding to support curriculum redesign and faculty professional development.

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JULY 17, 2024

Jones cultivated a promising profession as an actor and performing arts teacher at The City College of New York, where he found himself instructing theater students with whom he participated in creative projects. Geovonday Jones The tragedies stayed with the now 39-year-old, who started a family and career in the years since.

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APRIL 20, 2023

The bill will not affect course instruction, faculty research, student organizations, guest speakers, data collection or admissions.

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MAY 28, 2024

Martinez Dr. Jingjing Liu received the Outstanding Dissertation Award for her study, titled Faculty Matter: A Case Study of Rural Community College Faculty Involvement in Vertical Transfer. Dr. Liu is a graduate of William & Mary. Reading Area Community College (Pennsylvania), St.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Through a faculty survey and a review of syllabi, Dadgar and her team found a number of practices that were particularly helpful to Black and Latinx students in gateway math courses. The study also suggests a policy shift: a move away from assessing, sorting, and tracking students and towards supporting faculty development.

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DECEMBER 26, 2023

Dr. Jerry Fliger Fliger is currently vice president for instruction at College of the Mainland. Jerry Fliger has been appointed president of Bakersfield College. Previously, he has served as dean of arts and sciences at Alvin Community College and associate dean at Florida State College at Jacksonville. “Dr.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

I would describe faculty as on a spectrum between sanguine and despairing,” says Dr. Joseph F. Faculty members, Brown recalls, were worried that students would use ChatGPT to cheat and bypass any difficulties they encountered, negatively impacting learning. “As you can imagine, people were and still are apprehensive. Dr. Vaughn A.

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JANUARY 11, 2023

Kristina Whalen Whalen is currently vice president of academic services at Las Positas College and vice president of the California Community Colleges Chief Instructional Officers Association.

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MARCH 19, 2024

A Pepperdine University professor has been working on a pilot instructional program to give high school students a head start when it comes to understanding math. Roberson, who teaches statistics in Pepperdine’s political science program, served as one of the initiative’s teachers, instructing students on algebra.

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MARCH 15, 2024

Without Higher Education Emergency Relief (HEER) funding, experts say many community college programs would have closed, faculty and staff laid off, and more students forced to stop out on their pathways towards accreditation. Some colleges might have even shut their doors permanently. “We

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MARCH 14, 2023

Model state legislation has been written — and if passed, would prohibit colleges from hiring DEI officers, spending money on DEI, and bar trainings that instruct staff/faculty to identify and fight against systemic racism. The SEL approach deeply and successfully embeds DEI into day-to-day campus operations.

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DECEMBER 3, 2023

A recent article published in Diverse: Issues In Higher Education mentioned faculty concern about the impact of artificial intelligence on higher education. Institutions must examine the bowels of their infrastructures to advance student, staff, and faculty development from “artificial” to “authentic.”

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The CSUEB Pathfinders Institute is dedicated to enhancing culturally relevant professional development through an intensive two-week program for faculty teaching critical first-year courses. CSUSM’s inclusive hiring practices have increased Latino representation among faculty, administrators and staff.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

It’s instructive to understand how our collective efforts brought us to this point. Colleges and universities use endowments to support several priorities, such as scholarships, upgraded facilities and faculty hiring. This election offers an important opportunity to do just that.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2024

If institutions can minimize the number of days that students must come to campus and offer virtual instruction at other times, it makes it easier and less expensive to find childcare and lowers a major barrier to enrollment. What institutions can control is program structure. Are our programs stackable and focused toward career progression?

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MAY 23, 2024

Pawan Dhingra first arrived on campus as a faculty member more than five years ago, conversations around wanting AAPI content were already being had, he says. Building the ranks One of the biggest hurdles hindering the creation of an AAPI studies major at Amherst had been not having enough faculty to teach courses. He joined in.

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JUNE 16, 2024

With the priority of addressing the impact that our decision will have on the UArts community, as well as our home in the City of Philadelphia, we are committed to supporting our students, faculty, and staff through this heartbreaking transition.” University of the Arts is no more. Dr. Barnes was progressive.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Train Faculty and Staff. Training can help faculty identify pre-existing assumptions and help them modify class discussions and course materials accordingly. Higher education leaders should clearly articulate their expectations for faculty and staff and then provide the necessary training and resources. Foster Community.

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OCTOBER 11, 2023

Faculty can find curricular and instructional resources for sections of courses and entire courses for degrees, licensures, and credentials to prepare future and current professionals to be culturally competent with their Black students and other students of color.

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