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ASHE Conference Urges Humanization of Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In order to enact human values, we have to start with ourselves. The conference theme this year is humanizing higher education, and hundreds of scholars from across the country gathered here to share their research, resources, and make connections. These values run contrary to systemic oppression.

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Report: HBCU Humanities Programs Show Resilience Amid National Decline

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A new report from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences offers promising insights into the state of humanities programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), even as humanities degree completions decline across the nation. I can’t begin to stress how important the humanities are to liberation and freedom.”

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Dr. Joy Gaston Gayles Appointed Head of NC State College of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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.

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Leadership Potential

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ajene Wilcoxson, Pipeline2Possibilities Program for the California Community College system “I can easily see Dom Turner being a college president one day,” said Dr. Frimpomaa Ampaw, chair of the Department of Advanced Studies, Leadership and Policy in the School of Education and Urban Studies at Morgan State University. “I

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Human Speed Bumps 

Steve Keating

Authentic Leadership can be complicated. There is no “one size fits all” leadership approach. It most certainly can be a leadership issue when dealing with people. As complicated as Authentic Leadership can be, ineffective, unauthentic leadership is even more complicated. You’ll have done that!

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Nearly 100 Faculty Oppose Columbia University Plan to Open Research Hub in Tel Aviv, Citing Human Rights Record

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Nearly 100 Columbia University faculty members are criticizing the school’s plan to open a new research hub for professors and graduate students in Tel Aviv, Israel, citing the country’s human rights record and political situation, The New York Times reported. Critics cited concerns about academic freedom, complying with U.S.

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Cultivating Tomorrow’s HBCU Leaders: The H.E.L.F. Foundation Effect

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

and others created the Higher Education Leadership Foundation (H.E.L.F.) And to make sure that they’re around for perpetuity, we have to ensure that there is strong and capable leadership.” From the inception, there was more interest in the leadership program than the organizers could handle. “We When Dr. Herman J.