Higher Education Whisperer

MARCH 5, 2024

Doc students and faculty. Am one of the alumni, having completed my MEd in 2017. Greetings from Athabasca University (AU), Canada, where I am attending an Open Education Week event on "Exploring Openness in Education 2024". The audience is mostly M.Ed. I am not actually in Canada (I have

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 4, 2023

In 2017, hip-hop became the most streamed genre in the United States of America. 3. Big Sean (“Sacrifices”, 2017) “The human race is all about pacing. Faculty, administration, peer mentors, and campus resources are tools for their ultimate ascension from student to graduate, and from graduate to thriving professional.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2023

Burwell, the institution’s 15 th president and its first female leader, has been in the post since 2017. In 2017, 17% of an administrative group called the president’s council were people of color. Burwell has announced that she will step down as president of American University at the end of the upcoming academic year.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2023

Burwell, the institution’s 15 th president and its first female leader, has been in the post since 2017. In 2017, 17% of an administrative group called the president’s council were people of color. Burwell has announced that she will step down as president of American University at the end of the upcoming academic year.

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The Scholarly Teacher

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Paula Jakopovic , University of Nebraska at Omaha Kelly Gomez Johnson , University of Nebraska at Omaha Key Statement: This article highlights communities of practice as a means for supporting faculty as they seek to( re)design courses with equitable, research-informed practices. Image from , Unsplash.

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The Scholarly Teacher

MARCH 22, 2023

An intentional, well-written teaching philosophy is a powerful means to guide what you do in your classroom and to share your approach with those making decisions regarding issues such as promotion and tenure (Caukin & Brinthaupt, 2017). Consider your identity as a faculty member teaching in higher education. References Eyler, J.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 22, 2024

Mabel Wilson, Columbia University; Danielle Smoller, Columbia University; Dr. Hazel Edwards, Howard University; Bradford Grant, Howard University; and Rashida Ng, University of Pennsylvania Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “Your work matters. from 2015 to 2017.

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Robert Kelchen

JANUARY 3, 2024

This spring, I get to teach my PhD class in higher education finance again—the eighth time that I have taught it in my eleven-year faculty career. As a department head, I typically only teach one class per year. Here is the reading list I am assigning my students for the course. Friedman, J. Turner, N., & Yagan, D. Working paper.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 5, 2023

The work that we do in the world is so important,” said Kinloch, describing her hopes for advancing equitable policies and practices that benefit students, faculty, staff, communities of people in schools, school districts, and universities around the world. “To Valerie Kinloch’s end goal as an education scholar.

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The Scholarly Teacher

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Just as individuals can cook or drive for 20 years without improving, faculty members can teach for 20 years without improving. Shortly into a conversation with a small group of faculty about effective teaching strategies, one person said they had been teaching for 20 years. April 13, 2017). That might not be it at all.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Taylor Smith is a noted leader in intercultural competence and joined the University of Dayton as an executive director for inclusive excellence education in 2017, before being appointed assistant vice president in 2021.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2023

He authored a textbook, “African American Perspectives: Matters of Consideration for Social Work Practice,” in 2017. A diversity scholar, Miller’s research includes matters such as the relationship between racism and adverse childhood experiences among African Americans. He earned his Ph.D.

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The Scholarly Teacher

JUNE 21, 2023

Kari Henry Hulett , Northeastern State University Maria Gray , Northeastern State University Key Statement: Faculty can intentionally design courses using the Community of Inquiry Framework to achieve greater student engagement and learning outcomes. Garrison et al. Image by , Unsplash.

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The Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

It helps faculty determine whether students have amassed a foundation of knowledge regarding a given topic, the ways in which they are able to apply the information learned, and the extent to which they are able to think deeply about that which they are learning. Then I found one I like. the course is about to get very challenging.

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Hanover Research

APRIL 27, 2023

million annual economic impact on southeast Iowa, according to a 2017 study conducted for the university by Hanover Research. That included direct spending by students, faculty, staff and visitors, plus income earned by graduates who stayed in the area to work or start businesses. Iowa Wesleyan had an estimated $55.1

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 28, 2023

Secretary Tom Vilsack “Beyond the educational prospects, these institutions support small businesses who depend on the student and faculty population, and they make their communities a more attractive place to live,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. They generate opportunity.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2023

The well-known political figure was a state representative in the Georgia General Assembly, having served as minority leader of the Georgia House of Representatives 2011-2017. Walters Endowed Chair and we are pleased to welcome her to Howard University.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

And as business owners, Latinos made up 50% of net new small businesses from 2007–2017. Among these suggestions were calls for corporations to implement inclusive hiring practices and diversity in leadership; and a need for higher ed to recruit Latino faculty in engineering and tech. Additionally, their purchasing power of $3.4

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 24, 2023

He became the first Black faculty member to be named a Distinguished Professor at SDSU in 2017. Harris said that Wood played a key role in helping SDSU develop its Building Inclusive Excellence Program, which he credited with increasing faculty diversity. I would expect its faculty and staff to become more diverse.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 10, 2023

Since 2017, enrollment at Sweet Briar has increased by 60%. Woo also added a 26,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art greenhouse and 18 acres of vineyards to the school, along with adding a water-based AstroTurf field, renovating the school’s 130-acre equestrian facility, and building a new health center.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Karen Colbert, general education faculty chair and lead math and STEM faculty at Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College (KBOCC) in L’Anse, MI, teaches her math students the skills they need to pick up data-mining jobs in their local, rural area. What sets this program apart is the focus on and investment in faculty.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The report found that although 47% of institutions saw accelerating internationalization between 2017 and the start of the pandemic, only 21% described acceleration between 2020 and 2021. This includes partnerships with overseas institutions, faculty with international background and expertise, and curriculum.

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Robert Kelchen

DECEMBER 19, 2022

I took cuts to salary and retirement benefits during the 2020-21 academic year at my last job, and that was a university that made major cuts to staff while protecting full-time faculty employment. Characteristic 2020-21 2019-20 2018-19 2017-18 Median change (pct) -1.2 These values are not adjusted for inflation.

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The Scholarly Teacher

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

We all have an image of an expressionless, drab faculty member standing at a lectern, droning on while the students in the class struggle to stay awake. Based on my experience conducting faculty workshops and the books I have written, I would argue this is the most recognized phrase in the history of education. Major et al.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 3, 2024

McMillan Cottom’s dissertation research at Emory explored for-profit colleges, which led to her first book, Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy, which published in 2017 and catapulted her onto the national scene. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 11, 2023

Now, the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health is recognizing and honoring her with the 2023 ASPPH Early Career Teaching Excellence Award for her most recent work as a clinical associate professor at the Georgia State University School of Public Health, a role she has held since August 2017. “I

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Ray Schroeder

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Recent years have been fraught with tension; in 2017, multiple trustees resigned due to a clash with then president Carolyn J. The college also saw deep cuts in 2020, with multiple programs and faculty members axed amid financial issues. The College of Saint Rose has been in operation for a little over a century.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

Molloy University; and Dr. Leigh Patel, University of Pittsburgh Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: Find and develop a community of supportive colleagues and mentors. Jori Hall, University of Georgia; Dr. Tony Cawthon, Clemson University; Dr. Donald “DJ” Mitchell Jr., It’s all a team effort,” Means said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2023

Faculty should be committed to teaching the diverse student body. “I Even though we’re a teaching institution, the nature of passion that a faculty member has for his, her or their research is important because that ignites some spark in students.” Fox acknowledges going coed, which happened in 2017, was not an easy process.

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The Scholarly Teacher

MARCH 9, 2023

Unfortunately, burnout is frequent in this work when confronted with faculty and learner pushback. To support faculty in any discipline to survive this inevitable pushback and avoid burning out, they recommend developing a long-term, transformational relationship with a peer (a Table of Fellowship). Beacon Press Menakem, R. Palmer, P.

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University Business

DECEMBER 7, 2023

On Wednesday, a quarter before noon, University of Nevada, Las Vegas students, faculty and staff connected to their campus notification system received a community-wide message they’d hope to never receive: “University Police responding to a report of shots fired in BEH evacuate to a safe area. RUN-HIDE-FIGHT.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

“Macaulay can provide an elite education — or a model that exemplifies the best of what higher ed has to offer — but without elitist recruitment or admissions processes,” says Byrne, who has been a faculty member at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (part of CUNY) since 2003. She concluded the fellowship and joined the faculty of John Jay.

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The Scholarly Teacher

JANUARY 5, 2023

times more likely to fail when faculty members lectured nearly all the time. Although many individuals quote Allison King’s (1993) article, From Sage on the State to Guide on the Side , most faculty members have not been trained as or think specifically as effective discussion facilitators. Photo by Owen Michael Grech, , Unsplash.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 14, 2024

Your students, faculty peers, and fellow leaders want you around for the long haul. Audre Lorde (2017) reminds us that “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation and that is an act of political warfare,” and the world needs you in the fight. Njoku is assistant vice president of the Frederick D. Bambara, T.

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The Scholarly Teacher

MARCH 29, 2023

The diversity and multicultural nature of today’s college classroom calls for use of culturally responsive practices to improve student engagement and learning (Mohammad & Nordin, 2017). Faculty as Facilitator Creation of an inclusive classroom is arguably achieved in any discipline from a faculty-as-facilitator approach.

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University Business

MARCH 3, 2023

million on textbooks since 2017. Students use free OER textbooks adapted by WCC faculty or other textbook alternatives. A Washtenaw Community College program has saved students $10.1 The Open Educational Resources program provides WCC students degrees or certificates that require zero cost in textbooks.

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The Scholarly Teacher

APRIL 27, 2022

Key statement: This post offers suggestions about ways faculty can improve student learning experiences at MSIs with small changes to classroom practices. However, developing faculty-led pedagogical interventions is difficult work. Briwa , Angelo State University. Pedagogy is complex and dependent on contexts.

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