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Faculty-Student Partnerships in Curriculum Design and Review

The Scholarly Teacher

Reprinted with permission. Background As faculty, our (Assif and Kim) collaboration started during COVID. These five students, including Sonya Ho (a coauthor of this article), received research-assistant pay during the first two months and continued their work on a volunteer basis for the rest of the academic year.

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Calls for Change at Penn State

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We as a faculty, Black faculty and others, have been fighting the administration to address matters of racial justice, and in a very forceful and progressive manner, for the last 20 years or so in different iterations,” said King in an interview with Diverse. Proportionately, the percentage of Black faculty fell from 4% to 3%.

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Faculty mental health program supports students

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: The University of Rochester launched a training program and research study for faculty member mindfulness in January, promoting self-care, stress relief and wellness so professors can put their best foot forward in the classroom. What it is: The faculty participants attend seven Zoom workshops, engaging with wellness content material.

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Why we need better data on faculty diversity (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

An excellent and diverse faculty is vital to individual colleges and universities and to our communities, states, nation and globe. A diverse faculty brings diverse perspectives, and these diverse perspectives enhance teaching and advising, research and scholarship, clinical practice, and engagement with the community and world.

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My 2024 Higher Education Finance Reading List

Robert Kelchen

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. I use articles, working papers, news coverage, and other online resources to provide a current look at the state of higher education finance. Friedman, J. Gorton, N., & Lovenheim, M.

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Amarillo hires corporate chaplain to serve faculty and staff

Confessions of a Community College Dean

It was fall 2020, and he knew he wanted to try being a corporate chaplain, but not in a corporate setting. Gray felt inspired to instead become a chaplain at Amarillo College and help faculty and staff of the two-year institution with their mental health struggles. Jacqueline S.

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Belmont plans to hire Jewish faculty for the first time

Confessions of a Community College Dean

plans to break a long-standing tradition of only hiring Christian instructors by opening some faculty positions to Jewish candidates. University leaders recently announced they’re specifically recruiting Jewish faculty members to teach in three of its graduate programs, hopefully as early as this spring.

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