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New Tool to Measure DEI Efforts Introduced

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For institutions looking to measure their DEI efforts, the tool of choice has typically been campus climate assessments, surveys of groups like faculty or students that provide an aggregate picture of the impact of a college’s endeavors. The instrument also revealed that some basic DEI practices were less common.

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Inspired by Veteran Grandfather, Therapist Teaches Wellness, Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Student affairs leader Quamina Carter did not take a traditional route to higher education. There, she had opportunities to work with the school’s student affairs division and began to learn that she was “sort of good at that side of the camp,” she says. “So, in higher education and student affairs from CGU.

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Student success leaders discuss new tips on student interventions, campus involvement

University Business

The mental health challenges students face are largely derived from the stress they endure relating to academics and isolation. A webinar hosted by TimelyCare last week aimed to tackle some of the main barriers keeping higher education leaders from servicing students in the ways they need most.

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EAB’s Navigate Platform Now Supports Student Recruitment and Retention

EAB

“Hundreds of students apply to our school each year but never enroll, representing missed opportunities to boost attendance and help more students access higher education,” said Dr. Sandra Davis, Vice President of Student Services at Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College.

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2023 Higher Education Year in Review and 2024 Predictions: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 187 with Host Deborah Maue and Guest Dr. Drumm McNaughton

The Change Leader, Inc.

26 December · Episode 187 2023 Higher Education Year in Review and 2024 Predictions 55 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton Join us in our 2023 Higher Education Year in Review and Predictions for 2024. Join us in our 2023 Higher Education Year in Review and Predictions for 2024.

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An academic administrator on teaching career-ready skills in class

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Q: What led you to your career in higher education? A: I was a first-generation college student from a small coal-mining community in east Kentucky. I was an elementary education major as my undergraduate training, and I kept having this real itch along the way, though: I really liked college. Like, I can not quit.

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Rising higher ed leaders tackle campus challenges in EAB’s fellowship

EAB

The topics covered included student success, budget models, change management, and more. The culminating experience for the EAB Rising Higher Education Leaders Fellowship was the capstone project that substantively contributed to the fellows’ professional advancement and helped solve a pressing challenge facing their home institutions.