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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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Curriculum of Research: Trends in Student Affairs Assessment Syllabi

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

Faculty described feeling similarly unsure of curriculum development, both in terms of what prior knowledge students might have and what could be considered the “core” topics of higher education assessment. Each SLO was categorized into one standard as the primary theme of that outcome.

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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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An academic administrator on teaching career-ready skills in class

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Reed spoke with Inside Higher Ed about his cross-departmental work and a new initiative at Montana to match course objectives with professional experience. 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.

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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.

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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.