Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 5, 2023

Cultivating ‘a better world’ is Dr. Valerie Kinloch’s end goal as an education scholar. "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 advance equitable policies that are grounded in education is to understand the full humanity of people,” she said.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 5, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation Sue Lorenson , vice dean for undergraduate education at Georgetown’s College of Arts and Sciences, is a close colleague and good friend of Eddie’s. The three of us have been talking about where our professional worlds intersect, a conversation we thought we’d bring to this space. Sue graciously agreed to answer our questions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 5, 2023

Wilmore Webley Wilmore Webley has been appointed the senior vice provost for equity and inclusion at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst. Webley holds a bachelor’s degree in medical technology from Northern Caribbean University, Mandeville, Jamaica, and master’s and doctorate degrees in microbiology from UMass Amherst.

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The Guardian Higher Education

MARCH 5, 2023

Queen Mary accused of ‘turning students into spies’ to gather data on academics who did not reschedule missed teaching A prestigious London university has become the first in the country to use a “student snitch form” to encourage students to report striking staff, while threatening to dock full pay for 39 days if those named fail to reschedule missed teaching.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 5, 2023

The Male Enrollment and Graduation Alliance (MEGA) at Montclair State University sponsored its inaugural conference on last Friday, bringing scholars and practitioners together to explore best practices for young men of color. Dr. Terrell Strayhorn delivered the keynote address at the Male Enrollment and Graduation Alliance Summit at Montclair State University.

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MARCH 5, 2023

This blog series features different writers responding to the prompt, “What is the future of the RA role?” Guest Post by Michelle Kinney, Professional Staff Member As we look at the future of the Resident Assistant role across college campuses around the nation, we must first understand that the disparity in pay could greatly affect.

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The Guardian Higher Education

MARCH 5, 2023

Boosting spending power, increasing public funding for science and tech skills, R&D and infrastructure could work Britain has been struggling to find a solution to its north-south divide since the staple industries of the first Industrial Revolution – textiles and coal – started to decline in the early 20th century. It is not a unique problem. Every sizeable country has richer and poorer regions, and from the US rust belt to what was once East Germany, geographical inequality is easy to spot

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Dr. Al Solano

MARCH 5, 2023

LISTEN TO THE EPISODE: Learn about inquiry and action teams and how they help college educators continually improve their craft. In this episode, I interview Dr. Lisa Brewster, Communication Faculty and Guided Pathways Coordinator at Miramar College, San Diego. (Scroll down to access the transcript.) This podcast is part of an inquiry & action teams series, starting with how Santa Barbara City College implements their teams per career & academic community, program, and discipline (check

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MARCH 5, 2023

International Women’s Day: MIT Healthcare Innovation and Gender Equity Date : Wednesday, March 8 from 6-8PM Location: E38 iHQ 795 | 7th Floor – Hacker Reactor Join us for an inspiring and empowering evening as we celebrate International Women’s Day and recognize the 3-year anniversary of WISDM (Women in Innovation and Stem Database at MIT).

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Ray Schroeder

MARCH 5, 2023

Several major higher education companies are publicly traded, which means they’re required to provide regular disclosures about their strategies and performance. When they do so, they also offer a glimpse at where the higher education sector is headed. Linked below, we’re tracking some of the most prominent public companies in the sector, from those that help colleges launch and run online programs to those that own for-profit institutions.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 5, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma The conservative Manhattan Institute recently published a report that argues that the promotion of Social Justice ideology in K-12 schools and colleges is having a measurable impact on students’ political views and partisan leanings. The report claims that 93 percent of 18-to-20 year olds have been exposed to various Critical Justice Ideology concepts at school, including “white privilege,” “systemic racism,” “patriarchy,” and the i

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Ray Schroeder

MARCH 5, 2023

During the pandemic, workers with a high school diploma or less experienced the largest decline in labor force participation, and over the next decade, more jobs—including many of the fastest-growing and highest-paying—will require some level of postsecondary training.2 Policymakers must prioritize strengthening student outcomes across federally-funded higher education institutions to ensure that the US remains globally competitive, that taxpayer dollars are wielded responsibly, and that student

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