Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Like so many other scholarly associations founded in the United States, African Americans and other minorities remained invisible within the leadership ranks for years. The American Educational Research Association (AERA) was no exception. Dr. Linda Darling- Hammond The leadership of the national research society that strives to advance knowledge about education and currently boasts a membership of about 25,000 scholars — remained exclusively white until the 1990s.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

It’s good now that things have finally settled down, says Jon Bannan, director of user support services at The College of New Jersey. Looking back to the start of the pandemic, Bannan remembers how the evolving emergency led to “constantly changing” needs for classroom modifications that would allow the institution to keep its doors open. At first, he says, the solution was simple: His team installed microphones at the front of every room so teachers could speak while socially distanced and stud

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

In 2019, following the 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Scholarship Breakfast in Miami, I observed attendees gathering around one of the honorees, actor Danny Glover. However, my attention was drawn to the man accompanying him, Bob Moses, who went largely unrecognized by many. Moses, a distinguished figure in civil rights and education, was one of the primary organizers of the historic "Freedom Summer" initiative that unfolded in Mississippi in 1964.

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Ray Schroeder

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

The president of Concordia University Wisconsin and Ann Arbor said the two campuses will make staffing cuts to remedy ongoing operational deficits, according to an email sent to employees. The Ann Arbor, Michigan, campus is in the most dire condition, university President Erik Ankerberg said Tuesday. The administration will likely lay off staff and sell property and equipment by fall to make the campus financially viable.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Research, notes Gaurav Shah, director of academic technologies at Bentley University, is essentially a sophisticated game of trial and error. When campus researchers use on-premises IT hardware to support their work, it can take some time to get the infrastructure set up — and when they inevitably encounter the “error” part of trial and error, the wait for additional resources can delay their groundbreaking work.

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Ray Schroeder

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Cisco plans to lay off 5% of its workforce as part of a restructuring plan, the company said Wednesday in an SEC filing. Based on the company’s most recent headcount of 84,900, the cuts will impact roughly 4,200 employees globally. The decision to align expenses and investments to the current environment as customers “absorb high levels of product inventory,” a company spokesperson said in an email Thursday.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Technology is always evolving. In higher education, it’s vital for IT professionals to stay abreast of what’s new and different. EdTech: Focus on Higher Ed spoke with college and university IT leaders to find out what technology trends they see for the year ahead. Here are three areas to keep an eye on. 1. Artificial Intelligence Use Continues to Grow Across Campus “AI is here to stay,” says Keith McIntosh, CIO at the University of Richmond.

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