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Campuswide Cybersecurity Training Educates and Entertains

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Success, he says, depends on community engagement and getting students, staff and faculty to change their behavior. Chas Grundy knows what he’s up against as he tries to protect his institution from the latest cyberthreats. That’s a tall order,” says Grundy, director of IT strategy and transformation at the University of Notre Dame.

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NASPA Centers the Stories of Diverse Student Affairs Professionals

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEATTLE-- Prominent student affairs practitioners of color shared powerful stories of leading in higher education amid major challenges, including the recent COVID pandemic and ongoing attacks to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. It might be your time, but not your door," she added.

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Peyton Manning Appointed Professor of Practice in University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In addition to his lauded football career, Manning is also founder of entertainment company Omaha Productions and hosts and produces shows for ESPN+, ESPN2, and NBC. “My I look forward to working with the college’s talented faculty and directly with students in an effort to ensure they are well prepared for their future careers.”

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Professor Examines Asian American Representation Across Media, Diaspora

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“I think perhaps … it’s taken a while for the second and the third generation to come of age and to join the entertainment industries in ways in which they can make a difference,” Oh said. And stereotypical views that Asian Americans are often discouraged by their families from pursuing entertainment careers are dubious, said Oh. “I

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Two Houghton University Employees Fired for Using Pronouns In Email

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The firing comes amid other ongoing gender identity and LGBTQ+ controversies, such as proposed legislation to ban drag shows or deem them adult entertainment and Anheuser-Anheuser-Busch getting backlash for statements issued after anti-LGBTQ+ customers disapproved of a promotion featuring a transgender individual.

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An online surge at Virginia Tech. But what about outcomes?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” Justin Ortegas, associate professor of higher education administration and policy and director of the Institute of Higher Education at the University of Florida, asked. ” Still, colleges sometimes boast about low student-faculty ratios in their classes for good reason. “Absolutely not.

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Why supply chain insights are key for liberal arts programs

University Business

The majority will, rather, end up in familiar career paths in corporations, small businesses, and the public sector where they directly or indirectly make or sell goods and provide services that keep us all housed, fed, clothed, entertained, and so on. The same should hold true for efficient higher education and professional development.