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Why Faculty Diversity Matters

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Did you know that full-time faculty at 4-year universities are: 225 percent more likely to be of a non-Chrisitian faith than other US adults. More than half of full-time faculty have at least one parent with an advanced degree. What explains the faculty’s unrepresentativeness and the sluggishness of change?

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National University Announced The Launch Of The Cause Research Institute

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In addition to coordinating research and development activities for current NU faculty and students, the CRI will offer research, evaluation, assessment, and other professional services to peer institutions and organizations. Milliron said students and faculty are all focused on making improvements to service-oriented issues.

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Toward a more inclusive peer-review process (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The incentive to review book manuscripts is near nonexistent, and not just because the payment university presses are able to provide for this service, in the form of cash or books, is inevitably quite small compared to the time and thought required to give detailed, in-depth feedback.

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The importance of academic mental health

SRHE

Therefore, I argue that whole university mental health, with academic and professional services included, should be to the fore in university policies and higher management discussions. Academic staff who are well and focused will offer the best support, guidance and teaching to your students.

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Mental Health and Learning Among Students with Marginalized Sociodemographic Identities

Supporting Student Success

To continue to mitigate stressors unduly impacting marginalized learners, it is critical that institutions continue to work to deeply embed universal and inclusive design for learning within the curriculum, co-curriculum, and professional service environment (Meyer & Rose, 2002). Shifting Cultures: Broad Awareness.

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Understanding the student experience better

SRHE

Secondly, there were a number of academic staff who were not only exercised by the lack of research on the increasing diversity and the increases tout court , of the student body, but were also finding alliances and partnerships with non-academic staff, support staff or professional services staff.

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A Career in a Life

Academic Librarian

Certainly professors are higher in the academic hierarchy than librarians (I’m skipping the faculty librarian debate). Academic librarians also have the opportunity to compare themselves via their scholarship, reputation, professional service, etc. They generally make more money and have more social prestige.