Dr. Harold L. Martin Sr. Honored with Peter McPherson Lifetime Achievement Award
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NOVEMBER 17, 2024
In 2014, it became the nation’s largest historically Black college and university (HBCU).
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NC State Alumnus Kevin Howell Named University's 15th Chancellor
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MARCH 18, 2025
He also worked as assistant to the chancellor for external affairs from 2006 to 2016 and has held interim roles in university advancement and alumni affairs. His previous experience includes various leadership positions at NC State, including vice chancellor for external affairs, partnerships and economic development from 2018 to 2023.
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Leading with Purpose: AABHE’s President Charts Path for Black Excellence
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FEBRUARY 6, 2025
Founded in 2006, AABHE empowers Black educators, administrators, and scholars through leadership development, networking opportunities, and advocacy for inclusive policies.
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Learning Assistantships
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JANUARY 29, 2025
More structured than many traditional student worker positions, this role offers students access to more instructional resources in the classroom, provides students with more access to effective teaching practices, and improves student learning overall (Otero et al., Kisker, C. M., & Brawer, F. The American community college. Pollock, S.,
The Slow but Steady Rise of Women in Higher Education Leadership
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MARCH 7, 2025
in 2006, and men still outnumbered women two-to-one in the presidency, the study noted. A 2023 ACE study underscores the magnitude of this challenge, finding that the college presidency remains predominantly older, white, and male. The average age of presidents was 60, compared with 59.9
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Compton College Addresses Student Homelessness and Basic Needs
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JANUARY 31, 2025
When you think about our history, were the first community college in the state of California whose accreditation was revoked, and to go from that in 2006 to be where were at now and to be on the cutting edge, that tells you that transformation can happen, but transformation can happen in communities where we look like the students.
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AAUP Statement Ends Opposition to Academic Boycotts
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AUGUST 12, 2024
The statement reconsiders AAUP's categorical opposition to academic boycotts from the 2006 report, On Academic Boycotts , maintaining that such boycotts are not in themselves violations of academic freedom but can be legitimate tactical responses to conditions that are fundamentally incompatible with the mission of higher education.
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Strategies for Engaging Colleagues Resistant To Adapting Their Approach To Teaching
The Scholarly Teacher
DECEMBER 4, 2024
One technique, as advocated by DiClemente (2006), is the "foot in the door" approach (p. Foot-in-the-Door Approach Apprehension about change tends to increase with the amount of change under consideration. Therefore, start small. That is where you introduce small changes, opening the door – even a crack – for future changes.
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Q&A: UNCF's Ed Smith-Lewis on the UNITE Convening and HBCU Transformation
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APRIL 9, 2025
Under the guidance and visionary leadership of our current President and CEO, Dr. Michael Lomax , ICB officially launched in 2006. They needed long-term, data-driven, institutionally customized strategies to build financial resilience, promote academic innovation, and drive student success models that work for their institutions.
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Annual Black, Brown, College Bound Summit Commences March 6
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FEBRUARY 23, 2024
The BBCB Summit has seen more than 5,000 participants since 2006, including students from nearly two dozen different states. “The summit is open to all students allowing a space to network and connect with others who have surpassed the obstacles and become successful. The path to that success beginning with completing a college degree.”
Arlethia Perry-Johnson
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OCTOBER 20, 2022
She joined Kennesaw State in 2006 when she was appointed special assistant to the president for external affairs. That, says Perry-Johnson, vice president of external affairs, has come with amassing nearly three decades of communications and public affairs experience, with most in higher education.
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A Tribute to Dr. James A. Banks — The Father of Multicultural Education: In These Troubling Anti-EDI Times
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JULY 12, 2024
Referencing Parekh (2006), “Multicultural education is an education for freedom that is essential in today’s ethnically polarized and troubled world” (p.7). That was 2006; now, look at the state of affairs in 2024. This is a major misguided perception of those who oppose EDI. I want to end with a most timely quote.
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NIH Grant to Study Infertility, Health Among Women of Mexican Heritage
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OCTOBER 2, 2024
More than 115,000 women enrolled in the Mexican Teachers’ Cohort study in 2006 and are still providing data 18 years later. Farland has been collaborating with the Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública since 2016, including using data from the Mexican Teachers’ Cohort study.
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University of Miami President to Lead at UCLA
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JUNE 13, 2024
He served as Mexico’s secretary of health from 2000 to 2006, when his reform efforts helped expand access to health care for more than 55 million uninsured people. Among his career accomplishments, the Mexico native was the founding director of Mexico’s National Institute of Public Health.
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More Presidential Vacancies at HBCUs
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JUNE 30, 2024
In 2006, presidents spent an average of 8.5 He has led the institution for the past five years. In 2023, the American Council on Education (ACE) released their study of over 1,000 college presidents, which revealed the tenure of the presidency has diminished. years in charge. By 2022, that number shrunk to 5.9
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Colorado Bill Deducting Prison Time for Inmates Earning Academic Credentials Passes 61-1 in State House
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FEBRUARY 23, 2023
for those who earned bachelor’s degrees, and 0% for those who earned master’s degrees, according to a 2006 national analysis by Emory University. But prisoners engaging in higher ed during incarceration are less likely to return to crime after release, with recidivism rates dropping to 13.7% for prisoners who earned associates degrees, 5.6%
Choice Meets Academic Emotions
The Scholarly Teacher
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
2006) connects six emotions: hope, enjoyment, pride, shame, boredom, and hopelessness to achievement. 2006) suggests that students will experience joy. Reinhard Pekrun’s Control-Value Theory (Pekrun et al., When students perceive personal connections, Control Value Theory (Pekrun et al., link] Pekrun, R., Elliot, A. &Maier, M.
UW-La Crosse Chancellor Dr. Joe Gow Fired After Adult Videos of Him and Wife Discovered
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DECEMBER 28, 2023
According to Gow’s 2006 contract: "The Chancellor is encouraged to engage in outside activities that contribute to the Chancellor's professional advancement or benefit the University. He previously announced that he would step down at the end of the current 2023-2024 school year and return as a communications professor.
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Jacqie McWilliams
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OCTOBER 23, 2022
McWilliams spent nine years at the NCAA, managing NCAA championships, to include serving as director of the Division I women’s basketball tournament from 2006-2009 and the Division I men’s basketball tournament from 2007-2012.
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Seven Best Practices in 40 years of Reporting on Diversity in Higher Education
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APRIL 11, 2024
For example, Jamal Watson’s 2006 story about a lawsuit against the sponsors of a summer high school workshop I once attended was alarming. (“Lawsuit Blasts Minority Journalism Program As Exclusionary, Discriminatory,” Nov. 2, 2006) 6. With its “noteworthy news” pages, Diverse reports the good and bad news that sometimes hits home.
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Inquiring Minds Want to Know…About Social, Cognitive, and Teacher Presence Online
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JUNE 21, 2023
Community of Inquiry for Transformative Learning Community building fosters stronger student engagement and leads to transformative learning by creating opportunities for learners to challenge their current knowledge, beliefs, and perspectives, thus leading to transformative learning (Cranton, 2006). link] Cranton, P. link] Deci, E.
In Defense of the AAUP’s Statement on Boycotts
Confessions of a Community College Dean
AUGUST 29, 2024
The American Association of University Professors has received blistering criticism for a new Statement on Academic Boycotts that superseded a 2006 report denouncing all academic boycotts. Wilson opposes academic boycotts but supports the AAUP’s controversial new statement nevertheless.
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What it Means to Sit at the Intersection of Blackness, Queerness
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JUNE 14, 2023
And from 2002 to 2006, she served as academic adviser for Temple University. During her approximately 24 years at EIU, she also served as director of academic services for its athletics department; instructor in its African American studies department; and academic and retention adviser for its Office of Inclusion and Academic Engagement.
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Feedback or Feedforward? It’s All About the Timing
The Scholarly Teacher
APRIL 19, 2023
Feedback allows students to identify strengths and areas of growth, gain understanding of complex professional methods, and develop a repertoire of strategies to enhance their performance (Nicol & Macfarlane-Dick, 2006). One important element of feedback constantly overlooked is the time frame in which it is provided. Hattie, J., &
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Required to Study Abroad
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DECEMBER 27, 2023
Goucher College Though Goucher’s study abroad requirement was implemented in 2006, the motivations behind it can be traced back to the school’s founder, the Rev. At Goucher College, every single student pursuing a degree is expected to study abroad for at least some amount of time.
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Amy Gutmann’s $23 Million and the Triumph of Cynicism
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JUNE 26, 2023
In 2006, University of Pennsylvania president Amy Gutmann was photographed at a Halloween party standing next to a student dressed as a suicide bomber. The University of Pennsylvania paid its former president almost $23 million in 2021—prompting Jonathan Zimmerman to ask, where is the outrage?
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Establishing Belonging for Creative Scholars and Teachers
The Scholarly Teacher
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
This programming supports ongoing dialogue in the academy about creative scholarship in terms of documentation, promotion, and institutional support (see, Adams & Meyer, 2011; Cantor & Lavine, 2006; Hays, 1989; Kezar et al., 2006, June 9). 2018; Miller, 2022; Rautkorpi, 2007). Image courtesy of Leigh Ann Parrish. link] Hays, J.
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The NCAA Women’s Basketball Champion, if Brains Beat Brawn
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MARCH 20, 2024
The NCAA Women’s Basketball Champion, if Brains Beat Brawn Johanna Alonso Wed, 03/20/2024 - 03:00 AM An Inside Higher Ed annual tradition since 2006: the Academic Performance Tournament. And the winner is … Byline(s) Johanna Alonso
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Association of American Law Schools President Speaks on Cooperative Politics
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MAY 11, 2023
And in 2006, he served as general counsel for Cory Booker’s Newark mayoral election. He has been involved in local elections but has also been involved in state and national elections as well. Back in 2000, he was policy director for Sen. Bill Bradley’s presidential campaign, a position he held again for Sen. Barack Obama in 2008, he said.
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The NCAA Men’s Basketball Champion, if Brains Beat Brawn
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MARCH 18, 2024
The NCAA Men’s Basketball Champion, if Brains Beat Brawn Doug Lederman Mon, 03/18/2024 - 03:00 AM An Inside Higher Ed annual tradition since 2006: the Academic Performance Tournament. This year's winner is . Byline(s) Doug Lederman
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Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig Named Provost at Western Michigan University
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NOVEMBER 20, 2022
We knew when we recruited Dr. Vasquez Helig to the faculty at University of Texas at Austin in 2006 that he was a rising academic star,” said Dr. Gregory J. It is also unprecedented to have an educational policy expert leading as a provost at a major research institution that boasts a student population of about 24,000. “We
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Community College Student Support Program Effectiveness and Expansion Discussed at Symposium
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JANUARY 25, 2023
Founded in 2006, the program now serves almost 900 students. OMD assists students by offering personal, academic, professional, and financial support, pairing them with a program coordinator who manages their case, said Aneesh Sohoni, chief executive officer of OMD.
Brown Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice Celebrates 10 Years
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APRIL 7, 2023
When Brown University released its landmark 2006 report documenting the institution’s historical involvement in slavery, many of its recommendations were one-time fixes: revising the university’s official history, creating memorials, and the like.
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Have you seen these 10 Terrible Tenure Decision Making Patterns?
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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
2006) referred to this as the ‘revolving door’ problem, finding that one in every two minority hires was a replacement for a previous minority who had left the institution. Universities are making vocal commitments to recruit faculty who represent the diversity of the student population. Moreno at al.
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The Impact of Affirmative Action on the Mental Health of College Students of Color
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AUGUST 9, 2023
Between 2006 and 2021, Black student enrollment dropped from 7% to 4% and Indigenous student enrollment dropped from 1% to 0.1%. The Steve Fund and many national experts anticipate that eliminating racial considerations in admissions will dramatically reduce the number of students of color in selective higher education institutions.
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Making Equity a Priority
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MARCH 28, 2024
The school ultimately became a satellite campus of the El Camino Community College District in 2006 but has since regained its accreditation and its independence. In 2005 — long before Curry took the helm — the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges revoked the school’s accreditation because of financial instability.
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Lifting As They Climb
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FEBRUARY 25, 2024
Banks chronicled the history of Black AERA leadership in a March 2016 article, titled “Expanding the Epistemological Terrain: Increasing Equity and Diversity Within the American Educational Research Association,” that appeared in the journal Educational Researcher.
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Context, Cultural Insight Bring Diversity to the Dramatic Arts
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MAY 8, 2023
For her first book, A History of Asian American Theatre (2006), she interviewed over 70 people. Stepping into a scholarship void In graduate school, realizing there were virtually no books on Asian American theater history, she began interviewing Asian American theater artists around the U.S. Her research became based on their stories.
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HBCUs in the Time of Turnover
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MARCH 27, 2024
In 2006, presidents spent an average of 8.5 While some scholars are deeply concerned by this instability, others note it aligns with higher education trends overall. In 2023, the American Council on Education (ACE) released their study of over 1,000 college presidents, which revealed the tenure of the presidency has diminished.
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U.S. Department of Education Launches $1 Million CTE CHIPS Challenge
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OCTOBER 17, 2024
Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (Perkins V) that seeks to expand student recruitment, training, and placement strategies in good-paying semiconductor fabrication (fab) construction and advanced manufacturing Continue Reading The post U.S.
Anti-Racist Teachers: Disrupting Resegregation [Overrepresentation] in Special Education
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SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
References and Suggested Readings Bell, N.S., Collier, Z., Vélez, V., & & Ford, D.Y. 2024-forthcoming). CritSEM: Advancing QuantCrit to examine racialized resegregation in special education. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness. Bruinius, H. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
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Restarting and/or Resetting: Opportunities to Start Anew
The Scholarly Teacher
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
When it comes to recognizing meaningful moments, I recall listening to a strategy described by Rachel Naomi Remen (2006), an MD in behavioral medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. Over the past 8 years we have posted blogs on topics such as not being. Murti, L., & & Ringenbach, K. 2018, February 27). Schwartz, H.
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Fostering Success
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SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
I think public institutions have a mission to make sure that those in society have access to higher education,” says Alexander, who arrived at UCLA in 2006. Coming from such a background drives him. “I AAP emphasizes that their students have earned the academic right to be at UCLA and have shown the potential to excel and graduate.
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Creating Connections: How Generosity Is Shaping Futures at CCS Scholarship Luncheon
College for Creative Study
DECEMBER 3, 2024
Tessa Semma Jarbo, whose sister Kacy Semma Hall graduated from CCS in 2006, spoke movingly about the inspiration behind the scholarship that honors her sister’s memory. “Today, we celebrate not just education, but the transformative role that creativity plays in shaping our future.”
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