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AAUP Statement Ends Opposition to Academic Boycotts

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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UW-La Crosse Chancellor Dr. Joe Gow Fired After Adult Videos of Him and Wife Discovered

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Inquiring Minds Want to Know…About Social, Cognitive, and Teacher Presence Online

The Scholarly Teacher

Kari Henry Hulett , Northeastern State University Maria Gray , Northeastern State University Key Statement: Faculty can intentionally design courses using the Community of Inquiry Framework to achieve greater student engagement and learning outcomes. Garrison et al. Image by , Unsplash.

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More Presidential Vacancies at HBCUs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2006, presidents spent an average of 8.5 Six years ago today, at the conclusion of my first year as president of Benedict College, I collapsed onstage at a college-wide assembly honoring the retirements and service anniversaries of our faculty and staff. He has led the institution for the past five years. years in charge.

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Establishing Belonging for Creative Scholars and Teachers

The Scholarly Teacher

The nature of scholarly and creative activity carried out by the faculty in these areas is also diverse. Appalachian State recently created a position dedicated to faculty mentoring and career support. Example of a product-in-process created by a faculty member during the Creatives Retreat. 2018; Miller, 2022; Rautkorpi, 2007).

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Reimagining Black Male Success in Education: Moving from Marginalization to Empowerment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Research has shown that having Black teachers in classrooms significantly contributes to the holistic success of Black students (Milner IV, 2006). Additionally, Dr. Whitaker is an inaugural faculty fellow at Vanderbilt University for the Initiative for Race, Research, and Justice.

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Have you seen these 10 Terrible Tenure Decision Making Patterns?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Universities are making vocal commitments to recruit faculty who represent the diversity of the student population. At the same time, they struggle to retain the women and minoritized faculty who they have recruited. In many units, the scholarship alone or largely determines whether the faculty member receives a favorable evaluation.

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