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Leading with Purpose: AABHE’s President Charts Path for Black Excellence

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Continually going back to that same campus was ideal because I still was able to connect with mentors and faculty and staff and it really just nurtured my journey in higher education, she says. I think sometimes the world tells 18-year-olds that they have to know exactly what they want to do for the rest of their life.

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Learning Assistantships

The Scholarly Teacher

Learning Assistantships in Community Colleges Learning assistants (LAs) are undergraduate students who engage as classroom support for faculty instructors in college courses (Ellerbrock et al., LAs were recruited by both personal invitation from the college faculty as well as traditional means through campuswide job postings.

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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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Q&A: UNCF's Ed Smith-Lewis on the UNITE Convening and HBCU Transformation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Under the guidance and visionary leadership of our current President and CEO, Dr. Michael Lomax , ICB officially launched in 2006. It brings together presidents, provosts, faculty, funders, policymakers, and industry leaders to address big questions facing HBCUs. At the end of the day, UNITE isn't just a conference; it's a movement.

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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. It was a job that she held for just two years. years in charge.

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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. Image copyright Henry Hulett and Gray, 2023.

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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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