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Staying Woke for A Cause

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I didn’t even consult my parents. In 2000, he was appointed UT System’s vice president of equity and diversity, a role he held until retiring in 2014. So, I wrote a letter, took it downtown and dropped it in the mailbox. A couple of weeks later I got a response to it in the mail that said, ‘I’m sorry but we don’t accept Negros.’

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Staying Woke for A Cause

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I didn’t even consult my parents. In 2000, he was appointed UT System’s vice president of equity and diversity, a role he held until retiring in 2014. So, I wrote a letter, took it downtown and dropped it in the mailbox. A couple of weeks later I got a response to it in the mail that said, ‘I’m sorry but we don’t accept Negros.’

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Hoke’s Notes – The Plight of Small Colleges

Edu Alliance Journal

I aim to address several projects and issues moving forward, such as returning to my work as an international higher education consultant and re-launching two podcast series. After being acquired by Franklin College in 2014, it closed its doors in May 2020 due to challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic and years of low enrollment.

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Faculty-Student Partnerships in Curriculum Design and Review

The Scholarly Teacher

One of the foundational studies in this field is Healey, Flint, and Harrington's (2014), offering a conceptual model that outlines student engagement through partnership with faculty through four pathways: assessment projects, curriculum consultation, subject-based research, and SoTL (see Figure 1). Flint, A., & Cook-Sather, A.,

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Fox Transitions From 20-Year Transformational Career

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Her last official day is June 30, but she anticipates she will be actively consulting for several months. The Murphy Deming College of Health Sciences opened in 2014, adding 30 new degrees or programs as well as Mary Baldwin’s first doctoral degrees. Fox said there are many details that go into an orderly transition.

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Athletics and Academics

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Tom Kovic, founder and principal advisor of Victory Collegiate Consulting and former head gymnastics coach at University of Pennsylvania, gave WHGF parents a free session on college recruiting. John’s University, was the assistant director and then director of ACP from 2009 to 2014.

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On Being a Scholarly Teacher and Contributing to The Scholarly Teacher

The Scholarly Teacher

In 2014, I stated as part of the blog’s opening that, as educators, it’s imperative for us to follow an evidence-based approach to teaching and learning. Richlin (2001) has long held the position that scholarly teachers consult the literature, identify relevant findings, and then apply that new information.