Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The presence and success of faculty of color in higher ed continues to come up short, as these faculty members continue to face countless obstacles as they attempt to progress in their careers, according to a new report from the American Psychological Association. Dr. Michelle Y. The report provides recommendations to address them.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Faculty and staff at the University of Colorado Boulder walked out and protested for higher wages and other demands Thursday, CPR reported. Non-tenure track faculty, contracted staff, and student workers demanded raises and better working conditions. In 2021, the majority of CU’s faculty is non-tenure-track (66%).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 8, 2025

Between 2021 and 2024, 34 state legislatures introduced bills aimed at limiting or banning the teaching of "divisive concepts" on college campuses, with 11 states passing such laws. Approximately 75% report being treated with respect by fellow students, and 82% feel respected by faculty members.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

In 2021, UT honored him by naming a dormitory after him, ‘Robinson Hall’ on the Knoxville campus. He understands the challenges that Black faculty and administrators face at predominantly white institutions. Flagship Pathway Scholarship Endowment in 2021. At 83, Robinson remains dedicated to supporting the next generation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 3, 2025

Similar to institutions nationwide, we saw enrollment plummet during the pandemic, dropping by 20% in 2020-2021. In 2021-22, we regained five percent, followed by a 30% increase the next year and another 20% the year after. These efforts signal to students that we care about their success even before they set foot on our campus.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

California’s community colleges are lacking in full-time faculty, according to a recent report from California’s state auditor. The state-ordered audit looked at hiring and state funds spending practices for full-time faculty at four community college districts: Foothill-De Anza, Kern, Los Rios and San Diego.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2023

Faculty at Chicago State University walked off the job Apr. The faculty are negotiating and striking for better pay and reduced workloads. They work overtime — I’ve seen it,” said Muriel McClendon, a Chicago State graduate student who protested with faculty. The professors put in the time and work.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2024

In 2021, UT honored him by naming a dormitory after him, ‘Robinson Hall’ on the Knoxville campus. He understands the challenges that Black faculty and administrators face at predominantly white institutions. Flagship Pathway Scholarship Endowment in 2021. At 83, Robinson remains dedicated to supporting the next generation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 15, 2023

Any recent gains in salary for full-time faculty members have been swallowed up by soaring inflation. Full-time faculty saw a 4% bump for the year ending fall 2022, the largest single-year gain since 1991. It’s really hard to track data on adjunct faculty. But skyrocketing inflation caused a 2.4%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The primary argument made in the article is that despite having spent approximately a quarter of a billion dollars since 2016, faculty and students are not enthusiastic about Michigan’s DEI initiatives. Even with this program, making traction with increasing Black enrollment has been slow.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

As the holidays approach, today’s colleges and universities are increasingly marked by overflowing donation bins containing canned goods collected by every student organization and faculty department to stock the campus food pantry. Hopeful signs for a future beyond campus food pantries abound.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Williams College faculty voted 81-5 to approve the creation of an Asian American studies (AAS) concentration beginning Fall 2023, The Williams Record reported. An AAS program at Williams is a long time coming, having seen 34 years of activism by faculty, alumni, and students in support of instituting AAS. “In The vote – done at a Dec.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2023

The University of Louisville (UofL) has launched a fundraising campaign to match a $10 million state investment, which will go towards adding endowed faculty positions and advancing university research.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 22, 2023

Caring Campus, a program to have faculty contribute to fostering a culture of caring for students at schools, is related to observable benefits, according to a recent report by the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Columbia University. At least it's one approach to helping them to fit into those efforts."

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The Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Students in these classes, generally freshmen, often report feeling stressed, anxious, and overwhelmed (Bouchrika, 2023) , and identify these feelings as the most common obstacles to their academic performance (Hsu & Goldsmith, 2021). 2023; Hsu & Goldsmith, 2021; Venus & Sharma, 2024). Two birds with one stone. Buil et al.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

She was also a Faculty Representative to the Board of Trustees (2014-2019) and co-chair of the Faculty Governance Task Force (2017-2019). She was also a Faculty Representative to the Board of Trustees (2014-2019) and co-chair of the Faculty Governance Task Force (2017-2019).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 8, 2025

Eva Martinez Powless Eva Martinez Powless, who served as MATC's first DEI officer starting in 2021, claims in the lawsuit filed December 30 in the U.S. Eastern District Court that she faced retaliation after advocating for a Black employee with disabilities and speaking out against discriminatory practices at the college.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 3, 2023

Among the latest efforts are HB 715 in North Carolina, which would remove tenure for future faculty in the University of North Carolina (UNC) system and at public community colleges, and SB 266 in Florida, which would give the state more control over the content of core classes and limit funding for DEI efforts.

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The Scholarly Teacher

JANUARY 29, 2025

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., 2021; Close et al., Background and Relevance Open enrollment policies are a defining characteristic of community colleges. under review).

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The Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Katie Morales , Tanner Health System School of Nursing University of West Georgia Cindy Johnson , Tanner Health System School of Nursing University of West Georgia Key Statement: Reflection can create connection and caring between faculty and students, enhance learning and success, and promote collaborative professional encounters.

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The Scholarly Teacher

MARCH 20, 2024

Reprinted with permission. Background As faculty, our (Assif and Kim) collaboration started during COVID. For the next three months, our group reviewed each section of the course master syllabus, based on our lived experiences as students and faculty and informed by the initial readings.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

By the time 2021 rolled around and Thompson was ready to graduate FAMU, she had already secured her first teaching position at Crossroad Academy Charter School of Business in Gadsden County, Florida—where Blacks make up the majority of the surrounding population.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The 51,000 students who graduated from HBCUs in 2021 can expect to earn $146 billion over the course of their careers, 57 percent more than they would earn without a degree or certificate. Colleges and universities use endowments to support several priorities, such as scholarships, upgraded facilities and faculty hiring.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2024

In his sophomore year of college, Williams had begun to struggle academically and financially, but the leadership and faculty at Xavier gave him the opportunity to continue his education. Because of the dean leads, the vice provost, the team members working with me, we were able to do great things with faculty and faculty fellows.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 1, 2023

Dr. Badia Ahad Ahad is currently vice provost for faculty affairs and professor of English at Loyola University Chicago. “I I think my most important role as dean will be to ensure that students, faculty and staff have the tools and the resources that they need to be and to do their best,” Ahad said. “I Ahad holds a B.A. and a Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 21, 2024

Dr. Mark Milliron The partnership, in the form of a pilot program which kicked off in 2021, has allowed NU faculty to use Riipen’s online platform to source employers willing to offer work experience and project opportunities to students and add these projects into their curricula. “And and Canada that Riipen works with.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2023

The report examines personnel data – from sources such as the NCAA Demographics Database – concerning university presidents, athletics directors, coaches, administrative staff, and faculty athletics representatives for college sports. points, a decrease from 2021’s 75.8 points in 2021. points in 2021. in 2020-2021.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 29, 2024

The association’s “Higher Education Faculty Salary Analysis” examines full-time faculty and graduate assistant salaries at the national, state, and institutional levels. In higher education, the data reveal that while the average salary for full-time faculty increased 4% in 2022-23, over 2021-22.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 31, 2024

The Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom white paper explores whether and how 11 think tanks helped created a self-reinforcing echo chamber of reports, commentary, webinars, op-eds, and other content villainizing faculty and academic institutions.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 17, 2024

Indiana University at Bloomington faculty members voted no confidence in their president, provost and a vice provost Tuesday, following multiple controversies over academic freedom. The vote of no confidence in Pamela Whitten, the IU system president since 2021, passed 827 to 29.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 8, 2023

“KerryAnn O’Meara is an esteemed scholar and expert on the development and implementation of organizational practices that empower and support faculty diversity and inclusion, and strengthen institutions overall,” said TC President Dr. Thomas Bailey. “Dr. O’Meara holds a B.A. in English literature from Loyola University in Maryland, an M.A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Cochrane is a member of the Faculty Academy, a statewide initiative that trains faculty in a pedagogy called “Real Talk,” created by Dr. Paul Hernandez, senior advisor to the president and CEO at Achieving the Dream (ATD), a partner network of over 300 community colleges working to equitize higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Dr. Curtis Byrd, co-author of the 2021 book Academic Pipeline Programs: Diversifying Pathways from the Bachelor’s to the Professoriate. We’re looking at creating a national clearinghouse of diversity, BIPOC [Black, Indigenous, People of Color] initiatives for minoritized students, faculty and staff at universities,” said Byrd.

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The Scholarly Teacher

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Keywords: Gamification, Immersion, Faculty Development Introduction The way we live and work has changed dramatically since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is true for both faculty and students. We decided to create an on-demand workshop that could be completed by our faculty anytime and anywhere.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Noun '29 Chair in Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies at Grinnell and serves as the faculty lead of Team Renfrow. Dr. Tamara Beauboeuf-Lafontant (faculty lead of Team Renfrow), with Mrs. Edith Renfrow Smith and Feven Getachew (first student member of Team Renfrow). Tamara Beauboeuf-Lafontant, who holds the Louise R.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Data gathered by Excelencia in Education, a nonprofit organization working to improve and accelerate Latinx student success in postsecondary education, showed that in 2021, there were 401 emerging HSI institutions across 43 states. The 2021 Latinx population in the U.S. are white and only 21% are faculty of color. totaled 62.5

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

More than 60% of students met criteria for one or more mental health problems in 2021, an almost 50% increase since 2013. We are following the lead of Black college student leaders, faculty and administrators who have stewarded safe, racially affirming higher education spaces for decades.”

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