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Dr. Nancy Lynne Westfield, Wabash College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Known for her pedagogical and administrative vision and creativity, Westfields dynamic leadership focuses upon teachers who want to improve their teaching and have a more balanced teaching life. Westfields latest book is entitled Glimpses of Me and Mine: a Creative Biography (Wipf and Stock, 2023).

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Charlie Baker Goes to the NCAA

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“If you’re a governor — at least in Massachusetts — you worry about 351 cities and towns and you love them all because they all matter, and if you’re doing your job, you and your administration are spending a lot of time with everybody.”

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Only Within Their Own Institutions, Are Black Scholars without Honor!

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It’s not lost on me that mine is an incredibly rare experience, which I think is really unfortunate.” Higher Education is a very challenging environment for anyone but particularly for scholars and administrators of color. Hilton I have been in the academy for many years and have the stars and scars to show for it.

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Standing Up to Attacks on Black History and DE&I

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Thomas Stewart As a lifelong academic, a DE&I administrator, and a Black man, I watch all of this unfold with a growing sense of foreboding. Mine turned out to be an improbable success story, one in which my past did not determine my future.

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Are these new rules the canary in the coal mine for distance learning?

University Business

When challenged to explain the proposed ban on asynchronous distance learning for these programs, the Department only alluded to vague anecdotes of complaints about program quality and concerns about administration by institutions. The post Are these new rules the canary in the coal mine for distance learning?

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Empower Learners for the Age of AI: a reflection

Dr. Simon Paul Atkinson

AI advocates argue that by leveraging the power of AI, educators can personalize learning for each student, provide real-time feedback and support, and automate administrative tasks. The third aspect of AI implementation for individuals is around personal digital identity. Institutions. Conclusion.

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First Doctoral Program at a TCU Will Contribute to Native Sovereignty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Wafa Hozien, university academic affairs administrator at NTU, was instrumental in the development of the program and its accreditation. Many are forced to buy water, as ground water supplies were poisoned through uranium mining contamination that occurred from 1944 to 1986. Some don’t have access to a wireless signal at home.

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