Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 18, 2023

Free expression organization PEN America is suing Florida’s Escambia County School District and School Board, alleging that the district’s recent book bans areunconstitutional. Joining PEN are authors, parents, and the largest book publisher in the country: Penguin Random House.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2023

I would just stand there for hours, reading one book after another in Asian American studies. For the first time, I read somebody talking about me, and most of the books do not talk about me. Dr. Grace Ji-Sun Kim, a professor of theology at the Earlham School of Theology said that Cheah's book is much needed. "Dr.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 16, 2024

The New College of Florida has thrown away hundreds of books from its main campus library, as well as from the library of its recently-shuttered Gender and Diversity Center, The Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported Thursday.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Ness Book Award from The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). The annual award is given to a book that best illuminates the goals and practices of a contemporary liberal education. Published by Harvard University Press, the book discusses practices of U.S. Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Dr. Jarvis R.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Nicole Bedera discusses her research, which draws on dozens of interviews at one anonymous institution to understand how the Title IX process fails victims.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 20, 2024

New College of Florida Is Dumping Books—and Losing Professors Ryan Quinn Tue, 08/20/2024 - 03:00 AM The conservative transformation of the institution continues, with gender studies texts being tossed and the faculty chair, plus other professors, taking leave. Byline(s) Ryan Quinn

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 30, 2024

Write a Book, No Matter What Sarah Bray Tue, 07/30/2024 - 03:00 AM As an early academic, it will not only help you create a scholarly identity and enrich your teaching, but it will also allow you to shape the career you want, writes En Li. Byline(s) En Li

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 22, 2024

senators said Wednesday they were “stunned” that New College of Florida has discarded their book, Nine and Counting: The Women of the Senate, from its collection.

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Ed.gov Blog

JULY 29, 2024

Books have been the gateway to Continue Reading The post Book Bans Are Not Just Bad Policy; They Can Raise Civil Rights Issues appeared first on ED.gov Blog.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 25, 2023

University leaders are fielding demands to remove a book, deemed antisemitic by some and a legitimate criticism of Israel by others, from a course syllabus. A book included on a course syllabus at Princeton University has sparked controversy on and beyond the New Jersey campus.

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The Guardian Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

University says first owner of book by French novelist took the skin from a deceased female patient without consent Harvard University has said it will be removing the binding made of human skin from a 19th-century book held in its library because of the “ethically fraught nature” of how the unusual binding took place.

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The Humphrey Group

AUGUST 14, 2024

I’m often asked by clients and colleagues what books are on my shelf, and what books I’d recommend to them. One thing has always been the case: I have far more business and leadership books on my shelf than I could ever finish (or even start!)

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 6, 2024

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost filed a complaint against Hebrew Union College—Jewish Institute of Religion in the Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton County, seeking to prevent the institution from selling off rare Jewish books and manuscripts housed at its Cincinnati Klau Library.

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Higher Education Inquirer

OCTOBER 17, 2024

That work appeared in many blog posts , presentations, meetings, Future Trends Forum sessions, and my 2023 book, Universities on Fire. Ness Book Award. The award goes to books which make “outstanding contributions to the understanding and improvement of liberal education.” I am both humbled and ecstatic to learn of this.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Imagining One Higher Ed Future for ‘Universities on Fire’ One possible scenario of campus conversations on the climate crisis catalyzed by Bryan Alexander’s essential new book. What are you reading?

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University Business

AUGUST 20, 2024

New College of Florida President Richard Corcoran responded to ongoing criticism of the college’s disposal last week of hundreds of library materials, including student-owned books on LGBTQ+ topics from the now-defunct Gender and Diversity Center. Read more from the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 1, 2024

Moran Distinguished Professor in Literacy at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, explores why restricting the books children can read is a bad idea. Today on the Academic Minute: Gay Ivey, William E.

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University Business

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The post New book reveals ‘gatekeeping’ system icing out community college transfers appeared first on University Business. “A lot of these existing reforms that focus on community colleges do help,” Jabbar told The 74. But it doesn’t address the larger problem if universities are not helping students.” Read more at The74.

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Experiential Learning Depot

JUNE 4, 2023

If you are an aspiring or even practicing experiential educator looking for more information about experiential learning or could use a boost of inspiration, I highly recommend that you start by reading some books about experiential education written by the experiential learning greats! I recommend reading all of the books if you can.

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SRHE

MAY 15, 2023

by Rachel Brooks and Sarah O’Shea Professor Rachel Brooks and Professor Sarah O’Shea (editors of the SRHE/Routledge Book series) recently ran a Professional Development Programme event on ‘Writing a Book Proposal’. Publishing a book is a significant undertaking – so why do it?

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Dr. Josie Ahlquist

JANUARY 26, 2022

There are two primary questions that I’ve received since publishing my first book in 2020, Digital Leadership in Higher Education: Purpose-Driven Social Media in a Connected World. When is the next book? How did you do it? At first, the answers to both these questions were pretty fuzzy.

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University Business

AUGUST 16, 2024

Hundreds of New College of Florida library books, including many on LGBTQ+ topics and religious studies, are headed to a landfill. Video captured in the afternoon showed a vehicle driving away with the books before students were notified. Read more from the Herald-Tribune.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 23, 2024

Today on the Academic Minute, part of Northern Kentucky University Week: Tamara O’Callaghan, professor in the department of English, uses many different creative tools to understand how to build a better book.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 27, 2024

Today on the Academic Minute: Wendy Keyser, professor of English at Fitchburg State University, explores whether LGBTQ children’s books tell the full story.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 14, 2023

“Reed Books” has a nice ring to it, and it might help satisfy the bibliophile in me. Reed Books may thrive in some other universe, but not this one. I’ve been accumulating books for long enough that some of them have accrued meanings entirely separate from what they say. I mean, it could happen, right?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Today on the Academic Minute: Emily Midkiff, assistant professor of teaching, leadership and professional practice at the University of North Dakota and author of Equipping Space Cadets: Primary Science Fiction for Young Children, explores why demand from kids for sci-fi books outstrips the supply.

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Roompact

JUNE 8, 2023

In this episode of Roompact's ResEdChat, Crystal sits down with Keith Edwards to discuss his new book, Unmasking: Toward Authentic Masculinity. Based on more than fifteen years of research, Keith E. Edwards, PhD, illuminates men’s masking, unmasking, and becoming to help men develop their own authentic masculinity.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Newman argues in Thinking Critically in College: The Essential Handbook for Student Success (Radius Book Group). Newman, whose book will be published March 7, is former dean of academic advising at Stanford University and John M. Student Success Editorial Tags: Student Success Image Source: Radius Book Group Image Caption: Lewis E.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 12, 2023

She responded to questions about the book via email. In my book, I use ikigai as a framework for generating grant ideas. That’s why I focus in the book on how to discern these values. New Books About Higher Education Editorial Tags: Books Is this diversity newsletter?: Are there really so many options?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 7, 2023

A University of Southern California professor has recalled his new book after the Los Angeles Times found at least “95 instances of plagiarism,” the newspaper reported. Times reported that the book was scheduled to publish today. Ad keywords: books faculty Is this diversity newsletter? ” The L.A.

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University Business

MARCH 7, 2024

Virginia law since 2021 has allowed sports betting through casinos and online sports books like FanDuel and BetMGM, with the exception of wagers on state youth and college sports. The post VA college sports betting proposal off the books for another year appeared first on University Business. Read more from The Altavista Journal.

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College for Creative Study

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The book dances on the edges of our desire to transform, evolve, and be held. The post Alum Elysia Vandenbussche (CR ’11) Publishes Hand-made Book appeared first on College for Creative Studies. This work began with a question, “Do I hold the object or does the object hold me?”,

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 13, 2023

Earlier versions of the plan eliminated the books and all librarians from five campuses and drew widespread criticism. The new plan is to keep about 30,000 books, or about 10 percent of what the university currently has. Vermont State University has abandoned plans to go all virtual in its libraries, VTDigger reported. Hide by line?:

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 25, 2023

An appreciation of children’s books. As the move to Iowa looms, we’ve started going through our board game collection to see what stays and what goes. Most of them will go. They’re in great shape, but these are the games the kids liked from ages 5-ish to about 12 or so; they just aren’t relevant for us anymore.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 3, 2023

Stylus Publishing, a leading publisher of books about and for higher education, will be sold to Taylor & Francis and operate as part of its Routledge division, Stylus’s founder announced in an email to authors Thursday. Ad keywords: books Is this diversity newsletter?: Terms were not disclosed. Hide by line?:

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 26, 2023

In his book, Like Nobody's Business: An Insider's Guide to How US University Finances Really Work (Open Book Publishers, 2021), Andrew digs into academic library budgeting. Blog: Learning Innovation Professor Andrew Comrie reached out after reading my piece, How Do Academic Libraries Spend Their Money?

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

AUGUST 23, 2022

Image credit: Lindsay Jack In this post, Lindsay Jack, Amy Lawton, and Elisabeth Barlow from Edinburgh Law School show the benefits of introducing extra-curricular projects, such as a book club, into Schools at the University. This book club gave them permission to do so.

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