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Beyond Implicit and Explicit Bias: A Transformative Guide for Educational Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For each bias, Kizart presents a clear definition, self-assessment tools, realistic school-based scenarios, reflective questions, and concrete strategies for counteraction. This structured approach makes complex psychological concepts accessible and immediately applicable to educational settings from K-12 through higher education.

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Paradigm Shift: DEI, Anti-DEI, or Underrepresentation?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Diversifying representation sends a signal to students, faculty, and other stakeholders that leadership is attainable, and education serves as a gateway to socio-economic gains for communities and the citizens they serve. Providing professional development to prepare potential board candidates is everyones responsibility.

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Panel Takes On Higher Ed Burnout

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In the era of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Great Resignation, faculty and staff burnout is a major problem in higher education. Many faculty and staff, she pointed out, have had to take on extra responsibilities from other positions that have gone unfilled. They’re worn down. People are just plain overworked,” said Dr. Margaret W.

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A State of Affairs, the Underrepresentation of Minority Community College Trustees

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There is considerable research generated about African Americans in higher education, specifically faculty. In fact, most studies concerning African Americans have focused on the retention of students or faculty (Wolfe & Dilworth, 2015). Trustees reported their college also broadened the definition of diversity to include opinions.

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Examples of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It also added professional development for all the tutors and faculty. With our staff, we’ve engaged in professional development through International Coaching Federation, which is one of the largest governing bodies for coaching,” says Heim. “It Most of the individuals leading sessions are faculty of color.

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Leveraging Grants for STEM Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Nonetheless, the percentage of women STEM faculty remains disproportionately small. Women now receive around 40% of STEM PhDs — far from parity but a definite improvement. He describes it as a way to help women on faculty get the sort of information that’s often shared in informal social connections between men.

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Burnout and Work-Work Balance

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: University of Venus Burnout has been the focus of much of my work life for the last five years—first experiencing it as a tenured faculty member, then writing about it as a researcher and memoirist, and now coaching about and facilitating workshops on it as well as burnout resilience for faculty across the country.

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