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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

They are taking responsibility and raising standards.” The CSUEB Pathfinders Institute is dedicated to enhancing culturally relevant professional development through an intensive two-week program for faculty teaching critical first-year courses. By example, initially funded in 2007 by a grant from the U.S.

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Creating Safe Spaces: Future Teachers of Color Summit

The Scholarly Teacher

Our Why The faculty involved in this project identify as BIPOC teacher educators. We are five out of nine BIPOC faculty in the same teacher education department, and, as such, we often are asked or “voluntold” to do this as part of our higher education service duties. All participants self-identified as BIPOC.

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Examples of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It also added professional development for all the tutors and faculty. Among the issues addressed are reading academic text and managing assignments, which can be especially challenging when the students are still developing their command of English. Approximately 80% of the students who access EAP are Latino. are Hispanic.

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Fox Transitions From 20-Year Transformational Career

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It was really to lift up, determine where investment was needed, begin to raise funds to do that. Mary Baldwin is not a wealthy institution, but Fox said she believes in the power of ideas and loves to raise money. Within two months, she had raised $15 million and the board approved the project.

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Bevlee Watford Taylor Cupp Established in 1992 by Dr. Bevlee Watford, who earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees at Virginia Tech, CEED has raised awareness about engineering and other technical fields and fueled diversity in the professions. Faculty from the College of Engineering and College of Sciences play an essential role.

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Higher Education Strategic Planning That Drives Growth and Faculty Buy-In: Changing Higher Ed podcast 257 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Dr. Andrew Hsu

The Change Leader, Inc.

April 29, 2025 · Episode 257 Higher Education Strategic Planning That Drives Growth and Faculty Buy-In 34 Min · By The Change Leader, Inc. Rather than introducing immediate top-down changes, he led a full year of strategic planning that included participation from faculty, staff, students, alumni, and governing boards.

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Using Faculty Satisfaction Data for Strategic Change in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed podcast 254 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Dr. R. Todd Benson

The Change Leader, Inc.

April 8, 2025 · Episode 254 Using Faculty Satisfaction Data for Strategic Change in Higher Education 36 Min · By The Change Leader, Inc. Learn how higher ed leaders can turn faculty survey data into strategy, improve shared governance, and increase retention and leadership trust.

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