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Education leaders and researchers discussed the vast disparities in the number of educators of color and potential ways to help recruit them during a panel of the Southern Education Foundation (SEF) Equity Assistance Center-South’s (EAC-South) Educational Equity Indicators Professional Learning Series. Sharif El-Mekki This second session of the “How to Improve Educator Recruitment and Retention: Stories from the South” series took virtually on Tuesday.
Sara Churchill , University of Nebraska at Omaha Erica Rose , University of Nebraska at Omaha Key Statement: Using digital tools in advising helps create efficiencies in communication, information sharing, and time management, which allows more time for building relationships. Keywords: Advising, Relationships, Technology Introduction Advising is important to a college student’s academic success and perceived quality of experience (Hart-Baldridge, 2020).
Matthew Williams, executive director of information security for the University of Cincinnati, says it’s impossible to provide the same protection for users and systems across a large university. “If we tried to deploy all the same controls across everything, it would slow the university down to a screeching halt,” he says. “We would stop functioning.
University of Delaware (UD) police are investigating after an English professor who is Jewish found a swastika drawn on a poster on her office door with the words, "We Are Everywhere," Delaware Online reported. The swastika was drawn on a poster promoting a drag performance the professor organized years ago. "This incident is in direct opposition to our institutional values supporting diversity, equity and inclusion, and we unequivocally denounce this and all expressions of hate, prejudice and d
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With the pace of cyberattacks ever on the rise, higher education IT teams are under pressure. They’re tasked with securing a quickly expanding range of endpoints, from managed devices and grant-funded research equipment to a free-for-all of student-owned technology. “There is the intellectual property challenge, particularly in research institutions.
With the pace of cyberattacks ever on the rise, higher education IT teams are under pressure. They’re tasked with securing a quickly expanding range of endpoints, from managed devices and grant-funded research equipment to a free-for-all of student-owned technology. “There is the intellectual property challenge, particularly in research institutions.
Northwestern University’s African American studies department will be renamed the Department of Black Studies. The change will become official in the next few months, pending final trustee approval. The department – housed in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences – is making the change to better reflect the range of its scholarship and teaching, according to the formal name change proposal.
Many new names and faces in campus leadership will be introduced at commencement ceremonies across the country in the days ahead. Just as students walk out as graduates, leaders will be walking in, replacing those who are retiring, resigning or otherwise stepping down—in some cases, even after a relatively short tenure. While the pandemic is often partly blamed for the recent surge in presidential departures, the trend of shorter tenure among college and university presidents has been underway f
Chas Grundy knows what he’s up against as he tries to protect his institution from the latest cyberthreats. Success, he says, depends on community engagement and getting students, staff and faculty to change their behavior. “That’s a tall order,” says Grundy, director of IT strategy and transformation at the University of Notre Dame. “Cybersecurity training can be kind of dry.
In a career that has included both academia and the private sector, Dr. Teik C. Lim is now leading the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) into the future. Growing up in Malaysia, Lim wanted to skip college, join the military and pursue the dream of becoming a pilot. Unfortunately, he could not meet the 20-20 eyesight requirement. Thankfully, he moved on to Plan B.
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In-Focus features a staff member each month as a way to learn more about our amazing staff. This month, we highlight CIP Brevard 's Assistant Program Director Jessica Stacey. We asked Jess a few questions about her role, her CIP experience, and what she does when she’s not at the Center.
In recent years, applicants and matriculants to U.S. medical schools have increasingly come from households with higher incomes, according to a Yale-led study. The findings of the study – published May 11 in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) – show disparities in access to medical education and could have negative impacts on patient care, according to researchers.
In this episode of Roompact's ResEdChat, Crystal chats with "Dr. G" about the complexities of campus politics. We delve deeper with our guest on how to understand and navigate a campus organization--both the explicit and implicit expectations and norms. Along the way there are many practical strategies and tips on how to get a handle on campus politics and relationship building in your own work.
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Delnita Evans dreams of being a dean because she wants to help underrepresented students succeed. “I saw that people that looked like me did not matriculate. We weren’t graduating,” said the master’s candidate in higher education student affairs at the Morgan State University School of Education & Urban Studies. “Sometimes, all a student needs is someone who looks like them to have a conversation so that they can understand that they can do this.
The Roompact “ResLife Pro-D in a Bag” series provides all the details you’ll need to create a professional development opportunity for your staff around a given topic. Each facilitation guide outlines free and open source videos to watch, articles to read, quizzes and inventories to complete, and suggested questions for discussion and activities.
By: Lauren Pfeffer Stuart Did you know there are ways to lead while still keeping your classroom position? I didn’t! In 2014, I was feeling burnt out, as many educators often feel. I loved being with kids, but felt I wanted to impact education on a larger scale, and I needed a change of pace. Continue Reading The post 4 Ways to Flex Your Leadership From The Classroom appeared first on ED.gov Blog.
Clatsop Community College will become the first higher education institution within the traditional homelands of the Chinook Indian Nation to grant free tuition to tribal members, The Oregonian reported. “By providing free tuition, Clatsop Community College will change the lives of so many Chinookans who have already eagerly signed up and will set them up for a future many thought they would never have,” Tribal Council member Rachel Cushman said.
Beginning in the 2024-25 academic year, legislative negotiators have reached a deal to make college tuition free for residents whose families make less than $80,000 a year. The “North Star Promise” pertains strictly to Minnesota’s state institutions and is part of an overarching higher education budget bill. This agreement aims to bolster the state’s fledgling enrollment and labor workforce shortage, according to the Star Tribune of Minneapolis. “This is the type of thing that
Via Empowers Three-Person Bethel Team “With Via, you don’t feel alone,” says Bethel’s assistant director. Virginija Wilcox, Associate Dean of International and Off-Campus Programs at Bethel University. The International and Off-Campus Programs office at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota, was a latecomer to using software to manage its workload.
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Today’s undergraduates expect to make about $84,855 one year after graduation, according to a survey of college students by Real Estate Witch, part of real estate site Clever, in March. Yet, the average starting salary for recent graduates is just shy of $56,000, Real Estate Witch found, a difference of nearly $30,000. The disconnect between perception and reality only worsens over time.
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