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The Anti-DEI Backlash: Crisis Facing Chief Diversity Officers in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Despite her vice president title, her role had morphed into a mix of event planning and student affairs tasks, far removed from the strategic DEI leadership she had envisioned. Engaging with these communities helps CDOs stay informed about best practices, gain new insights, and find solace in shared experiences.

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College Possible coaches gain transferable leadership skills with ServeMinnesota

College Forward

Joining ICC is a great leadership opportunity for AmeriCorps members; it provides experience in event planning, research and implementation practices, and networking opportunities with fellow Minnesota AmeriCorps service members. In addition to being a general council member, members can apply for the ICC Facilitator Team.

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Here are 2 new campus safety measures colleges are buying into

University Business

Collecting all the information on the place, it even has the capacity to jot down whether a car has a tag or not. Georgia Southern University employed a surveillance system in February that records the license plate of every car that goes into one of its parking lots.

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Leveraging data from educational events to optimize student experiences

University Business

A recent survey found a widespread deficiency of resources for educational institutions , including a lack of fundamental information on enrollment data. Without this data, many colleges and universities lack insight into what institutional events their current and prospective students want. Improve online and in-person teaching.

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Colleges deploy new strategies to revive English programs

Confessions of a Community College Dean

percent since 2010, from a peak of 650 students to about 400, he said.) ( This paragraph has been edited to correct information about the concentrations.) (Enrollment in the university’s English department has dropped by about 38.5

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12 Great Ways to Use the Community as a Resource in Project-Based Learning

Experiential Learning Depot

If a student is doing a project on bat conservation, they might shadow a bat conservationist out in the field to gather more information about the topic as it plays out in real life. I invited a graphic designer to come into the building to assist with final product creation, not to offer information about the conservation content itself.

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From the student intern's desk: Reflecting on the Learning and Teaching conference

Teaching Matters Student Employment

I was immediately interested because this year’s Conference, titled, ‘Investigate, inquire, innovate: exploring research-informed teaching practice’ aimed to celebrate diverse learning and teaching practices by adopting the lens of SoTL (Scholarship of Learning and Teaching). The first day of the Conference was in-person at the venue.

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