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VUU Webinar Discusses NSF Funding and STEM Research at HBCUs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Moore III, assistant director of the NSF’s Directorate for STEM Education (EDU), explained the various efforts that NSF has taken to support STEM research in higher ed, including for HBCUs. At Lincoln University, HBCU researchers are creating a sustainability curriculum around food studies and social media engagement,” Moore said. “At

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Amplifying Voices: How Academic Thought Leadership Fuels Institutional Growth

University Business

ET Online graduate programs face increasing competition for students, funding, and visibility. Yet, many faculty members and academic leadership dont leverage one of their most valuable assets: their own expertise and thought leadership.

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Preparing Students for Future Work Using Narrative Approaches

The Scholarly Teacher

We contend that all educators should consider responsibility for students’ career education. Faculty and instructors, through intentional curriculum design, play critical roles in supporting students to prepare for seismic shifts in future work. Introduction The world of work continues to change. Image courtesy of Wix.

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Can the English Major Be Saved?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

How have English departments responded to the canon wars, the globalization of Anglophone literature and the campaigns to decolonize the canon and embrace cultural criticism (not just literary criticism)—and has their reaction undercut the rigor and quality of the education and training the departments provide?

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Reflections of the Career of a University Expatriate

Edu Alliance Journal

In my own case, I came onto the academic job market in the early 1980s, a time of severe global recession when jobs in many fields, including higher education, were scarce. To some extent, this is inevitable when, say, a faculty member assumes administrative responsibilities. Research priorities may need to shift.

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Why Worry?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

It will change higher education forever. ” As the AAUP puts it: “US faculty are steadily losing the rights of tenure, but far less from bombastic politicians weakening their protections than from universities quietly refusing to grant them.” The faculty is 7 percent Black and about 15 percent Latino.

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Morehouse College Prepares for Possible Protests

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The reason for his trepidation is clear: this year’s graduation season has blended with a springtime rise in activism on campus. Thousands of students, faculty, and staff from institutions all across the country have conducted mostly peaceful protests against the ongoing Israeli war in Gaza. The presence of a sitting U.S.