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Illinois State University to Launch Online Seminar Series to Teach Faculty on Creating Inclusive Classes

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Illinois State University will be launching an online seminar series to help teach faculty how to create inclusive and equitable classes. People are working to understand what ‘equitable’ means for their courses,” said Dr. Deneca Avant, interim assistant vice president for faculty development, diversity, and learning. .

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Williams College Faculty Approve Creation of Asian American Studies Concentration

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Williams College faculty voted 81-5 to approve the creation of an Asian American studies (AAS) concentration beginning Fall 2023, The Williams Record reported. An AAS program at Williams is a long time coming, having seen 34 years of activism by faculty, alumni, and students in support of instituting AAS. “In The vote – done at a Dec.

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The Faculty Resource Network of New York University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As a law professor emanating from a primarily liberal arts institution, I deemed it invaluable that the author’s note in my law review articles could state that research was conducted, in part, as an FRN Scholar-in-Residence at NYU, courtesy of the Faculty Resource Network.

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Clark Atlanta, Harvard to Support Up-and-Coming HBCU Presidents

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Harvard University is partnering with Clark Atlanta University to help cultivate and empower the next generation of leaders at historically Black colleges and universities through its Harvard Seminar for New Presidents. The immersion includes the in-person Harvard Seminar for New Presidents, comprising ELI Presidential Fellows.

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Faculty-Student Partnerships in Curriculum Design and Review

The Scholarly Teacher

Reprinted with permission. Background As faculty, our (Assif and Kim) collaboration started during COVID. For the next three months, our group reviewed each section of the course master syllabus, based on our lived experiences as students and faculty and informed by the initial readings.

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Texas A&M University-San Antonio Receives Grant to Address Economic Issues and Tech Access for Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The initiatives include a summer bridge program for students who have not passed the Texas Success Initiative and have not yet been deemed college-ready; a redesign of its First Year Seminar course to focus on career exploration and academic skills; an improvement to faculty professional development opportunities; and a loan program for laptops.

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Page Appointed President of Stillman College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Page was a United Negro College Fund/Mellon International Faculty Seminar Fellow and is a certified Supplemental Instruction Supervisor. Over her career, Page has secured about $40 million in funding to support curriculum redesign and faculty professional development.