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Revolutionizing Promotion to Full Professor
Academic leaders and senior faculty often don’t recognize or acknowledge that structural and systemic racism is frequently imbedded in the process, write Sydney Freeman Jr. and Vicki L. Baker.
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Why DEI Initiatives Are Likely to Fail
The math does not add up. DEI faculty hiring initiatives are but cheap talk without corresponding efforts to build the pipeline, Mariappan Jawaharlal writes.
A University’s Attempt to Give Back Meets Local Resistance
Fairfield University’s Bellarmine College, designed to give low-income students in neighboring Bridgeport an affordable education, faces pushback from some residents.
Federal Judge Blocks Title IX Guidance on Transgender Students
The temporary injunction issued in Tennessee will apply to the 20 Republican-led states that joined the litigation.
Gap Between Online and In-Person Learning Narrows
Since the start of the pandemic, law school faculty members have gained proficiency in online teaching best practices and students have gained appreciation for hybrid and online learning options.
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Universities as Women-Serving Institutions
Rather than focus narrowly on lagging male enrollments, consider what would it mean for a university to truly be a women-serving institution, Sanjam Ahluwalia and Frances Riemer write.
Mitigating Bias Through Rubrics
Study finds that rubrics help fight gender bias in faculty hiring—to a degree.
Narrowing the Gap
Researchers used a new method for measuring equity gaps in graduation rates to analyze significant differences in student support services between higher ed institutions with narrowing or widening gaps.