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February 24, 2021 Nominations are being accepted for the annual Faculty Award for Excellence in Research, Teaching and Service Through Diversity. The award recognizes tenured and tenure-track faculty at Cornell for their leadership in diversity. “This award honors Cornell faculty for their contributions to diversity – based on their research or creative work, teaching and mentoring, and service or outreach – that paved the way for transformational change in their academic discipline,” s...

Stephanie G. Adams, formerly associate director of academic engagement in University Housing, will serve as the director of faculty development in the Provosts Office.

Our Education: SIUE project to transform STEM Graduate experience The Telegraph FacebookTwitterEmail SIUE research team members include, top from left, Carol Colaninno and Adriana Martinez, and, bottom from left, Rohan Benjankar, Alan Black and Sharon Locke. EDWARDSVILLE — Effective mentorship plays a pivotal role in the success of graduate students, as supportive mentorship relationships are linked to student retention, degree completion and early career success. That’s why the Southern Il...

Writing a Journal Article in 12 Weeks), few texts offer a play-by-play of what professors actually do when they sit down to write for publication. Instead, most advice focuses on getting the academic writer to sit down in the first place -- to schedule time to write, find a space, make a list of tasks to do when there and so forth. The underlying assumption is that writing will start flowing once you sit down. We’ve all heard variations of this advice: “Just start writing.” “Get your bu...

Thu, 02/18/2021 LAWRENCE — A diverse group of University of Kansas researchers from a broad range of scholarly backgrounds — and including many female and underrepresented voices — will receive training and work together to produce public scholarship that speaks to a broader audience. The KU Public Scholars Group includes 24 faculty members from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and the schools of Business, Education & Human Sciences, Journalism & Mass Communications, Law, Music and ...

Head of School Search Overview and Process  Concord Academy is undertaking a search for its next permanent Head of School, who will be hired for a July, 2022 start. The CA Board of Trustees has appointed a Head of School Search Committee to manage the search, with the able assistance of a consulting team from Resource Group 175 (RG175), a leading academic search consultant.  Any search for a new Head of School presents an opportunity to imagine what the next era will hold, and that sense of e...

Department of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute (DoST-SEI) DOST Secretary Fortunato T. dela Peña said nine of the 184 scholars who were sent to 24 different countries already graduated.  He noted that the scholars are pursuing their graduate degree programs in fields of studies that are mostly not offered yet in any higher education institution in the country. “Nine of the 184 graduated recently,” he said in a report.  Of the 184 scholars sent abroad, 105 are Accelerate...

While many students feel now is the time to discuss the insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6, the pandemic or the Black Lives Matter movement, professors are largely staying

NAHE holds roundtable on developing linkages for faculty development Islamabad February 2, 2021 Islamabad:The National Academy of Higher Education (NAHE) has organised a series of workshops entitled, ‘Collaboration for Excellence, a Roundtable on Developing Linkages for Faculty Development in Higher Education.’ The series of these workshops is one of ongoing NAHE endeavours to facilitate capacity building of faculty in Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs), says a press release issued he...

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn Influential Black Americans nominated these these trailblazers. By GMA Teamvia • 141 min read ABC News Photo Illustration Black History Month has become a time-honored tradition since it was first conceptualized as "Negro History Week" in 1925 by Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH), and first celebrated in 1926. In 1976, honoring the heritage of Black Americans ...