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This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on November 19, 2018© Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! Intellectual messiness is one of those perfect descriptors. I’m not sure where it originated, but I do like it, probably because messiness abounds in my mind. I have been frustrated lately by how…
For the past several years, the Dr. N. Joyce Payne Center for Social Justice (CSJ) has been bringing together crucial voices and perspectives to positively impact Black life in American society. And its impact on social issues has been dramatic, say scholars who add that the need for a social justice think tank, particularly with…
Dr. Constance MeadorsConstance Meadors has been named director of the Arkansas Space Grant Consortium and NASA Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research Program. She served as associate director of the consortium. Meadors holds a bachelor’s degree in physics from Grambling State University as well as a master’s in applied science and a Ph.D. in engineering…
Robert C. “Bobby” ScottAn estimated 3.8 million college students experienced food insecurity in 2020, according to student data analysis from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The analysis — in a new report on how many college students experiencing hunger apply for and receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits — is based on food insecurity…
Incidents of nonfatal victimization generally have become less prevalent in elementary and secondary schools as crimes at the postsecondary level are similarly less prevalent, according to the 2023 Report on Indicators of School Crime and Safety released by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Dr. Peggy G. CarrThe report draws from recent, available national…
Dr. Todd M. AlessandriTodd M. Alessandri has been appointed dean of the College of Business at Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island. He served as associate dean of undergraduate education in the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University. Alessandri holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Connecticut College, an MBA from Boston University, and…
The recently released “Project 2025: The Conservative Promise” paints a dystopian picture of American higher education, overrun by a “woke” ideology that supposedly threatens our nation’s very foundations. This document, a roadmap for the next conservative presidential administration, frames diversity and inclusion efforts as a coordinated attack on American values, advocating for a radical restructuring…
Native American representation in the financial industry is critical to the sovereignty of tribes and their continued economic growth. Building this diverse representation within banking will take deliberate and intentional efforts across multiple sectors, including higher education. The goal can be achieved by mirroring the systems of support that increased the proportion of Native American…
Cultural intelligence can be defined as a particular framework of intercultural skills – unlike intercultural competencies it’s more of a structured practice, says the director of Executive Programs at The Center for Leadership and Cultural Intelligence at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore – a department that was a spearhead of the idea. “The idea behind…
Higher education is intrinsically susceptible to change. In most sectors, organisations are competitive, differentiating strategies, pursuing unique opportunities, innovating, all in an effort to outlast competitors and build resilience against risk. Universities, however, do similar things, deliver similar services, and serve similar groups. Universities are not built to compete. And it is a blessing that for a…