A Semester of Contradictions
We all know where we were when the pandemic was declared, but where were you when you first heard the term pivot?
Tywana Chenault Hemby
September 20, 2021
We all know where we were when the pandemic was declared, but where were you when you first heard the term pivot?
Academics manage by meetings. Half of the day in the life of a department chair is spent in formal meetings (average length: 50 minutes), and another 22 percent in informal
Since the spring of 2020, predominantly White institutions (PWIs) of higher education have felt understandable pressure to examine everything we do through an equity lens. Colleges and universities have, for
In the past 18 months, students, faculty, and staff experienced what can only be described as trauma. Many have returned to campus after enduring the loss of family members; others
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It was the best of times, it
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