WIFI Wednesday & Higher Education News and Blogs

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Weekly WiFi Wednesday Feed

Weekly posts about higher education, management, and living your values with purpose.

• Indeed.com: How To Find Your Passion for a More Fulfilling Career
  June 30, 2021
• ThriveGlobal: Sorry, Not Sorry: Why We Need to Stop Apologizing
  June 23, 2021
• Jobscan: Navigating the Job Search After Leaving a Toxic Work Environment
  May 26, 2021
• Harvard Business Review: What Organizations Can Do to Retain Asian American Talent
  May 19, 2021
• Harvard Business Review: Dear Caregiver, Are You Taking Care of Yourself?
  April 28, 2021
• Inside Higher Ed: Is Diversity Moral? Educational?
  April 14, 2021

Inside Higher Ed News Feed

• New presidents or provosts: Alma Folsom Maryland NVCC Purdue St. Thomas TCU
  Sean Burke, associate provost of Luther College, in Iowa, has been selected as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Alma College, in Michigan. Richmond Hill, interim provost of the Woodbridge campus of Northern Virginia Community College, […]
• U of Oxford earns windfall on COVID-19 vaccine
  Image: The University of Oxford received 143 million pounds ($176 million) in royalties from its COVID-19 vaccine in the past academic year—more than all British universities earned from intellectual property over the preceding 12 months, new figures show. Oxford’s COVID jab, […]
• How debt relief could win at the Supreme Court
  Image: If the Biden administration’s debt-relief plan survives the U.S. Supreme Court, some legal experts say it will likely be because of standing—or rather, the plaintiffs’ lack of it. The question of standing has been a key theme in […]
• Outrage follows Florida college presidents' statement on CRT
  Image: Scholars in Florida are angry, disappointed and divided over a recent joint statement, signed by Florida College System presidents, promising to “not fund or support any institutional practice, policy, or academic requirement that compels belief in critical race […]

Inside Higher Ed Blogs

• Friday Fragments
  February 3, 2023 by Matt Reed
  This week, it’s all about work.
• 3 Questions for Elizabeth Dellavedova, Associate Library Director at a Public Community College
  February 3, 2023 by Joshua Kim
  On library budgets, staffing and online conversations.
• Is Teaching About Power and Privilege Education or Indoctrination?
  February 2, 2023 by Steven Mintz
  How to teach about power, inequality, privilege, stratification and bias in ways that are fair-minded, responsible, respectful and unbiased.
• A Welcome Debate
  February 2, 2023 by Matt Reed
  Do completion scholarships work?

HigherEdJobs.com Career Advice & News Feed

• Book Review — Vital and Valuable: The Relevance of HBCUs in American Life and Education
  HBCUs play an undeniably vital role in educating Black students and providing a path to upward economic mobility, according to findings from "Vital and Valuable: The Relevance of HBCUs in American Life and Education" by James V. Koch and Omari H. Swinton.
• The Problem of Pseudo-Collaboration and How to Avoid It
  Leaders should not fault those they lead for failing to collaborate when they haven't considered the barriers at play. There are many factors that affect whether collaboration is possible.
• HigherEdJobs Podcast Recap – A Veteran’s Perspective on Hiring in Higher Education
  Check out episode 24 of the HigherEdJobs Podcast!

Harvard Business Review News Feed

• Research: How Losing a High-Paying Job Affects Family Relationships
  Gender norms make unemployment an unequal burden among heterosexual couples in the U.S.
• Making Performance Reviews Fairer in a Hybrid Workplace
  If your workplace has changed, your evaluation process should, too.
• How Managers Can Address Their Own Biases Around Mental Health
  Four strategies to ensure you’re treating employees who disclose mental health challenges fairly.

Diverse – Issues in Higher Education News Feed

• Stop and Check Out this Repost: Extroverts With Social Anxiety – A Rare Sighting?
  April 1, 2021
  Introverts experience social anxiety due to their preference of being alone. But what about extroverts? Do they experience social anxiety? This re-post from eCounseling helps clarify the matter! The website eCounseling.com offers a […]
• A Guide to Coded Language In Education Vol I. & II – by Subversive.Thread/ClassTrouble.Club
  September 22, 2020
  One of the most popular posts from 2020 has been a What I Find Interesting Wednesday (WiFi Wednesday) post, A Guide to Coded Language in Education Vol. 1. Originally, I found the […]
• The Value of Doing The Things That Scare You
  September 18, 2020
  If you’re anything like me then I run away from fear and the things that make me scared, and I think that’s quite common. Very rarely do I face my fears and […]
• Finding Your Passion — thejobwindow
  September 17, 2020
  If you’re having trouble finding your passion, you’re not alone. Many people aren’t sure what their passions are. We’ve got a couple things to help you out. Finding Your Passion — thejobwindow Finding […]