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Dr. Ben Vinson III Appointed President of Howard University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ben Vinson III will become president of Howard University, effective Sept. Dr. Ben Vinson III Vinson – a historian of the African diaspora in Latin America – is currently provost at Case Western Reserve University. Howard, as a school, has “serious momentum,” and will rise to the upper echelon of research universities, Vinson said.

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Dr. Paula D. McClain

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title: Professor of Political Science/Public Policy Duke University Paula D. McClain is professor of political science and professor of public policy and dean of the graduate school and vice provost for graduate education, having moved to Duke from the University of Virginia in 2000. A Howard University Ph.D.,

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What it Means to Sit at the Intersection of Blackness, Queerness

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Yolanda Vivian Williams-Goliday’s first priority is to make sure that the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) is a supportive and inclusive space for its LGBTQ+, gender nonconforming, and nonbinary community. And from 2002 to 2006, she served as academic adviser for Temple University. Williams-Goliday holds a Ph.D.

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Assignments with Significance

Faculty Focus

As soon as the material is assessed, it is no longer significant, and what has been learned quickly drops out of memory (Zull, 2002). Students view the work as simply a hurdle to be crossed, and once submitted and assessed, worthy of nothing more than being discarded. What a waste! 2010; Bransford et al., Significance.

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Perseverance and Growth: John Iglehart’s Inspiring UNT Degree Story

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This aspiration led him to the University of North Texas (UNT) and its Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences (BAAS) program. This aspiration led him to the University of North Texas (UNT) and its Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences (BAAS) program.

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Athletics and Academics

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She discovered a love for the sport that led her to competitive fencing, Columbia University, international competition, and two Olympic Games. “I In 2002, the Armory Foundation launched Armory College Prep (ACP) to help students training at the Armory Track attain a college degree at no cost to participants.

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President moves: UCLA snatches a leader from Miami

University Business

Hired Julio Frenk – University of California Los Angeles Julio Frenk University of Miami President Julio Frenk is switching coasts in January to take on the top job at UCLA, becoming its first Latino president. Before that, he served a three-year stint as chancellor at the University of South Carolina Upstate.