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Unveiling An Accidental Triumph: The Improbable History of American Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

An Accidental Triumph: The Improbable History of American Higher Education tells the unique story about what Americans think of higher education. Dr. Sol Gittleman Gittleman, who is the Alice and Nathan Gantcher University Professor Emeritus, has emerged as one of the nation’s most important interpreters of the history of higher education.

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Dr. Ben Vinson III Appointed President of Howard University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Vinson holds a bachelor’s degree in history and classical studies from Dartmouth College and a doctorate in history from Columbia University. In 2002, Diverse named Vinson an Emerging Scholar.

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Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be

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It was academically-focused, naturally, on education, so there was a common intellectual thread, but, given the nature of education as an area of study, this meant that a range of disciplines – philosophy, economics, sociology, psychology, history, and more – were in the mix, producing a stimulating creative setting.

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N.C. A&T Celebrates 64th Anniversary of A&T Four’s Historic Sit-In

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Barnhill installed the sculpture in 2002 in front of Dudley Memorial Building. The statue depicting the A&T Four walking purposefully alongside each other is the most photographed element of the university’s 132-year-old campus. The program will feature song selections by the N.C.

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Centering Love in Student Affairs

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Located in Baltimore, Maryland, Red Emma’s opened its doors to 80+ first-generation college students and shared their radical history. Love is more than a feeling that aids in the survival of a species, according to hooks (2002), it includes care, affection, responsibility, respect, commitment, and trust (14).

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INSIGHT Welcomes Robin R. Means Coleman as New Editorial Board Member

Insight Into Diversity

Coleman is the author of “Horror Noire: A History of Black American Horror from the 1890s to Present, 2 nd ed.” African American Audiences, Media, and Identity” (2002) and co-editor of “Fight the Power! She is the editor of “Say It Loud! The Spike Lee Reader” (2008). The post INSIGHT Welcomes Robin R.

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Report: Journalism Jobs to Decrease in Years to Come Due to Industry Decline

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

More than a third of journalism jobs will be lost 2002-2031 from decades of decline primarily due to newspaper downsizing and closures, a Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) report found. Dr. Anthony P. For master’s degree students, however, the payoff of a degree in journalism is often questionable.” .

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