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Game Changers and Change Makers: Black Publishers’ Defiant Mark on History

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Since the second decade of the nineteenth century, black-owned book publishing has existed in the United States, the books released by these publishing enterprises have vindicated blacks, documented black culture and history, and addressed the special concerns of black people in ways which white book publishers have not. Cornish and John B.

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Indiana University Northwest Celebrates 20 Years of Diversity Landmarks

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ken Coopwood (Diversity Landmarks Founder) The Landmarks were the vision of Dr. Ken Coopwood, a four-time cabinet-level diversity executive, who founded Diversity Landmarks at Indiana University’s Northwest campus in 2004.

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WEEKEND READING: The next 20 years – rediscovering the social purpose of higher education

HEPI

As we navigate these ‘in-between times’, we can forget the extraordinary impact that higher education, as a sector, and HEPI, as a think tank, has had over the last 20 years (as Bahram Bekhradnia and Roger Brown recount). I hope I am not being complacent.

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Does the multiplication of alternative providers call for a new review of higher education?

HEPI

T his post was kindly authored for HEPI by Gill Evans, Emeritus Professor of Medieval Theology and Intellectual History at the University of Cambridge. The proposals of the Robbins Report on Higher Education considered the role of providers of tertiary education.

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Finlandia University is the latest private college to fall

University Business

In November, The Hechinger Report found 861 colleges had closed since 2004. To preserve its roots in Finnish culture and history, Finlandia Foundation National partnered with the school to preserve the school’s Finnish American Heritage Center and its related artifacts.

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Bay State College at Risk of Losing Accreditation

Inside Higher Ed

Interim president Jeff Mason said in the letter sent Monday that the decision made by the New England Commission of Higher Education was “not the outcome we expected and, frankly, we are heartbroken.” Bay State received approval to award associate degrees in 1975 and baccalaureate degrees in 2004.

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Integrating Community Engagement into her Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

López is an educator whose purpose is not just to teach but to support students. Her career as a teacher and an administrator spans middle school, high school, and now higher education. Dr. Ruth M. TRIO programs supported my path toward college,” says López.