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Georgetown University Honors Xavier University of Louisiana's Centennial and Black Catholic Studies Legacy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Monique Trusclair Maddox, CEO of the Descendants Truth & Reconciliation Foundation discussed her family's history of enslavement by the Jesuit order and the impact of learning about Georgetown University's role in the sale of enslaved persons to save the institution. a leading scholar and former head of IBCS.

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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

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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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A Network that Feels like Home: Dennis Harlow’s Journey with the Gies iMSA

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The sheer awesomeness of it allthe phenomenal speakers, the alumni connections, and the history of the schoolwas incredible, he said. He was blown away by iConverge , an annual event that brings online students together in person. Despite being an online student, Dennis felt deeply connected to his peers and the Gies network.

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Doing What’s Right

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

If you look at the history of ethics — figuring out what’s the right thing to do, etc. — the longest history is connected to practice of medicine,” Moazam says. “So, CBEC, inaugurated in 2004, is the only bioethics center specific in its focus on bioethics research and education in Pakistan, according to Moazam.

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Finlandia University is the latest private college to fall

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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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Conveying Fragility

Inside Higher Ed

” I raised an eyebrow, but it made sense; she was born in 2004, so he had mostly left public life a generation before she was born. She’s wildly bright with a steel-trap memory, but she was also born in 2004. The fad for declaring the “end of history” in 1989 came from that story. (I’ve

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