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Exploring the History of Latinos in Baseball

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

So, when it came time for him to pick an academic pursuit, the study of Latinos and sports history naturally came to mind. I just wanted to understand what [the history was] behind this,” says Burgos. “I Latino, African American, and sports history. He is a professor of history at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

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Kenyon College President Dr. Sean Decatur to Depart for American Museum of Natural History

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Kenyon College President Dr. Sean Decatur will be stepping down from his current role at the end of 2022 to become president of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City in April 2023. Decatur has been on the pages of Diverse across the years, and was recognized by the publication in 2007 as an Emerging Scholar. .

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AI-Powered Teaching: Practical Tools for Community College Faculty

Faculty Focus

” (Turing, 1950), followed by John McCarthy’s naming of “artificial intelligence” (McCarthy, 2007). For community college faculty, this history contextualizes AI’s rapid ascent, highlighting its capacity to augment teachingyet it also underscores the need for critical oversight, a theme explored next.

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When Banks Lost Control of the Student Loan Mess

Higher Education Inquirer

History can be many things. In 2007, President George W. Bush signed the College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007 (HR 2669) which cut subsidies to lenders and increasing grants to students. It can be both informative and purposely deceptive. And from time to time, historical events need to be revisited if we seek the truth.

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Testy Appointed to Lead the Association of American Law Schools

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The long-standing collaboration between LSAC and AALS and the impressive histories and strengths of both organizations will ensure a smooth transition in July,” she continued. “In She also chaired the planning committee for the AALS Workshop for New Law School Teachers in 2010.

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U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Affirmative Action

ACPA

states that banned affirmative action such as California in 1996 (Card & Krieger, 2005; Kaufman, 2007) and Michigan in 2006 ( Long & Bateman, 2020) , the results of these bans on affirmative action led to the lower participation and enrollment of students of color compared to the period before the bans. As seen in U.S. Kaufmann, S.

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20 Years of WOW: Celebrating Innovation in Digital Learning

WCET Frontiers

I wanted to take a moment to look back at the history of the projects. A Brief History of the WOW Awards In 2004, our then-Executive Director, Sally Johnstone, introduced the first annual WOW Awards: We started this new award to recognize outstanding efforts in implementing technology in higher education.