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Morgan State University Launches Task Force to Combat Declining Black Male Enrollment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Morgan State University, Maryland's largest Historically Black University, is taking decisive action to address a concerning trend: the steady decline in Black male Dr. David K. University President Dr. David K. Wilson enrollment. higher education institutions.

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Marcus Freeman, Rudy Hubbard, and Black Labor

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Day, but also that the national theme for this years Black History Month is African Americans and Labor. Both attended and graduated from The Ohio State University as football players, Freeman as a linebacker and Hubbard as a running back. Your color shouldnt matter. Your evidence of your work should.

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Civic universities must engage adult learners

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Last month, alongside her announcement that tuition fees would be increased in line with inflation, Secretary of State for Education Bridget Phillipson wrote to universities setting out her priorities for higher education reform. Universities role in adult learning has not been particularly creditable in recent years.

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When Banks Lost Control of the Student Loan Mess

Higher Education Inquirer

History can be many things. Although the book was an exceptional chronicle of the student loan industry from 1958 to 2013, it missed at least one key event, the 2008-2010 bailout of Sallie Mae and a number of banks who made questionable private loans guaranteed by the US government. It can be both informative and purposely deceptive.

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Historic Faculty Strike Disrupts California State University System

Insight Into Diversity

Nearly 30,000 faculty members from 23 California State University (CSU) campuses went on strike on Monday, marking the largest faculty labor action in U.S. history and the first systemwide strike by the California Faculty Association (CFA) since 1983.

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Universities Expand Veteran and Military Studies Offerings

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Recognizing the profound impact of military history on global events, as well as the importance of understanding the experiences and contributions of those who have served, higher education institutions are increasingly creating and expanding military and veteran studies programs. Louis (UMSL), and Eastern Kentucky University (EKU).

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A brief history of the ‘honorific’ Oxbridge M.A. degree

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The second type is the undergraduate qualification awarded by several Scottish universities following a four-year course. The third type is the degree awarded by the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge and Trinity College, Dublin, which are effectively honorific degrees. Recipients have to be awarded a B.A.

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