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Staying Woke for A Cause

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

was in the fifth grade when the ideals of justice and civil rights were emblazoned into the mind of the man who has spent much of his storied career fighting for diversity and equity in education. Knoxville Board of Education case. The rest is history. Theotis Robinson Jr. I had it all figured out,” says Robinson with a laugh.

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Staying Woke for A Cause

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

was in the fifth grade when the ideals of justice and civil rights were emblazoned into the mind of the man who has spent much of his storied career fighting for diversity and equity in education. Knoxville Board of Education case. The rest is history. Theotis Robinson Jr. I had it all figured out,” says Robinson with a laugh.

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Teaching Students, Not Subjects

Faculty Focus

Prior to the relatively recent development of formal education in human history, students learned important lessons not in classrooms, but from stories told by elders. For instance, all competitors in memory competitions use the exact same method to remember random digits: they create a story out of the numbers (Carey, 2014).

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Hoke’s Notes – The Plight of Small Colleges

Edu Alliance Journal

At 74, I still have ideas to share and contributions to make in the field of higher education. I aim to address several projects and issues moving forward, such as returning to my work as an international higher education consultant and re-launching two podcast series. Unfortunately, Urbana University didnt survive.

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Can Application Modernization Keep Higher Ed Cyberattackers at Bay?

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

In 2014, a vulnerability was discovered in a critical security library used by a massive number of systems worldwide. The Heartbleed Bug exploited a lack of bounds checking in the Transport Layer Security heartbeat protocol, and when an exploit was published in April 2014, millions of systems were immediately vulnerable.

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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

They shared their convictions with their two sons, including the importance of education and social service. It took him awhile to connect the dots from his passion to higher education. His efforts helped to lead to the graduation of the most diverse class in the history of Northwestern. “We Dr. Dereck J. Rovaris, Sr.,

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Report: English Majors Employed at Comparable Rates, Educators Can Do More to Prepare Students for Careers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Paula Krebs Report on English Majors’ Career Preparation and Outcomes draws on findings from a number of different sources, including the Hamilton Project, the National Humanities Alliance, the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce, and Humanities Indicators. in history. “I But for women, that number falls to around $61,000.