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Staying Woke for A Cause

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Robinson, a foundational figure in University of Tennessee history, grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he and his mother, Alma, would listen to the radio, discussing historic elections and admiring the courage of civil rights leaders. It highlighted the University of Tennessee’s exclusion of Black students.

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Staying Woke for A Cause

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Robinson, a foundational figure in University of Tennessee history, grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he and his mother, Alma, would listen to the radio, discussing historic elections and admiring the courage of civil rights leaders. It highlighted the University of Tennessee’s exclusion of Black students.

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Hoke’s Notes – The Plight of Small Colleges

Edu Alliance Journal

During that time, I took on the role of President/CEO of the American Association of University Administrators (AAUA) and dedicated myself fully to the organization. In 1975, I designed my own major in College Administration, combining courses in business, history/political science, and psychology.

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University of Maryland Reckons with the Past

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

University of Maryland campus, Memorial Chapel. The University of Maryland (UMD) has released its first report covering the history of their institution and its intersection with slavery, The 1856 Project – Reconstructing the Truth. These [reports and investigations] aren’t designed to make universities look bad.

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Another small Christian college turns over the reins of its university in a merger

University Business

As of Tuesday Multnomah University will now be referred to as Multnomah Campus of Jessup University, after a recent merger announcement by the two Christian universities. The California-based institution said it is prepared to take on the fledgling university’s assets and liabilities.

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AI-Powered Teaching: Practical Tools for Community College Faculty

Faculty Focus

Rossum’s Universal Robots) , where artificial beings, created to serve, ultimately undo their creators (apek, 1920/2004). 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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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Williams’s parents had met during their time at Southern and A&M College, a historically Black college and university (HBCU) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His first ambition after college was to make money, and he entered the corporate world and earned his MBA from Fontbonne University. Everyone didn’t feel that way.”