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Unveiling An Accidental Triumph: The Improbable History of American Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

An Accidental Triumph: The Improbable History of American Higher Education tells the unique story about what Americans think of higher education. Dr. Sol Gittleman Gittleman, who is the Alice and Nathan Gantcher University Professor Emeritus, has emerged as one of the nation’s most important interpreters of the history of higher education.

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Review of Peter Burke's "Ignorance: A Global History"

Inside Higher Ed

Column: Intellectual Affairs Three years ago Peter Burke published The Polymath ( Yale University Press ), an illustrated history of what are usually called Renaissance men or women. His new book, Ignorance: A Global History ( Yale University Press ), pivots to the complete antithesis of “inquisitive appetite.”

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BookSnaps for Enhancing Student Learning

Faculty Focus

According to Schwartz (2015), “When ideas and related concepts can be encapsulated in an image, the brain remembers the information associated with that image.” In history courses, students can take a picture of a timeline and identify turning points or key events. 2015, July 15). For one, learning retention. 2017, August 14).

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Marquette University Receives $1.25 Million to Bolster Prison Education Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The courses span various fields – including criminology, social welfare and justice, and history – and touch on topics such as mass incarceration, surveillance, poetry, and the psychology of adolescent development. The program makes available “blended courses” that bring CFI students and Marquette undergrads into the same classrooms.

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Here’s where enrollment is booming across the South

University Business

Our mission—now more than at any time in our history—is to open our doors as wide as possible to more and more students, who will shape the future of this state,” University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto said in a press release. over last year and eclipsed 25,000 students. “These numbers reflect our commitment to that ideal.

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Dr. Yolanda Pierce Named Dean of the Vanderbilt University Divinity School

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I have long heard about the school’s rich history as an advocate for racial and social justice, and I look forward to building on the strong foundation that Emilie Townes and others have established to form this treasured community.”

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Hamline University President to Retire Following Islamophobia Controversy

Insight Into Diversity

The email did not mention the contentious January incident in which an art history lecturer, after giving warnings to students, showed images of the Prophet Muhammad in class, leading to a national debate about religious intolerance and academic freedom on campuses. “We Miller has been president of the university since 2015.