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What Dr. Ibram Kendi’s Appointment to Howard Means for HBCUs—and Black Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

deGregory as a history professor and director of the Howard Institute for Advanced Study. Kendi, a historian and antiracist activist, has made waves since publishing Stamped from the Beginning , which won the 2016 National Book Award for Nonfiction. Kendi's appointment Dr. Crystal A. Most recently, he was the Andrew W.

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What Should We Do About Undergrads Who Want to Pursue a Humanities Doctorate?

Inside Higher Ed

program in French and history, tells a story that resembles that of many humanities graduate students: that “the transformative experience I had in the classroom led me to dedicate my whole life to academia. The institution has a storied history. history survey course to be delivered in the summer.

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Digging Deeper

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Kathleen Belew says she studies “the history of the present.” Put another way, she studies the history that shapes issues of the modern day. Belew is in her first year as an associate professor in the department of history at Northwestern University. The group was established amid the 2016 presidential election.

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With ChatGPT, we must teach students to be editors (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

In a 2016 article about Maxwell Perkins, legendary editor to Ernest Hemingway, F. A college history professor declared she would have given what the program spat out in response to an exam prompt “ an F- if that’s possible.” They also know how to go about checking for accuracy in terms of both content and conventions.

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Toward a more inclusive peer-review process (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

When asked what surprised her most about publishing after a summer spent working as an intern at one of our presses, a history graduate student replied, “In graduate school, we focus on tearing books apart. But I was impressed by how much you do in publishing to build up a book.”

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Effective University Leadership – What Does It Take?

The Change Leader, Inc.

Traditionally, universities have looked for candidates who were steeped in the world of academia. These candidates resumes boast professional experience beyond the walls of academia and in higher education. For instance, Dr. Gates is considered one of the top presidents in Texas A&Ms long history. Furthermore, Gov.

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President moves: New hires, plus retiring leaders being lauded for their pandemic strategy

University Business

However, Riverso does have a background in developing young talent through academia. An avid professor, she taught history at Presbyterian and Mercer University while dean. His most distinguished accomplishment is his recent nine-year tenure as the president and CEO of STV Group Inc.,