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Coppin State University: A Renaissance of Purpose and Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Named after the institutions namesake, a pioneering African American educator, the program provides comprehensive support and resources to high-achieving students. We are attracting talent who see Coppin as a place where they can reach their educational goals is very humbling for me and my faculty and staff.

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Film Director Joins Spelman Faculty as Director of Documentary Filmmaking

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2016, she became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. in American history and public history management from the University of California, Riverside, and a M.S. In addition to her more than 28 years making documentaries, Lynch has a M.A. in journalism from Columbia University.

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Q&A: UNCF's Ed Smith-Lewis on the UNITE Convening and HBCU Transformation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DIVERSE : Can you talk about the history of the Institute for Capacity Building and how the UNITE convening came about? One of our most defining initiatives started in 2016: the Career Pathways Initiative (CPI), a $50 million investment by the Lilly Endowment. But history tells us that HBCUs thrive when they work collectively.

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Compton College Addresses Student Homelessness and Basic Needs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

During the 2016-2017 school year, the Brothers to Sisters Club at Compton College reserved a portion of their meetings for Real Talk. HPI has a long history of serving higher education and, specifically, larger community colleges. So, Im grateful to be a part of history in this regard. Compton is the model for that.

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AI-Powered Teaching: Practical Tools for Community College Faculty

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Artificial intelligence (AI) has transitioned from a speculative concept to a transformative tool in higher education, particularly within community colleges. Drawing on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), it argues that AI can enhance accessibility and efficiency while preserving the human essence of education.

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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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Educational Institutions Play Vital Role in Teaching American Public

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Bunch III came together to discuss the increasingly vital role public institutions play in teaching American citizens their country’s history, particularly the history of Black people. It’s a history that must be told and folks are doing it—but Dunn does it at a risk to himself and the people he teaches.” in September 2016.