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Coppin State University: A Renaissance of Purpose and Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In the heart of Baltimore, a remarkable transformation is taking place at Coppin State University under the visionary leadership of President Dr. Anthony Jenkins. The numbers tell a compelling story of transformation for the historically Black college and university (HBCU). Coppin was always my first choice, says Muhammad.

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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 journalism from Columbia University. In addition to her more than 28 years making documentaries, Lynch has a M.A.

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History hiring in the pandemic

Inside Higher Ed

Image: In 2020–21, history faculty job postings hit their lowest point since the American Historical Association started tracking openings in 1975, at just 347 positions total. The number of nonfaculty jobs listed (mostly nonteaching jobs within college and universities) increased from 51 to 80 positions, however. Yes and no.

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Chicago Teen Dorothy Jean Tillman II, DBH, Makes History

Insight Into Diversity

On May 6, 2024, Dorothy Jean Tillman II walked across the stage at Arizona State University (ASU), making history as the youngest person in the country to earn a doctoral degree. The post Chicago Teen Dorothy Jean Tillman II, DBH, Makes History appeared first on Insight Into Diversity.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Supporters of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) welcomed Howard University's announcement late last week of Dr. Ibram X. deGregory as a history professor and director of the Howard Institute for Advanced Study. Kendi's appointment Dr. Crystal A. Most recently, he was the Andrew W. Cole "cannot do."

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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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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). The 18th-century Jaquet-Droz automatamechanical dolls mimicking human actionsfurthered this vision (Riskin, 2016). Rossums Universal Robots) (C. This echoes Karel apek’s R.U.R. Spitale et al.