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From Small-Town Roots to National Honor: SC Native Receives State's Highest Award

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Moore follows in the footsteps of other legendary leaders from South Carolina whove received the honor, many of whom broke down racial barriers throughout history, paving the way for him and others to succeed. since 2018. Moore said that its not lost on him that hes in the tradition of a long line of change makers. Dr. Jerlando F.L.

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Morgan State University’s Bold Journey Toward Elite R1 Research Status

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Wilson reveals that when he initially set out in 2018 toachieve R1 status for Morgan State, he didnt fully understandwhat it took for an institution to earn the designation. For instance, whereas Morgan State spent $13 million on research in 2018, the figure stood at $43.9 Were knocking on the door to being an R1, says Dr. Willie E.

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Undergraduate institutions of doctoral recipients

Higher Ed Data Stories

It shows the undergraduate college of people who received doctorates in 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2022. Or, the institution in the Middle Atlantic states sending the most students to a doctorate in History (Columbia.) For some, it could be 2014; for others, 2000.

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Building an Academic Space for Black Women Scholars

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Founded in 2018 with the recognition that Black womens perspectives have long been marginalized in academia, BWSA was birthed as a necessary space for scholars dedicated to studying Black womens histories, politics, literature, and lived experiences.

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Compton College Addresses Student Homelessness and Basic Needs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Curry also became one of the founding chairpersons of the Chief Executive Officers of the California Community Colleges Affordability, Food & Housing Access Taskforce in spring 2018. HPI has a long history of serving higher education and, specifically, larger community colleges. Compton is the model for that.

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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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Japan opens first overseas branch campus

The PIE News

This campus is the first university to award Japanese academic degrees overseas, thus becoming a groundbreaking university in the history of Japan’s higher education,” Ikuya Sugisato, international affairs employee at the Ministry of Education (MEXT) told The PIE News. “We