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History in the Making: Orange Bowl Features First-Ever Matchup of African American Head Coaches in College Football Playoff Semifinal

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For the first time in college football history, the upcoming Orange Bowl semifinal guarantees that an African American head coach will advance to the National Marcus Freeman Championship game, as Penn State's James Franklin faces Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman. Franklin has previously expressed his aspirations regarding this milestone.

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Historic Black Church Eliminates Student Debt for SAU Seniors

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The 222-year-old church, one of the nation's oldest and largest predominantly African American congregations with approximately 13,000 members, has a long history of supporting historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Church officials estimate about 60% of Alfred Street's members are HBCU graduates themselves.

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Howard University Taps Antiracist Scholar Ibram X. Kendi to Head New Advanced Studies Institute

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I have had my eye on the Mecca my entire career, studying its history and witnessing what Howard means to the culture. His earlier work, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America , won the National Book Award for Nonfiction and was recently adapted into an Emmy-nominated Netflix documentary.

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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. Of these 634 jobs, 358 were on the tenure track, an increase from both 2020–21 and 2019–20. in 2019 and 2020, based on federal data.

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Staying Woke for A Cause

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Robinson, a foundational figure in University of Tennessee history, grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he and his mother, Alma, would listen to the radio, discussing historic elections and admiring the courage of civil rights leaders. The rest is history. Theotis Robinson Jr. Robinson would soon join their ranks.

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Teaching Students, Not Subjects

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Nick Shackleton-Jones (2019) provides a neurological explanation of this principle in his Affective Context Model of learning. Prior to the relatively recent development of formal education in human history, students learned important lessons not in classrooms, but from stories told by elders. References Carey, B. 2014, May 19).

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Staying Woke for A Cause

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Robinson, a foundational figure in University of Tennessee history, grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he and his mother, Alma, would listen to the radio, discussing historic elections and admiring the courage of civil rights leaders. The rest is history. Theotis Robinson Jr. Robinson would soon join their ranks.