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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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Jackson Makes SEC History with Head Baseball Coach Appointment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2019, Jackson led the Southern Jaguars to winning the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship in 2019 – the team’s first SWAC championship since 2009 – and Southern's first 30-win season since 2012. He also served in an administrative position in Major League Baseball. 500 record in six years.

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Scholar-Activist Elevates the Histories, Identities of Queer Latinx

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and Jorge Estrada, writing in the Global Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer History (2019).

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Educating the Next Generation

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California’s public schools didn’t teach Asian American history to a young Dr. Beth Lew-Williams. history classes that I was taking,” Lew-Williams says. “The history classes that I was taking,” Lew-Williams says. Holding several degrees in history, including a Ph.D. Neither did college. West coast in the late 1800s.

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US ambassador urges more study opportunities for US students in India

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According to the Institute of International Education Open Doors Report 2020, over 3,300 US students studied in India in 2018-2019, which further fell to 1,736 students in 2019-20, according to the US Department of State. When I read many great religious, philosophical, historical texts of India it changed my life and perspective.

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Totalitarianism and Academic Freedom

Academe Blog

BY JENNIFER RUTH In April 2019, a friend and I visited the grave of Lin Zhao in Suzhou, China to pay respect to one of history’s bravest defenders of intellectual freedom. Scanning a hill dotted with around 300 gravestones, we saw three CCTV cameras trained on one spot and climbed to it. My friend snapped…

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Villarreal to Oversee AAC&U Office of Diversity, Equity, and Student Success

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in history from Arizona State University. Villarreal served as vice president for equity, diversity, and inclusion at the University of Utah, where she was also an instructor and assistant professor of history and ethnic studies. Villarreal holds a bachelor’s degree in women’s studies from Mount Holyoke College and a Ph.D.

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