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Finding a Place at an HBCU

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

With her dream in sight, she started pursuing a doctorate in higher education administration in 2020 at Baltimore’s Morgan State University, an HBCU. Iowa native Juana D. Hollingsworth had always dreamed of attending an historically Black college and university (HBCU). Louis, six hours away. For her Ph.D.,

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South Africa’s Advtech Group to enter healthcare

The PIE News

The Advtech group, which owns over 10 different brands with schools and colleges in Southern and Eastern Africa regions, will offer qualifications including in nursing for local and international students, with a focus on feeding overseas markets for healthcare workers including the UK and Australia, according to officials.

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Bringing Greater Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At the height of the pandemic in 2020, without ever visiting the campus, Dr. David A. In 2020, that plan became concrete, and the search was on to find a director who could do that. Canton accepted the position of director of the African American studies program at the University of Florida. Photo courtesy of David Canton.

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Will Anti-DEI Legislation Cause a Research Funding Drought in Higher Ed?

Insight Into Diversity

The impact of that is around whether you have excellent science and excellent research,” she says. Scientific studies in health care are also at risk, Malcom says, because medical schools or health sciences schools need to populate clinical trials in a diverse way or they’re not accurate.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

Resolutions and Safe Spaces — Adelphi University. Adelphi University’s Office of Community Concerns and Resolution was established in fall 2021 to simplify and enhance the system for reporting discrimination, bias, and abuse. Elevating Stories of the Unrecognized — Agnes Scott College. Elevating Stories of the Unrecognized — Agnes Scott College.

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TGIF time-saver: VP hopeful Tim Walz and his promising track record on education

University Business

Walz, a classroom hero Walz began his working life after college as an international volunteer instructor and then returned to teach at a high school and coach football in his home state. Drew University of Medicine and Science. The donation more than doubles three of the four schools’ endowments, per The Washington Post.

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Houston is the future; higher ed is stuck in past (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Between 2010 and 2020, the Houston metro area added 1.2 When I recently heard about the new Houston University of Science and Technology, I thought progress was being made. It’s the one to two weeks each year the weather’s perfect. Not so scorching hot and humid it feels like swimming in soup. million new residents, a 20.3