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Marcus Freeman, Rudy Hubbard, and Black Labor

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Day, but also that the national theme for this years Black History Month is African Americans and Labor. The SEC is the only Power 4 conference without a Black head coach and hasnt had one since Cadillac Williams spent 4 games as an interim for Auburn to close the 2022 season.

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Preserving HBCU History and Heritage

Insight Into Diversity

“Making accessible the compelling stories previously hidden in these libraries and archives brings grace and vitality to our cultural heritage as they inspire a more just and accurate telling of our history.” The post Preserving HBCU History and Heritage appeared first on Insight Into Diversity.

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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. H-Net, another popular job listing site, showed a similar year-over-year increase, with 670 jobs in history and area studies for 2021–22.

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Was 2022 a bumper year for books about education?

HEPI

So here we bring you a round up of just some of the books first published in 2022 which are worth a look. HEPI’s most read blogs of 2022 can be read here: [link]. The post Was 2022 a bumper year for books about education? appeared first on HEPI.

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Compton College Addresses Student Homelessness and Basic Needs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Celebrating In Community In June 2022, California lawmakers moved to include a student housing grant totaling $80,389,000 in the 2022-2023 State Budget for the Compton Community College District to build their proposed 250+ bed student housing facility. So, Im grateful to be a part of history in this regard.

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Op-Ed: Pride, History Propel LGBTQ+ Rights Forward

Insight Into Diversity

That these same labeled people grabbed hold of the word “pride” to name their movement was an act of civil disobedience against both history and language. LGBTQ+ History Month (October in the U.S.) History, of course, is a source of pride. History is another. History nourishes pride. Pride energizes history.

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We Need to Distinguish Applied Humanities from Experiential Learning

Faculty Focus

Experiential learning is on the rise (Roberts & Welton 2022), perhaps because it can be a pathway to increased student engagement. The ROI of a History Degree. But the term experiential learning is sometimes used interchangeably with applied learning, which runs the risk of clouding the specific benefits of each approach.