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First Doctoral Program at a TCU Will Contribute to Native Sovereignty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When Dr. Elmer Guy first came to Crownpoint Institute of Technology in 1999 as dean of instruction, he could not have known that, 24 years later, he would oversee the institution’s renaming to Navajo Technical University (NTU). It became the first tribal college and university, or TCU, to offer a Ph.D.

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Buried Alive: The (Un) told Stories of Black Women in Academia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Amidst the larger discussion on systemic racism and structural change, the hashtag #BlackintheIvory , began to spark dialogue on the need for structural change in the academy and the urgent need for a radical restructuring of higher education. Brandy Jones is a Ph.D. You can follow her on Twitter @Brandy__Jones Dr. Janelle L.

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Rural-Serving Institutions: Innovative Lessons for Higher Ed Success: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 147 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Andrew Koricich

The Change Leader, Inc.

Andrew Koricich is the Executive Director of the Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges (ARRC) and an Associate Professor of Higher Education at Appalachian State University. in Higher Education and a B.S. Koricich earned a Ph.D. in Information Sciences & Technology from Pennsylvania State University, and an M.B.A.