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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
deGregory as a history professor and director of the Howard Institute for Advanced Study. Many hope their return signals a deeper commitment to prioritizing Black scholarship in ways that long-suffering, lesser-known Black scholars have not always experiencedeven at HBCUs. Kendi's appointment Dr. Crystal A. It's not always easy.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
It’s a label that marks us as “unwelcome” and our scholarship as “controversial.” For many of us whose work or lived experiences connect race, gender, history, or sexuality, within education, exile is less about leaving and more about staying in a space where we know we’re not fully welcome.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 3, 2025
Jacinta Saffold In a world where academia often overlooks the nuanced narratives of Black women, the Black Womens Studies Association (BWSA) is spearheading a movement that seeks to center the lived experiences of Black women across disciplines, identities, and generations. That commitment to community-building is central to their ethos.
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
It’s a development historians say follows movement—particularly within the field of public history—toward broader recognition. history, writes that “If we believe that historical thinking and knowledge should inform public policy, then we need to make our work accessible to policymakers and influencers.”
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 5, 2024
Colleges typically use a variety of assessments such as standardized tests, essays, and GPA to determine a student's readiness for life in academia. One of the most common mistakes that institutions make in their efforts to retain students is an overemphasis on tuition scholarships. This is how we can start keeping our students.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Narrow, self-serving yardsticks for assessing impact of scholarship, teaching, and service. If a faculty member is assigned more teaching and/or more service, and has less time available for scholarship, they should be evaluated accordingly. The criteria should be read aloud, prior to evaluating that dimension.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 8, 2022
Kayon Hall wants to change the way academia thinks about undocumented students. Undocumented students must navigate ever-changing state policies while searching for scholarships that include them, scrolling through university and collegiate websites for campus environments that acknowledge their unique experience.
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