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What Dr. Ibram Kendi’s Appointment to Howard Means for HBCUs—and Black Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Boston University, where he founded the Center for Antiracist Research under a five-year charter in 2020. 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.

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A Pioneer for Change - Dr. Brittany Williams

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title: Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration, University of Vermont Tenured: No Age: 34 Education: B.A. Williamss curiosity and quest for knowledge has pushed her beyond the silo of higher education administration into explorations of intersectional disciplines. Thats the meat and potatoes.

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Understanding Academic Exile After the 2024 Election

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It’s a label that marks us as “unwelcome” and our scholarship as “controversial.” And while it’s incredibly unsettling, I believe there’s a powerful irony here – when we’re pressured and marginalized, our scholarship often grows stronger and more urgent. But for many of us, these pressures only reinforce the importance of what we do.

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MLA Releases Guidelines on Evaluating Public Humanities Work

Inside Higher Ed

The Modern Language this week released guidelines by which faculty members, department and institutions may evaluate publicly engaged humanities scholarship. ” Ad keywords: administrators faculty Is this diversity newsletter?: Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?

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Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These are last-dollar funds, which means it covers a student’s remaining costs for tuition and fees after all other aid—scholarships, grants, stipends and tuition waivers—has been awarded, and it does not cover the cost of housing, food, transportation, books or supplies. There are 11 federally recognized American Indian tribes in Minnesota.

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They Don’t Really Care About Us? Ensuring a Better Connection Between Research, Policy, and Practice to Ensure Success for Black Men in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Aside from writing about the plight of Black men in higher education, in our scholarship, we have employed an anti-deficit approach to highlight critical factors that help to facilitate the access, retention, and persistence of Black men in college. Walker is an Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator at the University of Central Florida.

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Honor and invest in Ukraine through scholarships (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

We educated our campus communities as to what is at stake in Ukraine, facilitated efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to Ukrainian citizens and offered scholarships for Ukrainians interested in pursuing higher education. According to economists, roughly three-quarters of the wealth of most countries is accounted for by human capital.