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Game Changers and Change Makers: Black Publishers’ Defiant Mark on History

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Since the second decade of the nineteenth century, black-owned book publishing has existed in the United States, the books released by these publishing enterprises have vindicated blacks, documented black culture and history, and addressed the special concerns of black people in ways which white book publishers have not. Cornish and John B.

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Why your school needs to adopt curricula in computer and information sciences

University Business

Degrees and subsequent jobs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) have long been praised as lucrative and safe pathways for students looking to enroll at a college or university. However, there is one subset of this group that stands out in popularity and workforce prowess: computer and data science.

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The Tories have sucked the joy from the education system. Here are three ways Labour can bring it back | Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - Higher Education

It wasn’t their parents’ fault: children were happier with their families, but their distress coincided with a school life relentlessly concentrated on exams. As 40% fewer took arts subjects , PE hours were also cut, while 215 school playing fields were sold off and fun was squeezed out of the curriculum. Nothing else.

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Why these leaders want to secure the liberal arts in a digital world

University Business

Land-grant universities are building new colleges , HBCUs are racing to secure better funding and even liberal arts colleges are reviewing their general education curriculum. Georgia Tech has been at the forefront of melding often siloed disciplines of the humanities, arts and social sciences with STEM.

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Manhattanville cuts tenured faculty, freezes programs

Inside Higher Ed

Manhattanville hasn’t publicly announced which programs are frozen, but faculty sources say they are art history, world religions, philosophy, film studies, music, music education, French, Spanish and chemistry. Other faculty sources said that history has two remaining full-time faculty members.

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Oh, the humanit(ies)! Why integrating the liberal arts and STEM is a win-win for students, institutions

University Business

Meanwhile, the humanities and social sciences are taking a back seat. Integrating the arts into STEM (“STEAM”) has been in discussion since at least 2010, when the Rhode Island School of Design helped pioneer it. But something exciting is happening in the world of higher education.

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The Higher Ed Umbrella Is Big Enough for Everyone

MindMax

Steven Mintz, author and professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin, posits that higher ed has strayed too far from its traditional purpose: providing a holistic liberal arts education that produces students who are “life-ready.” I came across an interesting article recently that suggests higher ed has forgotten its aim.