Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Margaree Seawright Crosby made history when she became the first African American woman professor to earn tenure at Clemson University’s College of Education. Crosby, who was 82, died last week. Jackson, selected a book and sat down to read it and was handcuffed and jailed by the local police.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award, established by Insight Into Diversity magazine in 2012, was created to recognize and celebrate the exemplary work of colleges and universities committed to advancing DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) principles.

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UW Presidential Blog

MARCH 5, 2024

At the University of Washington, women have been making history since the University was founded. Together, this marks first time in UW history that all four of these leadership positions have been held by women. In Seattle, new Provost Tricia Serio serves as the University’s chief academic officer.

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University Business

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Hood College will receive $54 million from Hodson Trust on Monday which is the largest gift in the school’s 130-year history. The educational institution says that 100% of the money will go toward undergraduate scholarships which will benefit the students. Read more from FOX Baltimore.

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Academe Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

In the excitement (or disappointment) last Tuesday, however, the ongoing national struggle over history education received short shrift. Would it be the seventh state in a row to recognize a woman’s bodily integrity as a constitutional right? Buried in…

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Mary’s College of Maryland (SMCM) has received $4 million, the largest gift commitment in the school’s history. His philanthropy is already impacting the College, having provided a six-figure leadership gift for the LEAD Fund during the quiet phase to help ignite the campaign. The commitment was made by SMCM alum R. Jordan said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Alex Red Corn Recently at our Indigenous Peoples Day gathering at Kansas State University, Chief Ben Barnes of the Shawnee spoke from the heart about matters related to Shawnee histories and their ongoing presence as a Native nation. and worldwide, have a complicated relationship with institutions of education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2023

So, when it came time for him to pick an academic pursuit, the study of Latinos and sports history naturally came to mind. I just wanted to understand what [the history was] behind this,” says Burgos. “I Latino, African American, and sports history. He is a professor of history at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 27, 2024

Grambling State University (GSU) has made history with the opening of their Digital Library and Learning Commons. Not only is this landmark facility the first digital library ever established at a Historically Black College or University (HBCU) in the US, but it is also the first digital library in the state of Louisiana.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 10, 2023

Black history — and Black Americans — are under attack. Since 2021, legislatures and governors in 19 states have enacted educational gag orders that restrict teaching and learning about allegedly divisive concepts such as race, racism, and American history. The fate of affirmative action in higher education awaits a U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 21, 2024

Lance Holbert Few community colleges offer courses that are specifically designated as “civic learning,” according to a report examining the current state of civics education in primary and secondary schools. Dr. Lynn Pasquerella The report is based on a 2023 survey of institutional leaders at 145 community colleges in 42 states.

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University Business

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The annual Native American College Fair brought in over 1,200 students from across Minnesota and surrounding states to the Minnesota History Center in St. Since then, it has grown into an event with over 40 colleges represented. Kerrie Troseth is an Indian Education Program counselor with St. Paul on Monday.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 27, 2024

California’s public schools didn’t teach Asian American history to a young Dr. Beth Lew-Williams. Neither did college. history classes that I was taking,” Lew-Williams says. “The history classes that I was taking,” Lew-Williams says. Holding several degrees in history, including a Ph.D.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2023

Matt Cook, who has written on queer urban life and the Aids crisis, takes up the new post at Mansfield College The renowned cultural historian Matt Cook is to become the UK’s first fully endowed professor of LGBTQ+ history in a newly created post at Mansfield College, Oxford.

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WCET Frontiers

JUNE 18, 2024

Juneteenth, celebrated annually on June 19th, marks a pivotal moment in American history—the day in 1865 when enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, were informed of their freedom, years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. This acknowledgment is crucial for fostering understanding, healing, and progress.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

JUNE 9, 2023

Issue blown out of proportion, says Matt Cook, after appointment of ‘free speech tsar’ for higher education Oxford University’s new professor of LGBTQ+ history has accused the government of “fanning a culture war” over freedom of speech, insisting it is alive and well in higher education. Continue reading.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Ron DeSantis’ attempts to "bring the state back to the pre-Civil Rights era by banning Black history from the classroom." Sharpton, president of the National Action Network and the host of MSNBC's PoliticsNation, took aim at DeSantis and the College Board that administer the exam. Intersectionality is a uniting framework.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Chaka Cummings has been appointed the inaugural executive director of The Association for Teaching Black History in Kentucky. Chaka Cummings The association – consisting of Berea College, Kentucky State University, the Muhammad Ali Center, and Kentucky History Resources, LLC – will be in the Carter G. Cummings holds a B.A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Kenyon College President Dr. Sean Decatur will be stepping down from his current role at the end of 2022 to become president of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City in April 2023. Kenyon Provost Dr. Jeff Bowman will lead the college until the search for a new president is complete. Dr. Sean M.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Learning About, For, and Through Enterprise Pittaway and Edwards (2012) provide classifications in forms of enterprise and entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurship education is presented as an academic discipline, much like history or sociology, with teaching, learning, and assessment methods aligned accordingly, such as lectures and essays.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 9, 2023

dissertation, titled “A Jotería Identity and Belonging: Pláticas of Co-Creation with Queer and Trans Latinx Graduate Students in Higher Education,” not only describes his research as a prolific scholar and noted activist, but it also represents some of his own intriguing journey. “I Sergio Gonzalez’s Ph.D.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The state of facilities at historically Black colleges and universities, also known as HBCUs, again made headlines in recent weeks. A history of higher education tells us why appeared first on University Business. Student protests broke out at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona, Fla., Listen to the interview on WRKF.

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Higher Education Inquirer

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

While this video may represent a distortion of US history and society, it should not be ignored. Skepticism about higher education is real , and for good reason, especially for the working class.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 27, 2024

California’s public schools didn’t teach Asian American history to a young Dr. Beth Lew-Williams. Neither did college. history classes that I was taking,” Lew-Williams says. “The history classes that I was taking,” Lew-Williams says. Holding several degrees in history, including a Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

North Star Promise provides free college tuition to help make education after high school possible for more Minnesota students and families,” is written on the Minnesota Office of Higher Education website. Francis-Begay, governing council chair for the National Institute for Native Leadership in Higher Education.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Rushi Sheth, Vice President (International), College Board, highlighted the importance of expanding opportunities for Indian students. There are opportunities for excellent education in India so our goal is to not see successful outcomes only in the form of outbound migration,” said Sheth.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Our history, our culture and our sense of being is very much ingrained in the land. We all thrive in educational spaces when the conditions to enable success are meticulously crafted. Dr. Torence Powell is Superintendent/President of Napa Valley College in California. My lack of understanding was deeper than that, however.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The issues closest to my heart—those that affect our students and education equity—are being largely ignored by the presidential candidates. Repeatedly, we call for “someone” to show us, through better education policy, that we are not forgotten.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JULY 28, 2024

Part one of a two-part virtual discussion about the new book Contingent Faculty and the Remaking of Higher Education: A Labor History (2024).

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Higher Education Today

APRIL 3, 2024

In the wake of Women’s History Month, it’s a good time to pause and reflect on the significance of our efforts to honor and uplift women. Amidst the flurry of acknowledgments and celebrations we see every March, there’s a deeper conversation to be had about how we support women on their professional journeys in higher education.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Learning About, For, and Through Enterprise Pittaway and Edwards (2012) provide classifications in forms of enterprise and entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurship education is presented as an academic discipline, much like history or sociology, with teaching, learning, and assessment methods aligned accordingly, such as lectures and essays.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JULY 12, 2023

The University of Phoenix (or at least its name) may soon enter the ash heap of US history--and rise again as a state-run robocollege. Once hailed as the leader in affordable adult education for workers entering middle management, it is a shell of its former self--in an economy less certain for consumers. It's a Long Story.

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University Business

MAY 24, 2023

Earlier this year, the AAUP established a special committee to review the apparent pattern of politically, racially, and ideologically motivated attacks on public higher education in Florida. If sustained, this onslaught threatens the very survival of meaningful higher education in the state, with dire implications for the entire country.

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MindMax

JANUARY 5, 2023

Summer isn’t what it used to be for higher education institutions and their students. Today, colleges and universities everywhere increasingly embrace the concept of a holistic year, and summer programming is an essential component of their offerings. A Brief History of Summer Programming. College credit programs.

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MindMax

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Summer isn’t what it used to be for higher education institutions and their students. Today, colleges and universities everywhere increasingly embrace the concept of a holistic year , and summer sessions have become an essential component of both standard and alternative educational pathways. College credit programs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 8, 2024

Randi Weingarten AFT represents teachers, school staff, higher education workers, nurses and healthcare professionals, and public employees. The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is gearing up to chart a path forward for public schools amid increasing challenges, and opposition, to the institution. Eddie Glaude Jr.

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Helix Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

How Elmira College Enrolled Their Best Class in 10 Years Despite FAFSA Fiascos and Campus Silos Dennis Kelly, Elmira College Dennis Kelly has seen a lot in his 30 years in higher education. Elmira is a small college in upstate New York. Kelly stepped into the middle of a particularly challenging time for enrollment.

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