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Boston University Launches LGBTQ+ Center

Insight Into Diversity

Boston University (BU) recently announced it will soon be opening a campus resource center for LGBTQ+ students. In addition, the center will provide optional training to BU faculty and staff, according to a university news release. The post Boston University Launches LGBTQ+ Center appeared first on INSIGHT Into Diversity.

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Dr. Xavier A. Cole Appointed First Person of Color President of Loyola University New Orleans

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Cole will become president of Loyola University New Orleans, effective Jun. Cole Cole is currently vice president for student affairs at Marquette University. Before Marquette, Cole was vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Washington College and assistant vice president at Loyola University Maryland.

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Temple University VP for Student Affairs Dr. Theresa A. Powell Dies

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Powell Renowned nationally in the student affairs profession, Powell was one of the leaders of Temple’s Division of Student Affairs, where she worked to reimagine student affairs and created programs to produce a more vibrant and active Temple campus. "Dr. Terrell Educational Foundation Inc.

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Columbia University Reaches Out to HBCUs for Fellowship Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

About seven years ago, Columbia University welcomed its first HBCU Fellowship cohort, allowing students who had graduated from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to pursue select master’s degrees in the university’s School of Professional Studies (SPS), all the while getting financial, career, and academic support.

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Vermont Public to Buy Northern Vermont University Radio Station

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The decision to sell was based on “more advanced learning technologies in the classroom, waning student participation, and ongoing costs associated with dated station infrastructure and FCC compliance,” according to a Dec. 16 email to students from NVU dean of students Jonathan Davis.

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Campus parking problems common yet not universal (infographic)

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Image: While individual campuses and situations play a role in intensity of the problem, parking issues are a nearly universal frustration for students and others on campus. And it certainly doesn’t help that a popular best practice in creating walkable corridors involves placing parking at the edges of campus.

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Georgian Court University Boasts Women-Led Majority Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At Georgian Court University (GCU), women leaders are the norm. The private Roman Catholic university boasts a leadership of majority women, with women leading all four of the school's academic schools as deans. Increasingly, other colleges and universities are also following in this tradition.