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Review of Peter Burke's "Ignorance: A Global History"

Inside Higher Ed

Column: Intellectual Affairs Three years ago Peter Burke published The Polymath ( Yale University Press ), an illustrated history of what are usually called Renaissance men or women. His new book, Ignorance: A Global History ( Yale University Press ), pivots to the complete antithesis of “inquisitive appetite.”

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New Study Reveals the Anti-CRT Agenda is Really about Denying Racism and Revising History

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Further, the manner in which conservative media embraces the study gives a compelling glimpse at anti-CRT proponents’ operational definition of CRT. Rather, it is evidence that, maybe, more students are being exposed to an honest, non-propagandized version of race relationships and American history. Dr. Ivory A.

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Art and design institutes pitch courses, careers in India

The PIE News

With representatives from prominent art and design institutions, the event saw students making a beeline to know more about the courses, scholarships, and career support being offered. India has such a rich creative history and culture across all disciplines, so it’s wonderful to be here and experience that.

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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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Five financial literacy sites college students can try

Inside Higher Ed

Content ranges from the history of money to saving money, budgeting and using credit cards. The app provides courses, strategy tips, quizzes, term definitions and other resources. Students earn credits, called pineapples, as they play and can cash them out for gift cards or donate their money to a charitable cause.

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Sustained DEI Efforts Lead to Greater Overall Outcomes for MUSC

Insight Into Diversity

While we definitely haven’t gotten to perfection, we’re way past checking a box,” says Willette Burnham-Williams, PhD, chief equity officer at MUSC. MUSC’s office of institutional advancement has been more intentional in seeking funding for DEI programs, projects, and scholarships for students. Willette Burnham-Williams.

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DEI statement nixed after professor complains, links to racist article

Inside Higher Ed

That sentence in his column links to a racist column—and not a type of racism that requires understanding current antiracism discourse or diversity, equity and inclusion or debates over recent definitions of racism. The column advances the argument that Black people are intellectually inferior to whites. ” he wrote.