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Don’t Just Witness History; Seize the Opportunity to Shape It

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

And the stakes couldn’t be higher for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), which for generations have punched above their weight. It has already made history, with an HBCU graduate as the first presidential nominee of either of the two major parties. They serve more economically disenfranchised students than most U.S.

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University of Phoenix and the Ash Heap of Higher Ed History

Higher Education Inquirer

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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Indigenous Peoples in Higher Education: Inherited Histories and Pernicious Status Quos

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. My own institution, Kansas State University, used land entirely from the Kaw (Kanza or Kaá?ze)

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Grand Canyon University Pledges Not to Pay $37.7 Million Fine

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Grand Canyon University (GCU) P resident Brian Mueller has said that GCU will not pay the $37.7 Department of Education (ED) for alleged deceptive practices, The Christian Post reported. As such, ED imposed its largest fine in history on the school on Oct. million fine from the U.S.

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Dr. Marcus L. Thompson Appointed President of Jackson State University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Thompson will become president of Jackson State University (JSU), effective Nov. Thompson Jackson State University Thompson is currently deputy commissioner and chief administrative officer of the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL), the state’s public university system. in urban higher education from JSU.

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HBCUs Continue to Meet Their Mission During Tough Times

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Brandi Waters, senior program manager of AP African American Studies at the College Board, and Dr. Ericka Armstrong Dunbar, professor of history at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. Dr. Danisha Williams, director of admissions at Lincoln University of Missouri; Dr. Juan M. Out of that, came the birth of many HBCUs.

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We’ve fumed already. Now, it’s time for action to return trust in FAFSA

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While the Department of Education has announced that a review is being launched to seek recommendations about how to improve the Federal Student Aid office, America is at a crisis point and the situation demands immediate action. It is time for members of Congress and the Department of Education to do theirs.