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Howard University Makes History as First HBCU to Achieve Top Research Status

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This includes the highest number of doctorates awarded to Black students at any college or university in America. Palmer, chair and professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the university. Department of Education. students are supported with fully funded fellowships and assistantships.

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The value of history

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History remains prominent in public life and an attractive study option – yet university departments are cutting jobs and courses. Emma Griffin outlines new Royal Historical Society research

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

They serve more economically disenfranchised students than most U.S. institutions, and they do so successfully, facilitating the upward mobility of the majority of their students. HBCUs have a 34% mobility rate of moving their students from the bottom 40% in household income into the top 60%.

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Education Department calls on colleges to stop asking about applicants’ criminal histories

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The recommendation came in a wide-ranging report about how colleges can better support students who were formerly incarcerated.

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UAE showcases HE offering to attract Chinese students

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A delegation of UAE-based international education and political leaders attended the China International Education Exhibition Tour (CIEET) in Beijing earlier this month as part of an initiative to attract Chinese students to their institutions.

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Working to Keep Minoritized Students Safe - Dr. Kaleb Briscoe

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education, University of Oklahoma Age: 38 Education: B.S., Student Affairs and Higher Education, Indiana State University; Ph.D., Early on, Briscoe saw herself as a student leader. Albany State University; M.S.,

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Alumni Gift $25M to UCLA Department of History

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We believe the study of history is vital in creating informed participants in a vibrant democratic society,” said Meyer Luskin, president, CEO, and chairman of Scope Industries. Meyer and Renee Luskin have donated $25 million to UCLA to broaden historical knowledge among the public. “We

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