Academe Blog

JANUARY 23, 2023

BY THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TENURE-STREAM ART HISTORY FACULTY The statement was issued on January 13 on the website of the UMN Department of Art History with the note, “No images other than the painting of Jonah and the Whale appear in this story.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Shola Lynch Spelman College has scored a major coup with the hiring of award-winning filmmaker Shola Lynch as its Diana King Endowed Professor in Film, Filmmaking, Television, and Related Media in the Department of Art and Visual Culture. in journalism from Columbia University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Last May, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Board of Governors voted to eliminate all diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) offices. He's earned degrees from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and the University of Oregon, where he obtained his Ph.D. million in spending cuts.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2025

Jonathan Holloway has been named the new President and CEO of the Henry Luce Foundation, following his five-year presidency at Rutgers University. The Henry Luce Foundation announced on Friday, that Holloway will become its seventh President and CEO in the organization's 89-year history.

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The PIE News

APRIL 29, 2025

The group, led by Dubai’s Knowledge and Human Development (KHDA), included representatives from Dubai Knowledge Park and Dubai International Academics, the Dubai Department of Economics and Tourism (DET) and Dubai Chambers. ” The post UAE showcases HE offering to attract Chinese students appeared first on The PIE News.

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Today's Learner

MARCH 17, 2025

Reading Time: 7 minutes During the month of March, we celebrate Womens History Month. Kim Zoldak Kim Zoldak is a Teaching Assistant Professor at Oklahoma State University. Whether shes teaching introductory astronomy , astrophysics or physics courses, her passion for sharing the wonders of the universe always shines through.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2025

Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education, University of Oklahoma Age: 38 Education: B.S., Business Marketing, Albany State University; MBA., Albany State University; M.S., Business Marketing, Albany State University; MBA.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The exclusion and omission of Black history threatens to harm not just the Black community at large but also students and the very future of the nation, experts said during a Nov. The discussion was moderated by Dr. Marcia Vandiver, associate professor of elementary education at Towson University. the NREI website stated.

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Insight Into Diversity

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Throughout its history, higher education in the U.S. Although Black History Month was federally designated in 1986, similar weekly and monthly celebrations had already existed for more than 50 years. For example, the famous 1960 Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins were organized by four North Carolina A&T University students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 6, 2025

Setty, who currently serves as dean of the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law, will bring her extensive experience in legal education and commitment to diversity to the organization. Setty will succeed former president Kellye Testy, who departed in July to lead the Association of American Law Schools.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 3, 2025

Founded in 2018 with the recognition that Black womens perspectives have long been marginalized in academia, BWSA was birthed as a necessary space for scholars dedicated to studying Black womens histories, politics, literature, and lived experiences. Farmer, a prominent historian at the University of Texas at Austin.

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WCET Frontiers

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Department of Education created its own rumblings by releasing new guidance with rules about any contracted services and a series of questions about companies helping institutions with online learning. Earlier this year, the Department signaled it would hold negotiated rulemaking including “Third-Party Servicers”.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

His expertise led to appointments on several high-profile national committees, including the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board and the Department of Homeland Security's Academic Advisory Council. His 15-year leadership of AACC stands as the second-longest in the organization's history.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 9, 2023

and Jorge Estrada, writing in the Global Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer History (2019). As Gonzalez completes his graduate studies at Claremont Graduate University in California, he is preparing to defend his dissertation before departing for a faculty position this fall at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Michigan State University (MSU) will offer in-state tuition to out-of-state Native American students through their Native American Tuition Advantage Program (NATAP), beginning in Fall 2025. Michigan State University In addition, out-of-state Native students who are Pell-eligible will be able to take advantage of a full tuition waiver.

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The PIE News

MARCH 14, 2025

The rankings, which analyse more than 18,300 academic offerings at over 1,700 universities across 100 locations worldwide, have highlighted strong global competition. Moreover, the University of Leeds has made remarkable progress, securing 53 subject entries more than any other UK institution, according to a statement by QS.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 31, 2023

National Park Service, Howard University is restoring the home of civil rights activist Mary Church Terrell. We are immensely grateful to the National Park Service, Department of the Interior for providing the resources to make this transformation possible.” Using a grant from the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 28, 2024

 Students are left questioning whether barriers to accessing higher education will swell and if colleges and universities will support initiatives that support their sense of belonging. Increase Resources Dedicated to FAFSA Simplification : The Department of Education should dedicate more resources to simplifying the FAFSA.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

University of Maryland campus, Memorial Chapel. The University of Maryland (UMD) has released its first report covering the history of their institution and its intersection with slavery, The 1856 Project – Reconstructing the Truth. These [reports and investigations] aren’t designed to make universities look bad.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Image: The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Academic Senate approved guidelines for departmental statements on political subjects earlier this month. Those in the department with dissenting views should be able to express them in the same forum, the guidance also says.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 10, 2023

Kelly Ryan will become president of Eastern Oregon University (EOU), effective Jul. Dr. Kelly Ryan Ryan is currently interim chancellor of Indiana University Southeast (IU Southeast). in history from George Mason University; an M.A. in history from Boston College; and a Ph.D. 1, The Observer reported.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 5, 2023

Dozens of Seton Hall University students and supporters staged a sit-in at Presidents Hall on campus last week to protest the school’s alleged lack of support for its Africana Studies program, NJ.com reported. The remarkable diversity of our University community is one of our great strengths.”

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The Guardian - Higher Education

MAY 5, 2024

Academics warn loss of higher education arts and humanities courses will harm understanding of racism and imperial history Cuts to arts and humanities subjects within higher education will have damaging implications for our understanding of race and colonialism, academics have warned.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

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. Dr. Marcus L. Thompson holds a B.A.

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Insight Into Diversity

JULY 2, 2024

Recognizing the profound impact of military history on global events, as well as the importance of understanding the experiences and contributions of those who have served, higher education institutions are increasingly creating and expanding military and veteran studies programs. Louis (UMSL), and Eastern Kentucky University (EKU).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 8, 2024

Smallwood has been appointed dean of the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities at North Carolina Central University (NCCU). He served as professor and chair of the department of history and political science at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro, North Carolina.

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HEPI

JANUARY 2, 2025

By Dr Adrian Gonzalez ( @AGonzalez05 ) Senior Lecturer in Sustainability and Director of Learning and Teaching, Department of Environment and Geography at the University of York. However, HE, particularly in the Global North, faces increasing scrutiny and critique over its implementation of the sustainability agenda.

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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. 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. Neither did college. West coast in the late 1800s.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Gilliam, a physician and higher education leader, will take on the mantle of president of Boston University, effective Jul. Dr. Melissa Gilliam Boston University Photography Gilliam, 58, is no stranger to firsts. There, she served in numerous roles in multiple departments, including as the Ellen H. And it just isn’t.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Williams’s parents had met during their time at Southern and A&M College, a historically Black college and university (HBCU) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His first ambition after college was to make money, and he entered the corporate world and earned his MBA from Fontbonne University. Everyone didn’t feel that way.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Guskiewicz will become the next president of Michigan State University, effective Mar. He will also take on the role of tenured professor in the school’s kinesiology department. billion research enterprise; created a Campus Safety Commission; and appointed a special commission to look at the UNC’s history with race. Dr. Kevin M.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Michigan State University (MSU) will offer in-state tuition to out-of-state Native American students through their Native American Tuition Advantage Program (NATAP), beginning in Fall 2025. Michigan State University In addition, out-of-state Native students who are Pell-eligible will be able to take advantage of a full tuition waiver.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

MAY 10, 2024

Exclusive: Reversal comes after backlash from students and writers including Booker winner Bernardine Evaristo Goldsmiths, University of London, will keep its Black British literature course open after a backlash from students and writers including the Booker prize-winner Bernardine Evaristo. Continue reading.

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Helix Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

He had success at multiple institutions—Cheyney University, Notre Dame University of Maryland, Cabrini University, Georgian Court, Marywood University, and Wilmington College. Kelly aligned the departments and staff toward their common enrollment goals. They just needed to be put in a position to win.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 8, 2024

of Princeton University Department of African American Studies, Dr. Michael Kazin of Georgetown University Department of History, and Dr. Joshua Cowen of Michigan State University College of Education discussing “What’s at Stake.” Frederick Haynes, pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2023

Baylor University has recently dedicated statues honoring its first Black graduates, the late Rev. Walker would go on to serve the public as well, spending 32 years in California’s Department of Mental Health helping patients get assistance to transition back into jobs and the community. Gilbert, and Barbara A.

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