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Closing Higher Ed’s Equity Gaps

Inside Higher Ed

” Princeton’s defense: “Operating expenses don’t include hundreds of millions in capital expenditures the endowment provides every year to fund things like research equipment and facilities.” Nor does it have a major nanoscience facility. It’s certainly not Stanford, MIT, Carnegie Mellon or Caltech.

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The Dark Legacy of Elite University Medical Centers

Higher Education Inquirer

In recent years, books like Medical Apartheid by Harriet Washington have illuminated the history of medical abuse, but they also serve as a reminder that inequality in healthcare goes far beyond race and touches upon the economic and social circumstances of individuals.

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Tribal College Campuses Are Falling Apart. The U.S. Hasn’t Fulfilled Its Promise to Fund the Schools

University Business

These tribal colleges and universities were intended to serve students who’d been disadvantaged by the nation’s history of violence and racism toward Native Americans, including efforts to eradicate their languages and cultures. The facilities remained closed into late September. Read more at Pro Publica.

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How to Combat the High Schoolization of the University

Inside Higher Ed

In a recent opinion essay in The New York Times , Molly Worthen, a University of North Carolina professor of religious and intellectual history, follows up an earlier defense of lectures (“Lecture Me, Really”) and the study of the Great Books (“Can I Go to Great Books Boot Camp?”), Here, I must firmly disagree.

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Moving Teaching Forward, Post-Pandemic

Inside Higher Ed

The result: a new student majority consisting of part-time students, commuting students, transfer students, working adults, family caregivers, students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds and international students. Steven Mintz is professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin. It’s 1, 2, 3.

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The Post-Pandemic College Campus as a Design Challenge

Inside Higher Ed

Outmoded facilities are overloaded with lecture halls and small fixed-seat classrooms, plus a scattering of seminar rooms, and provide few spaces suitable for active or team-based or technology-enhanced learning. Within 20 minutes, one should be able to reach every basic service needed – from medical facilities to groceries.

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2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award Winners

Insight Into Diversity

Students have in-lab research opportunities with faculty, professional development programs, a site visit to Amazon facilities, and mentorship from graduate-level students. Fellows receive room and board, a weekly stipend, and travel reimbursement. DVM Scholars Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine Vet Up!