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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Lomax UNCF’s new research report, Transforming Futures: The Economic Engines of HBCUs , offers empirical evidence of the profound impact HBCUs have on the success of students, communities and the nation as a whole. It has already made history, with an HBCU graduate as the first presidential nominee of either of the two major parties.

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Olin College President Steps Down Amid Financial Strain, Latest in String of Higher Ed Leadership Exits

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Gilda Barabino, president of Olin College of Engineering in Massachusetts, will leave her position at the end of the academic year, adding to the growing list of higher Dr. Gilda Barabino education leadership departures. The engineering college, founded in 1997, has struggled with operating deficits for over a decade.

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Small College America – Profile: Tuskegee University

Edu Alliance Journal

Programs include Engineering, Architecture, Business, Education, and Nursing & Allied Health, as well as a renowned College of Veterinary Medicine. Students complete a liberal arts core while pursuing majors in fields like engineering, agriculture, the sciences, business, and the humanities. It was built on Booker T. and abroad.

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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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Integrating Community Engagement into her Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For four years, she served as program coordinator for University of Colorado Boulder’s Colorado Diversity Initiative in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The other, she continues, has to do with the unilateral decision-making being done on what students can learn about their culture, history, and identity.

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Why these leaders want to secure the liberal arts in a digital world

University Business

“Whether one is studying to be a doctor or engineer, there is a person behind that specialization making choices and interpreting the world around them.” It improves our scholarship by adding those elements to the STEM fields: Our research is better and our graduates are more well-rounded.”

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NJIT Achieves HSI Status and Works to Increase Its Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Council raises funds and provides scholarships to Latinx students, and, on September 19, as part of NJIT’s kickoff for Hispanic Heritage Month, the Council, along with NJIT president Dr. Teik C. These are opportunities to celebrate the rich history, culture and the people from underrepresented communities.”