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Paul Quinn College to Create an Innovative Housing Model and a Mixed-Use Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Sorrell Sorrell said that the grant will launch a campus housing initiative that will eventually be accompanied by a larger mixed-use development that includes student and family housing, retail and restaurant spaces, parks, outdoor meeting areas, and classroom facilities—all designed to serve both the campus and the surrounding community.

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Spaces of Belonging: Schools Look to Design to Help First-Gen Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

First-gen students may live far from campus and so benefit tremendously from kitchenettes, showers, and laundry facilities, what are typically called “amenities,” but which Sheng refers to as “necessity spaces.” Small design choices for major campus facilities like student centers can also help first-gen students feel like they belong.

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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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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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Brown to Use All Union Labor on Building Projects Over $25M

Inside Higher Ed

“This new agreement formalizes Brown’s commitment, and we look forward to building on our history of support for career development among construction laborers and seeing even more local residents thrive and succeed.” Paxson said in a university news release announcing the agreement to use all union labor. Hide by line?:

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Sustained DEI Efforts Lead to Greater Overall Outcomes for MUSC

Insight Into Diversity

Over the past seven years, the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) has continuously worked to revamp its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts. We now have more [underrepresented] scholarship funding available through The Duke Endowment Fund than we’ve ever had in the history of MUSC,” says Burnham-Williams. .

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Small College America – Profile: Davidson College

Edu Alliance Journal

Students choose from 37 majors and 39 minors, ranging from traditional fields like English, History, and Biology to interdisciplinary studies like Data Science and Environmental Studies. The college has modern facilities for science and art. Through the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, students can even create personalized majors.