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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Howard University's achievement of R1 status demonstrates our research capacity and reaffirms our deep commitment to tackling society's most pressing questions through cutting-edge scholarship and technological innovation, Vinson said.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It has already made history, with an HBCU graduate as the first presidential nominee of either of the two major parties. Colleges and universities use endowments to support several priorities, such as scholarships, upgraded facilities and faculty hiring. Yet each of us has the power to shape events in real time.

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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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President moves: Announcing a surge of hires, including this state flagship

University Business

An experienced leader in his own right, Benson is the current president of Coastal Carolina University, where he secured a $10 million gift, the largest in school history, according to a university statement. He begins his new position in July. Charles Edmonds, Lycoming College Charles Edmonds – Lycoming College (Penn.)

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Small College America – Profile: Tuskegee University

Edu Alliance Journal

Strengths Historic Legacy and Mission: Tuskegees history is a cornerstone of its identity. Infrastructure and Facilities : Numerous campus buildings require modernization. military history. An engineering student on scholarship, he left Tuskegee in his senior year to pursue acting. It was built on Booker T. and abroad.

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Wonders of the Invisible World

Inside Higher Ed

But history without theory is thin gruel, and social scientists like Brint and Labaree play a crucial role in identifying the conceptual issues that their historian counterparts at times downplay. The volume, like Professor Labaree’s entire body of scholarship is remarkably wide-ranging.

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Sustained DEI Efforts Lead to Greater Overall Outcomes for MUSC

Insight Into Diversity

The addition of new facilities in recent years has been part of a concerted effort to reduce health inequities in underserved communities in South Carolina, which generally lags behind many other states, says Burnham-Williams. Pathway initiatives are not exclusive to MUSC students. . Greater Access and Support for All.