The Berkeley Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The post $23 million gift for Cal Golf marks largest endowment in Athletics history appeared first on Berkeley News.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

It has already made history, with an HBCU graduate as the first presidential nominee of either of the two major parties. As I think about the coming months, I’m reminded that history is not a series of isolated events. If the past several years has reinforced anything, it’s that none of us knows what lies ahead.

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Higher Ed Dive

APRIL 14, 2023

Historically Black institutions also saw an influx of pandemic money from government and philanthropy. But they say it's not enough.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 31, 2024

In this moment and with this history of commencement addresses in tow, Ken Burns’ words at Brandeis make a potent intervention. For Burns, part of his journey as a storyteller and documenter of history has been to be “on the lookout” for the rhymes of history. near national suicide.” The repeal of Roe v.

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

“Making accessible the compelling stories previously hidden in these libraries and archives brings grace and vitality to our cultural heritage as they inspire a more just and accurate telling of our history.” The post Preserving HBCU History and Heritage appeared first on Insight Into Diversity.

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Wonkhe

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Jonathan Grant traces the history of universities' role in securing social justice, arguing that neutrality on such issues undermines the sector's reputation The post Universities should never be neutral on the social issues of the day appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

University History Departments Cutting Jobs and Courses sara.custer@in… Fri, 11/01/2024 - 03:00 AM Survey by the Royal Historical Society finds ax is falling most heavily on newer institutions. Byline(s) Patrick Jack for Times Higher Education

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Thelin’s College Sports: A History. Altschuler and David Wippman consider the challenges of controlling commercialization in their review of Eric A. Moyen and John R.

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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. In the face of curriculum and book bans and the devaluing of Black history, it is imperative to amplify and uphold African American history.”

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Wonkhe

MARCH 24, 2024

There's a history of attempts to drive efficiency by sharing services - and precious little evidence of success. Helen Scott asks whether one more try will make a difference The post Are “back office services” really better together? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2024

“Since the second decade of the nineteenth century, black-owned book publishing has existed in the United States, the books released by these publishing enterprises have vindicated blacks, documented black culture and history, and addressed the special concerns of black people in ways which white book publishers have not. Cornish and John B.

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The Berkeley Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The post By digitizing ancient manuscripts, Berkeley Law expands access to remarkable legal history appeared first on Berkeley News. The Robbins Center is making research-quality electronic replicas of some of its rare holdings, including more than 350 manuscripts.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JULY 16, 2024

By Amelia Benavides-Colón Steven Bridges, University of Tennessee Tore Olsson uses the video game Red Dead Redemption to teach his class. Tore Olsson used a wildly popular video game to get students talking about industrialization, racial integration, and other key themes of late-19th- and early-20th-century America.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

How books got organized. By Catherine Gallagher Illustration by The Chronicle; iStock images Nicholas Dames's new book considers a literary feature that scholars usually neglect.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The expansion of higher education uprooted hundreds of Black families. By Louis Hansen Deborah Taylor Mapp The expansion of higher education uprooted hundreds of Black families.

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Higher Ed Dive

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The public institution faces a fiscal crisis after past years of mismanagement and a history of underfunding from Tennessee.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 31, 2023

The for-profit’s history of poor student outcomes is one reason the system should not go through with a purchase, the faculty senate said.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JUNE 21, 2024

By Nell Gluckman Andrew Hancock for The Chronicle Ted Roberts at Tarleton State U. The military veteran had taught at Tarleton State for over a decade. His colleagues were stunned.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

MAY 9, 2024

Two new books take very different approaches to the study of humanity's origins. By Jacob Mikanowski Justin Renteria for The Chronicle Two new books take very different approaches to the study of humanity's origins.

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Higher Ed Dive

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Hood College and Washington College each received over $50 million, the largest donations in their respective histories, from the now-dissolved trust.

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Wonkhe

DECEMBER 1, 2024

David Kernohan learns from crustaceans that history can be misleading The age of a university is often used as a proxy for quality.

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Wonkhe

AUGUST 2, 2023

Ellie Thompson and Piers Wilkinson draw on the history of disability justice to interrogate universities' approach to disability inclusion The post For disabled students, understanding the past helps us fix the future appeared first on Wonkhe.

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The Berkeley Blog

JUNE 12, 2024

"We're reconstructing history here," William Carter said of his geography Ph.D. research and collaboration with UC Berkeley's Disabled Students' Program. The post With newly digitized slave ship logs, Berkeley Ph.D. student examines race, power — and literacy appeared first on Berkeley News.

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The Berkeley Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The endowed program, led by Ussama Makdisi, a history professor, will fund research and cultural activities, representing a major step forward in expanding Middle Eastern scholarship at UC Berkeley. The post New Palestinian and Arab Studies program established at UC Berkeley appeared first on Berkeley News.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2024

On the history of a contested concept. Gordon Illustration by The Chronicle; Newscom image On the history of a contested concept. By Peter E.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 10, 2024

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History has announced its Annual Black History luncheon and theme of African Americans and the Arts for 2024. The Association for the Study of African American Life and History has announced its Annual Black History luncheon and theme of African Americans and the Arts for 2024.

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Higher Ed Data Stories

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Or, the institution in the Middle Atlantic states sending the most students to a doctorate in History (Columbia.) And filter further to find, for instance, the liberal arts college in the Great Lakes states that sends the most students to Ph.Ds in Chemistry (Hope College).

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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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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 2, 2024

Gay is stepping down from the position after just six months in the role, the shortest tenure in the Ivy League institution’s history.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Marvin Dulaney The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) is set to host its 109th Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh. It includes a plenary on “Place, Politics, and the Future of Black Pittsburgh History” on Sept. 28 plenary will examine how the arts have manifested in Hollywood and Black histories.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 26, 2024

Experts say history should be a warning. Police Ratchet Up Use of Force on Campus Protesters Katherine Knott Fri, 04/26/2024 - 03:00 AM As colleges turn to police to suppress pro-Palestinian demonstrators, some are calling for the National Guard. Byline(s) Jessica Blake Katherine Knott

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Programs Ryan Quinn Tue, 11/19/2024 - 03:00 AM The university didn’t announce its decision in a news release and hasn’t fully explained it, but two deans blamed a new grad workers’ union contract for the cutbacks to a dozen programs including English, history and sociology. Byline(s) Ryan Quinn

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 27, 2024

Reading Growth: A History and a Reckoning and thinking about how universities will pay to transition to renewable energy sources. Growth: A History and a Reckoning by Daniel Susskind Published in April 2024 “Once you start thinking about [economic] growth, it’s hard to think about anything else.”

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 2, 2024

Harvard President to Step Down Amid Controversy Josh Moody Tue, 01/02/2024 - 01:39 PM Besieged by charges of plagiarism—on top of a disastrous appearance before a congressional hearing on antisemitism—Claudine Gay resigned after the shortest presidency in Harvard history. Byline(s) Josh Moody

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The Berkeley Blog

JUNE 21, 2024

Obasogie, a professor of law and bioethics, has teamed up with the Los Angeles Review of Books to launch a two-year, national conversation on the history of eugenics and the ways it still shapes science, medicine and technology. The post The legacy of eugenics appeared first on Berkeley News.

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Inside Higher Ed

JULY 24, 2024

Hamline University in Minnesota has reached a settlement with a former adjunct art history instructor whose contract was not renewed after she faced backlash for showing art depicting Muhammad, the prophet of the Islamic faith, in class,

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JULY 15, 2024

Easton abruptly announced his departure as head of Dickinson State University, capping a long history of friction with faculty members. By Megan Zahneis Illustration by The Chronicle; Photos courtesy of Dickinson State University Stephen D.

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