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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. 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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Weekend Reading: Imperfect information in higher education

HEPI

In this weekend long read, he discusses the history of marketisation in higher education and considers whether applicants have enough information to make informed judgements about where and what they study. This report proposes imperfect information as a possible cause of market failure.

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Alumni Gift $25M to UCLA Department of History

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We believe the study of history is vital in creating informed participants in a vibrant democratic society,” said Meyer Luskin, president, CEO, and chairman of Scope Industries. The University of California Los Angeles has become the benefactor of a $25 million gift from Meyer Luskin and his wife, Renee, both UCLA alumni.

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Teaching Students, Not Subjects

Faculty Focus

They plan their courses around the topics they need to cover, which usually leads to them motoring through information that their students are supposed to write down and retain. When students do not retain the information, it must be that they were not paying attention. But this adds nothing to the information.

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Women’s History Month 2025: Moving Forward Together

Today's Learner

Reading Time: 7 minutes During the month of March, we celebrate Womens History Month. Pam Schmelz Pam Schmelz is an Interim Dean for the School of Information Technology, School of Business, Logistics& Supply Chain and the Garatoni School of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Ivy Tech Community College.

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Preserving HBCU History and Heritage

Insight Into Diversity

This sort of preservation is the primary goal of a new collaboration between the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) and the HBCU Library Alliance. Once the process is complete, the library will unveil a new digital repository that celebrates the recordings and the history tied to them. At Oakwood University, the Eva B.

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The Commencement Story and the Rhymes of History

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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