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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Reading Time: 4 minutes The national theme for Black History Month 2024 is “ African Americans and the Arts.” Black History Month 2024 is a time to recognize and highlight the achievements of Black artists and creators, and the role they played in U.S. history and in shaping our country today. ” – Carter G.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

African American History Month marks a period in which Americans can celebrate together, because it spotlights the possibilities and the promise that the country remains poised to offer, even as we acknowledge the mistakes and shortcomings of the past. The nation owes a debt of gratitude to celebrated historian Dr. Carter G.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

An Accidental Triumph: The Improbable History of American Higher Education tells the unique story about what Americans think of higher education. Dr. Sol Gittleman Gittleman, who is the Alice and Nathan Gantcher University Professor Emeritus, has emerged as one of the nation’s most important interpreters of the history of higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

A new study conducted by the ultra-conservative Manhattan Institute and published by the City Journal claims to prove that Critical Race Theory (CRT) is being taught in K-12 education. Rather, it is evidence that, maybe, more students are being exposed to an honest, non-propagandized version of race relationships and American history.

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

This post was kindly authored for HEPI by Gill Evans, Emeritus Professor of Medieval Theology and Intellectual History at the University of Cambridge. This piece is the first part of two on the topic of institutional autonomy. Is it appropriate that they should all enjoy such institutional autonomy? Questions are being asked.

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Insight Into Diversity

MAY 17, 2024

On May 6, 2024, Dorothy Jean Tillman II walked across the stage at Arizona State University (ASU), making history as the youngest person in the country to earn a doctoral degree. The institute, of which Tillman is founder and CEO, provides pathways for disadvantaged youth to follow their dreams through STEAM programming.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Harvey The recruiting season for the next batch of potential recruits is in full swing, and coaches will be making visits to the homes of identified prospects, hoping to convince them that their institution is the best fit for these potential gridiron stars.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Amid these tensions, Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) represent a promising opportunity to reinvigorate and expand the national higher education narrative. Today, 600 institutions in 28 states are classified as HSIs, enrolling nearly two-thirds of all Latine undergraduates. We conclude with calls to action for eHSI leaders.

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Gray Associates

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Discover the real story behind History majors’ career success. Despite common misconceptions, humanities graduates—especially History majors—are thriving in diverse, high-paying careers. Data from the American Community Survey reveals how they excel in fields like law, management, and education, often out-earning Business majors.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Mary’s College of Maryland (SMCM) has received $4 million, the largest gift commitment in the school’s history. The commitment was made by SMCM alum R. Scott Raspa, a class of 1986 graduate, and contributes to SMCM’s 2023 $20 million Taking the LEAD fundraising campaign. The money will go toward the school’s endowment and the R.

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 18, 2024

With representatives from prominent art and design institutions, the event saw students making a beeline to know more about the courses, scholarships, and career support being offered. India has such a rich creative history and culture across all disciplines, so it’s wonderful to be here and experience that.

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University Business

MARCH 25, 2024

Traditionally, university boards ask their new presidents to begin a strategic planning process upon their arrival at an institution In a desire for the process to be inclusive, sometimes it becomes unwieldy, too broad to be truly actionable or too all-encompassing to provide a clear roadmap for the institution’s next chapter.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The four-year, Catholic private school officially became an Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), meaning over 25% of their undergraduate population are Latinx. population representing a 13% growth from the year 2000, according to the Latino Policy & Politics Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles. totaled 62.5

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University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Bolstered by state and national workforce needs and their promising return on investment, the STEM track represents a gold mine for colleges and universities that want to ensure credentials from their institution are providing students with good job prospects and gainful employment. ” The post Oh, the humanit(ies)!

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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

JANUARY 5, 2024

It is also a highly gendered one because history repeatedly illustrates a strong societal lack of care and concern for Black women, resulting in untimely death, insurmountable stress, strategic interference and undermining, and other forces that ensure our time in leadership ends far too soon.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

For many of us whose work or lived experiences connect race, gender, history, or sexuality, within education, exile is less about leaving and more about staying in a space where we know we’re not fully welcome. I’d argue that exile, in this sense, can bring out our best work, and history backs this up.

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Insight Into Diversity

APRIL 12, 2023

A new report released Tuesday reveals the University of Minnesota’s (UMN) founders committed “genocide” and “ethnic cleansing” of Native Americans during the 19th century to gain financial benefits for the institution. university has conducted a critical examination of its history with Native people.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

With the growing complexity of search engine algorithms and the introduction of features like rich results and AI-driven content, it can be challenging for institutions to keep up. To stay competitive during these developments, educational institutions must evolve how they create and share content online.

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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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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

On paper, Dominican University fits the mold of higher ed’s most endangered species: a small religious institution in the demographically challenged heart of the Midwest. In reality, not only is the college in good shape—it’s never been better.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The University of Maryland (UMD) has released its first report covering the history of their institution and its intersection with slavery, The 1856 Project – Reconstructing the Truth. Its goal, stated in the report, is to become a “blue print for a richer understanding of generations of racialized trauma rooted in the institution.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

She was awarded the highly competitive two-year National Institutes of Health Ruth L. This work aligns with our mission as both an HBCU and a land-grant institution dedicated to advancing science and serving underrepresented communities,” said Dr. Abdellah Ahmidouch, CoST dean.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2024

Brandi Waters, senior program manager of AP African American Studies at the College Board, and Dr. Ericka Armstrong Dunbar, professor of history at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. She is always looking to center the story of Black women in history, particularly to find ways to make those stories resonate with the students of today.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Title: Assistant Professor, Department of History, Drexel University, Jointly Appointed, History and Africana Studies, Drexel University Tenured: No Age: 42 Education: B.A., Ramos, jointly appointed in History and Africana Studies, serves as an assistant professor in the Department of History at Drexel University in Philadelphia.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 10, 2024

I am excited to be part of an incredible team committed to igniting and deepening the success of higher education institutions and their leaders in service to their diverse communities.” in history from Arizona State University. The vice president-select begins the job Aug.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 22, 2024

Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad Muhammad is the Ford Foundation Professor of History, Race and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. A prominent scholar, he directs the Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project and is the former director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a division of the New York Public Library.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Berenecea Johnson Eanes is focused on meaningful conversations that lead her institution forward. For the past 18 years of her distinguished career in higher education, Eanes has worked at public institutions.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 18, 2024

It is the largest donation in the Baltimore institution's 140-year history. Goucher College has received a gift of approximately $55 million, which will be used primarily for scholarships, the college announced Wednesday.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

or higher and an interest in Black history, life, and culture. Luke Wood, who returned to his alma mater seven months ago to helm the sixth largest institution of the 23-campus CSU system. We’re creating an institution within the institution.” It’s a specialized, accelerated, elite experience,” he said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2024

The inclusion of Ivy League and other institutions throws this dynamic into even further relief. Shepherd’s book successfully relies on archival documents and oral histories from former college students who recount their participation as conservative student activists between the years 1967 and 1970. Dr. Stefan M.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 13, 2023

Although we are not a religious institution, it is certainly a part of our fabric and our foundation. “Given that we’ve hosted the [Hampton University Ministers’ Conference] for over a century – in terms of timing, I think this is long overdue,” said Hampton President Darrell K. It’s not revolutionary. It is, in fact, evolutionary.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

Shorter Photography “I am very grateful for the opportunity to lead Benedict College into the next chapter of her storied history,” said Artis, during the March 22 rededication. Dr. Roslyn Clark Artis A. Thank you for your decision to memorialize my work in such a profound, powerful, and lasting way.”

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WCET Frontiers

JULY 25, 2024

HBCUs, with their history of academic excellence and commitment to inclusivity, are uniquely positioned to address these challenges, turning them into opportunities for their students and the broader community.” Its influence spans across all sectors, heralding a new age of innovation and problem-solving.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2024

Two major New York state universities are collaborating with a teacher-run organization seeking to teach communities and students about civil resistance in local history, creating an online platform to display the organization’s curricula and local resistance efforts.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2023

Manhattanville hasn’t publicly announced which programs are frozen, but faculty sources say they are art history, world religions, philosophy, film studies, music, music education, French, Spanish and chemistry. Other faculty sources said that history has two remaining full-time faculty members. ” Alexander wrote.

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