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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jakes Foundation (TDJF), in partnership with Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), Paul Quinn College (PQC) is looking to create an innovative housing model, accompanied by a mixed-use community on their Dallas campus. Jakes Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree, the first graduate program the school’s history. Thanks to a $1.5

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Review of Peter Burke's "Ignorance: A Global History"

Inside Higher Ed

Column: Intellectual Affairs Three years ago Peter Burke published The Polymath ( Yale University Press ), an illustrated history of what are usually called Renaissance men or women. His new book, Ignorance: A Global History ( Yale University Press ), pivots to the complete antithesis of “inquisitive appetite.”

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Socrates in Space: University of Austin as a Model of America's Ivory Tower Future

Higher Education Inquirer

While its founding has had some media attention, critical and uncritical, little is known about the school, other than some of the curriculum--and more recently about the school's constitution and austere business model. The founding 2024 class is expected to enroll 100 students, growing to 200 students in 2025 and 1,000 students in 2028.

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New digital texts shake up monograph publishing (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

” In recent years, Brown University Library has expanded its innovation in digital scholarship by pushing beyond the boundaries of the traditional printed monograph. Funding organizations such as the Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities, among others, have made much of this innovative scholarship possible.

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Our Advice for Making College Campuses Ready for Diverse Student Populations

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Diversity in representation not only enriches the educational experience but also provides necessary role models and mentors who understand and can empathize with the unique obstacles faced by students from underrepresented populations. We know with the history of higher education that dominant voices have been heard.

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West Virginia State University Launches First Doctorate Degree Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This is truly a historic moment in the 133-year history of our university,” said WVSU President Ericke S. The program uses a cohort model, in which a group of students moves through the program together, taking all classes in sequence as a group.

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Center for Politics and Race Honors Late New Jersey Lt. Governor

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It also serves as a resource that disseminates high-quality data and faculty scholarship on race and politics at the national and state level and a place for cutting-edge training in political research methods and data analysis. The New Jersey-based Johnson & Johnson announced a donation to fund the Lt.