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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 22, 2025

Muhammad, a cybersecurity engineering major, is the youngest first year student in the schools history. Partnerships with local businesses and organizations have multiplied, creating valuable internship opportunities and pathways to employment for students. Coppin was always my first choice, says Muhammad.

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Insight Into Diversity

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Throughout its history, higher education in the U.S. Although Black History Month was federally designated in 1986, similar weekly and monthly celebrations had already existed for more than 50 years. For example, the famous 1960 Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins were organized by four North Carolina A&T University students.

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Insight Into Diversity

DECEMBER 11, 2024

SFFA argued that the Naval Academys policy unfairly discriminates, pointing to members of its organization whose prior applications to the academy were rejected. However, the court also heard testimony from historians who outlined the militarys history of racial tensions and their impact on cohesion and wartime readiness.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 6, 2025

Setty, who currently serves as dean of the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law, will bring her extensive experience in legal education and commitment to diversity to the organization. Setty will succeed former president Kellye Testy, who departed in July to lead the Association of American Law Schools.

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Insight Into Diversity

MAY 14, 2023

That these same labeled people grabbed hold of the word “pride” to name their movement was an act of civil disobedience against both history and language. Early organizers exchanged secret shame for public pride — self-worth, self-dignity, and self-respect. LGBTQ+ History Month (October in the U.S.) History is another.

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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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Today's Learner

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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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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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and other unions filed a federal lawsuit Monday alleging that DOGE staff, including a 19-year-old with a history of leaking information, have been given improper access to millions of Americans' sensitive student loan data, Social Security numbers, and other private records.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 10, 2023

Black history — and Black Americans — are under attack. Since 2021, legislatures and governors in 19 states have enacted educational gag orders that restrict teaching and learning about allegedly divisive concepts such as race, racism, and American history. The fate of affirmative action in higher education awaits a U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 18, 2025

Bolton, who will officially begin her tenure on July 1, becomes the first woman to lead the creative arts-focused college in nearly 90 years and the first woman of color in the institution's history to serve as president. Prior to Georgia Tech, Bolton held administrative positions at Washington University in St.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Robinson, a foundational figure in University of Tennessee history, grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he and his mother, Alma, would listen to the radio, discussing historic elections and admiring the courage of civil rights leaders. The rest is history. Theotis Robinson Jr. Robinson would soon join their ranks.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

His 15-year leadership of AACC stands as the second-longest in the organization's history. "These institutions are the backbone of opportunity in America, and I'm confident they'll continue to evolve and serve students for generations to come." I'm grateful to have played a part in it."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Robinson, a foundational figure in University of Tennessee history, grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he and his mother, Alma, would listen to the radio, discussing historic elections and admiring the courage of civil rights leaders. The rest is history. Theotis Robinson Jr. Robinson would soon join their ranks.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2023

In this regard, the American Association of Blacks in Higher Education hosted a virtual Town Hall Meeting of likeminded organizations to develop an action plan to address the Court’s decision. The organizations listed above shared information on how they mobilized their respective members after the Court issues its ruling.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2025

That makes me attractive, and the work I do attracti Its not just funding organizations that pay attention to Briscoes scholarship. You have erased history, people, resources, and services. In this moment where some institutions may not be brave, [where] everything is being attacked and interrogated, Im funded by these agencies.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

There are few artists in the history of popular music who have innovated as ceaselessly as Usher," said Emory President Dr. Gregory L. Usher, who moved to Atlanta at age 12 to pursue his music career, has become one of the best-selling artists in music history since his self-titled debut at age 15.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 6, 2025

These moves align with the ways experts organize and apply knowledge in their fields. For instance, in a history course, an informal writing prompt might ask students to select the most significant event in a unit on the Civil Rights Movement and justify their choice.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 7, 2024

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History has announced its Woodson Ambassador Program launch for the 109th Annual Conference, Sept. at Harvard University, founded ASALH in 1915, then known as the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. 25-29, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Carter G.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 12, 2024

The gift is the largest unrestricted private grant in UNCF’s history, according to a press release from the organization. The United Negro College Fund, which represents private historically Black colleges and universities, received $100 million from the Lilly Endowment Inc.,

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Edu Alliance Journal

JANUARY 27, 2025

During that time, I took on the role of President/CEO of the American Association of University Administrators (AAUA) and dedicated myself fully to the organization. In 1975, I designed my own major in College Administration, combining courses in business, history/political science, and psychology.

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Academe Blog

APRIL 16, 2024

BY HANK REICHMAN Last week I was scheduled to participate in a Round Table discussion of a recently published book, Contingent Faculty and the Remaking of Higher Education: A Labor History, edited by Eric Fure-Slocum and Claire Goldstene, in a session sponsored by the Labor and Working Class History Association at the Organization of American… (..)

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The organizations were formed under a new law that recognizes unions if more than half the members sign authorization cards saying they’d like to join. The faculties at the two schools are the first Maryland community college faculties to organize since the 2021 passage of a collective bargaining bill.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2024

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. Shepherd’s meticulous and timely book highlights the right in the history of student activism.” Dr. Stefan M.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Justin Jones of Nashville; Nashville lunch counter sit-in organizer and Freedom Rider Dr. Bernard Lafayette; professor of African American and public history at Tennessee State University, Dr. Learotha Williams; anti-racist writer and educator Tim Wise; and Tennessee youth organizer, Adrianne Gott.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 5, 2023

It’s sad that Black students on Seton Hall’s campus are still organizing to receive fundamental resources that we are entitled to.” The event was organized by the group Protect African American Studies (AFAM) Movement. We cannot continue to let this history repeat itself.”

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 25, 2025

Kellogg Foundation with 176 leaders from 144 organizations, the TRHT Implementation Guidebook outlined a model for healing across races, ages, and sectors. The Citadel researches the histories of racially minoritized members through archival records. Launched in 2016 by the W.K. Villareal says.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The funds will be managed by the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) and the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and Kresge will provide an additional challenge grant of $500,000 to each of the national organization if they raise matching funds. “We We hope other foundations, corporations and individuals will join us in making these donations.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Repollet Kean University opened Black History Month announcing the creation of a new Center for Africana Studies. We are dedicated to establishing the best, most effective curriculum and programming to ensure they have a full understanding of history to help them shape the future.” All young people deserve to know their past.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 22, 2023

The careers that can come from the certificate and degree programs at these two institutions vary from positions in civic leadership, community organizations and human services, to the continuation of study at a four-year college. Dr. Nicole Jacoberger, assistant professor of history and co-coordinator of the diversity and social justice A.A.

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Higher Ed Data Stories

JULY 4, 2024

I have a history with College Board, of course. Then--despite the organization's oft-cited commitment to transparency--they stopped. AP Psych is listed twice: First under "History and Social Sciences" and then again under "Sciences." I put the word download in quotation marks on purpose.

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Today's Learner

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

history, world history and western civilization. Spielvogel is Associate Professor Emeritus of History at The Pennsylvania State University. from The Ohio State University, where he specialized in Reformation history. in history, and M.A. in art history from The Pennsylvania State University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Dr. Darius Young Young is a history professor at the FAMU College of Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities. The center, which will open its doors during the 2024-25 academic year, is made possible in part, from funding from two major philanthropic organizations. The Henry Luce Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 7, 2024

Dr. Willis L Lonzer III “At no time in our history has exercising our right to vote been more critical with our very Democracy at stake,” said Dr. Willis L. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., is providing grants to its chapters in support of voter education, registration, and mobilization efforts for the 2024 U. election cycle.

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