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Dr. Stevie Lawrence II Appointed Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Lincoln University of Missouri

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Stevie Lawrence II will become provost and vice president of academic affairs at Lincoln University of Missouri , effective July 1. Lawrence has served as vice president for postsecondary education at the Southern Regional Education Board. Dr. Stevie L. Lawrence holds a Ph.D. Lawrence holds a Ph.D.

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Tribal Colleges and Universities as Conduits for Intellectual and Political Sovereignties

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education or universities, specifically. However, there is a network of tribally run colleges and universities that are the ongoing extension of those sovereignties as well as key vehicles for continuing to liberate the sovereign potential. These priorities often are not the focus in U.S. There are 37 TCUs within the U.S.

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At University of Hawai’i at M?noa, Native Hawaiian Representation is Growing

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At the University of Hawai’i at M?noa Fifty-three percent of Native Hawaiians have not enrolled in any kind of postsecondary education. Without full disaggregation of student population data, the stories, history, and culture of Native Hawaiian students, faculty, and staff can often go unseen in higher education.

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Closing Higher Ed’s Equity Gaps

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Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Did you happen to see Malcolm Gladwell’s article “ Princeton University Is the World’s First Perpetual Motion Machine ”? In 1977, when the university’s endowment stood at $2 billion, its freshman class was 1,585. Not to pick on Princeton—let’s shift attention to Harvard.

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After a Successful Tenure, Hauser Prepares to Pass the Torch

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She had once told the former president of Metro State University of Denver, Dr. Stephen M. Jordan, that she would consider becoming a university president if she could lead CMC. When the job opened up, he nominated her for the role, and the rest is history. Don’t be shy to say that’s a dream job.”

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700,000 incarcerated students will be Pell-eligible in 2023. Here’s what that could mean for your institution

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As the US Department of Education described , this change will open doors to postsecondary education and new career opportunities for thousands of prospective adult learners. The History of Higher Ed for Incarcerated Students. Few opportunities benefit incarcerated people as much as postsecondary education.

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Print Encyclopedias, Universities and ‘All the Knowledge in the World’

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Blog: Learning Innovation All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopedia by Simon Garfield Published in February 2023 The only time that I ever worked outside higher education was when I worked for Encyclopædia Britannica. If you are interested, that story is detailed in a blog post I wrote in 2010.