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Howard University Taps Antiracist Scholar Ibram X. Kendi to Head New Advanced Studies Institute

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The institute will focus on interdisciplinary research addressing global African diaspora issues, including studies on race, technology, climate change, and systemic disparities. I have had my eye on the Mecca my entire career, studying its history and witnessing what Howard means to the culture. Dr. Ibram X.

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Q&A: UNCF's Ed Smith-Lewis on the UNITE Convening and HBCU Transformation

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DIVERSE : Can you talk about the history of the Institute for Capacity Building and how the UNITE convening came about? It brings together presidents, provosts, faculty, funders, policymakers, and industry leaders to address big questions facing HBCUs. But history tells us that HBCUs thrive when they work collectively.

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Why these leaders want to secure the liberal arts in a digital world

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“No matter how much technology or machines integrate into our culture, we’re all human beings functioning with those machines,” says Jessica Hooten Wilson , the Fletcher Jones Chair of Great Books at Pepperdine University’s Seaver College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences.

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Dr. Ellen Granberg Named First Woman President of the George Washington University

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Dr. Ellen Granberg Granberg is currently provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). Previously, she was senior associate provost at Clemson University. in history from the University of California, Davis; and M.A. Granberg holds a B.A.

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George Washington University Names First Woman President

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The George Washington University (GWU) has named Ellen Granberg its 19th president, making her the first woman to hold the office in the institution’s 200-year history. Granberg is a sociology professor and current provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Rochester Institute of Technology.

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President moves: What happened for these 3 leaders to resign?

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The first female president in the institution’s history, Larson returns to academic leadership after having served as the president of Adler Planetarium, a public museum for the past 12 years. Prior to that, she was vice provost at Utah State University. Foley – New York Institute of Technology Henry C.

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A brief history of the ‘honorific’ Oxbridge M.A. degree

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degree in Astronomy, Geometry, Metaphysics, History, Greek, Hebrew and Natural Philosophy. The advances in technology, especially the growth of railways, meant that a formidable phalanx of non-resident M.A.s In 1830 an attempt was made to make a modern history course a requirement of the Oxford Master of Arts course. [13]

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