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Panel: Erasing Black History Threatens to Harm Black Community, Students, and Nation's Future

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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St. Mary’s College of Maryland Receives $4 Million, Largest Gift Commitment in School History

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Mary’s College of Maryland (SMCM) has received $4 million, the largest gift commitment in the school’s history. The money will go toward the school’s endowment and the R. 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.

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Black History Month 2024: African Americans and the Arts 

Today's Learner

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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Game Changers and Change Makers: Black Publishers’ Defiant Mark on History

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Since the second decade of the nineteenth century, black-owned book publishing has existed in the United States, the books released by these publishing enterprises have vindicated blacks, documented black culture and history, and addressed the special concerns of black people in ways which white book publishers have not. Cornish and John B.

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Hampton University Establishes School of Religion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Hampton University has established a School of Religion. We see the development of the School of Religion as a natural progression. We see the development of the School of Religion as a natural progression. The school will offer degrees at the associate, bachelor, and master levels, a Ph.D. It’s not revolutionary.

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New Study Reveals the Anti-CRT Agenda is Really about Denying Racism and Revising History

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Rather, it is evidence that, maybe, more students are being exposed to an honest, non-propagandized version of race relationships and American history. Previously, I have referred to politicians and political operatives who promoted legislation to ban CRT in schools, as “anti-CRT” legislators or proponents.

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Unveiling An Accidental Triumph: The Improbable History of American Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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