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Anti-Apartheid Advocate and Human Rights Activist Randall Robinson Dies at 81

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Renowned human rights activist and civil rights lawyer Randall Robinson died Mar. Known for his advocacy against apartheid and for Haitian democracy and reparations for Black Americans, Robinson was a fierce supporter of higher education. Kitts in the Caribbean, with his wife, Hazel Ross-Robinson, in 2001. "I

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Diverse: Issues In Higher Education Magazine Profiles Top “40 and Under” Scholars

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Contact : Maya Matthews Minter Phone : 703.385.2411 Email : Maya@DiverseEducation.com Diverse: Issues In Higher Education Magazine Profiles Top “40 and Under” Scholars FAIRFAX, VA — Diverse: Issues In Higher Education will kick off 2023 with its annual Emerging Scholars edition.

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Life and Learning, the Washington Way

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jamie Washington Washington connects all these responsibilities and commitments with a very simple but unifying approach: find the humanity inside everyone. “I I try to spend my days choosing love, choosing hope, choosing patience, and choosing humanity,” says Washington, adding that by doing so, he is “honoring the power of choice.”

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DREAM Conference Marks Milestone

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There was also a robust focus on the humanities. I think that is injecting new energy and new thinking into the movement,” says Stout, who previously led Montgomery County Community College in Pennsylvania from 2001 to 2015. “We ATD is not just a conference,” says Dr. Karen A. Stout, who has led the organization since 2015.

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ChatGPT: A Must-See Before the Semester Begins

Faculty Focus

Could this be a chance to design a model where students wouldn’t dream of using AI unethically or allow it to steal their learning, a model where educators find more meaning and purpose in their work as well? While it is focused on high school, the majority of the concepts would be transferrable to higher education.

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Stanford President Dr. Marc Tessier-Lavigne to Resign After Investigation Found Research Data Manipulation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At various times when concerns with Dr. Tessier-Lavigne’s papers emerged—in 2001, the early 2010s, 2015-2016, and March 2021—Dr. Former Dean of Humanities Dr. Richard Saller will become interim president.

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Why I gave $25M to a small liberal arts college (opinion)

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Now, I see this through a new lens as my husband, Richard, and I have made our first big philanthropic investment in higher education: supporting one of our nation’s small liberal arts colleges. Today’s world is made better with the kind of education students get at a small liberal arts college. Astin , the Allan M.