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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. We have the greatest higher education system in the world. In between tracing the historiography of higher education in the U.S.,

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Seven Best Practices in 40 years of Reporting on Diversity in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

What does Diverse: Issues In Higher Education mean to you? When the first edition of what was then called Black Issues In Higher Education was published on March 15, 1984, it was two days before my 14th birthday, and I was still adjusting to ninth grade in a public high school after attending a private school from second grade to eight grade.

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Dr. Ben Vinson III Appointed President of Howard University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Some of his previous roles include dean of the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences at The George Washington University; vice dean for interdisciplinary programs and graduate education at Johns Hopkins University; and founding director of the Center for Africana Studies at Johns Hopkins.

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N.C. A&T Celebrates 64th Anniversary of A&T Four’s Historic Sit-In

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Barnhill installed the sculpture in 2002 in front of Dudley Memorial Building. The statue depicting the A&T Four walking purposefully alongside each other is the most photographed element of the university’s 132-year-old campus. The program will feature song selections by the N.C.

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INSIGHT Welcomes Robin R. Means Coleman as New Editorial Board Member

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Coleman was a fellow in the Institute for Educational Management at Harvard University. She is a graduate of the American Council on Education Leadership Academy, the University of California, Berkeley Executive Leadership Academy, and the National Intergroup Dialogue Institute. She is the editor of “Say It Loud!

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Report: Journalism Jobs to Decrease in Years to Come Due to Industry Decline

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

More than a third of journalism jobs will be lost 2002-2031 from decades of decline primarily due to newspaper downsizing and closures, a Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) report found. Dr. Anthony P. Carnevale, lead report author and CEW director.

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Creating Safe Spaces for Black Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title: Assistant Professor of Applied Psychology Tenured: No Age: 33 Education: B.A., She says the goal of her research is to help Black students to “freedom dream,” a term inspired by Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination , a 2002 book by Dr. Robin D.G. History at UCLA. Kelley, Distinguished Professor and Gary B.

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