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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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Dr. Ben Vinson III Appointed President of Howard University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Vinson holds a bachelor’s degree in history and classical studies from Dartmouth College and a doctorate in history from Columbia University. In 2002, Diverse named Vinson an Emerging Scholar.

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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 is the author of “Horror Noire: A History of Black American Horror from the 1890s to Present, 2 nd ed.” African American Audiences, Media, and Identity” (2002) and co-editor of “Fight the Power! She is the editor of “Say It Loud! The Spike Lee Reader” (2008). The post INSIGHT Welcomes Robin R.

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Tara VanDerveer

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

VanDerveer has established herself as one of the top coaches in the history of collegiate and international women’s basketball and has been inducted into both the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (2011) and the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame (2002). 1, when Stanford University defeated the University of the Pacific 104-61.

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

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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. For master’s degree students, however, the payoff of a degree in journalism is often questionable.” .

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

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For example, Dr. Juan Gilbert, a 2002 Emerging Scholar, a decade later received the 2011 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. A 2007 Emerging Scholar, Dr. Peniel Joseph (“Interpreting African-American Life and History,” Jan. White House Honoree, Jan.