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The NCAA Women’s Basketball Champion, if Brains Beat Brawn

Inside Higher Ed

The NCAA Women’s Basketball Champion, if Brains Beat Brawn Johanna Alonso Wed, 03/20/2024 - 03:00 AM An Inside Higher Ed annual tradition since 2006: the Academic Performance Tournament. And the winner is … Byline(s) Johanna Alonso

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The NCAA Men’s Basketball Champion, if Brains Beat Brawn

Inside Higher Ed

The NCAA Men’s Basketball Champion, if Brains Beat Brawn Doug Lederman Mon, 03/18/2024 - 03:00 AM An Inside Higher Ed annual tradition since 2006: the Academic Performance Tournament. This year's winner is . Byline(s) Doug Lederman

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Amy Gutmann’s $23 Million and the Triumph of Cynicism

Inside Higher Ed

In 2006, University of Pennsylvania president Amy Gutmann was photographed at a Halloween party standing next to a student dressed as a suicide bomber. The University of Pennsylvania paid its former president almost $23 million in 2021—prompting Jonathan Zimmerman to ask, where is the outrage?

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Annual Black, Brown, College Bound Summit Commences March 6

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The BBCB Summit has seen more than 5,000 participants since 2006, including students from nearly two dozen different states. “The summit is open to all students allowing a space to network and connect with others who have surpassed the obstacles and become successful. The path to that success beginning with completing a college degree.”

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For example, Jamal Watson’s 2006 story about a lawsuit against the sponsors of a summer high school workshop I once attended was alarming. (“Lawsuit Blasts Minority Journalism Program As Exclusionary, Discriminatory,” Nov. 2, 2006) 6. With its “noteworthy news” pages, Diverse reports the good and bad news that sometimes hits home.

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C2YC Past Award Recipients

ACPA

Bentley, Moraine Valley Community College 2008 – Sarah Evenson-Merranko, College of Southern Maryland 2007 – Not awarded 2006 – Kari Kahler, Northwestern Michigan College 2005 – Nancy W. Dean, Richard Bland College 2009 – Nancy W.

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University of Michigan solidifies test optional policy as other schools revive mandate

University Business

UM’s move comes as the Ann Arbor university has worked to diversify its campus after Michigan voters in 2006 banned the consideration of race in college admissions and government hiring.

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