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New Scholarship Program Established for Descendants Of Jesuit And Catholic Slaveholding

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Descendants Truth & Reconciliation Foundation has launched a scholarship program in partnership with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) to provide educational advancement opportunities to descendants of Jesuit and Catholic slaveholding in the United States. In a statement, Dr. Harry L.

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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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US Supreme Court decision a concern for all committed to inclusive global education

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While it may not be a clear connection to some in our field, yesterday’s Supreme Court decision to essentially eliminate affirmative action – specifically race conscious admissions – should be of concern for all who are committed to advancing inclusive student success through equitable access to global education opportunities.

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CMM Alumni

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Cloud State University Chair, Vice Chair for Research and Scholarship, and Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Cristobal Salinas Jr.

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Jacqie McWilliams

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

McWilliams spent nine years at the NCAA, managing NCAA championships, to include serving as director of the Division I women’s basketball tournament from 2006-2009 and the Division I men’s basketball tournament from 2007-2012. McLendon Scholarship Foundation Board. She was appointed to the John B.

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The health of higher education studies – cause for optimism?

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By Rachel Brooks How healthy is the area of higher education studies? Higher education research has also been critiqued for occupying a relatively marginal place within the wider discipline of educational research. Indeed, there is mounting evidence that higher education research is an increasingly vibrant area of enquiry.

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Five Tips for Helping Post-Secondary Students Overcome Failure

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Tip 5: Inform students on the use of implementation intentions Gollwitzer & Sheeran (2006) outlined a strategy called implementation intentions that can be employed to achieve a goal. Information Systems Education Journal , 19 (4), 13-22. Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario. In many classes (e.g., link] Skinner, E.