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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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Young, Brilliant, and Ready: Preparing Black Males for Postsecondary Opportunities and Transitions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These concerns are not new; Tinto’s (1993) and Tracey and Sedlacek’s (1984) groundbreaking studies and theoretical scholarship remain relevant today. Ford is a Distinguished Professor of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University Dr. Edward C. We have a long way to go to achieve equity in the academy for Black males.

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Context, Cultural Insight Bring Diversity to the Dramatic Arts

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Stepping into a scholarship void In graduate school, realizing there were virtually no books on Asian American theater history, she began interviewing Asian American theater artists around the U.S. For her first book, A History of Asian American Theatre (2006), she interviewed over 70 people.

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After Settlement with Howard University, Students Call for Sweeping Changes

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He had received a scholarship in the spring semester that covered the cost of any debts he had incurred that year, and he had the receipts to prove it. Office of Human Rights, which found Howard failed to provide Ross “reasonable accommodation based on his disability.” Ross was confused. had contemplated suicide.

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PhotoVoice: Using Technology to Impact Student Learning and Assessment

Faculty Focus

Drawing on over two decades in academia, Michele Poulos specializes in general psychology, social psychology, and human growth and development. In 2010, she earned a master’s of education degree in psychology and human relations from Northern Arizona University. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship.

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Beyond ideological debates, a focus on process (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Lately, university governing boards around the country have been considering the balance and diversity of intellectual scholarship in the institutions they oversee. Since the release of the report of the (so-called) Spellings Commission in 2006, I have urged improvements in the accreditation process.

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PhotoVoice: Using Technology to Impact Student Learning and Assessment

Faculty Focus

Drawing on over two decades in academia, Michele Poulos specializes in general psychology, social psychology, and human growth and development. In 2010, she earned a master’s of education degree in psychology and human relations from Northern Arizona University. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship.