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Review of Peter Burke's "Ignorance: A Global History"

Inside Higher Ed

Column: Intellectual Affairs Three years ago Peter Burke published The Polymath ( Yale University Press ), an illustrated history of what are usually called Renaissance men or women. His new book, Ignorance: A Global History ( Yale University Press ), pivots to the complete antithesis of “inquisitive appetite.”

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. Remembering and rendering lives.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Associate Engineering Program at Wright College (EPW) Part of the City Colleges of Chicago, Wright College is home to an engineering cohort program that has grown from nine students at its inception to 550 today. It began as a pilot program in 2015 and started in earnest in 2018 with 25 students after receiving a $1.68

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New Analysis of Ph.D. Debt, Job Placements

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A new analysis of federal Survey of Earned Doctorates data by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences finds a substantial racial divide in who is accumulating debt in doctoral studies: from 2015 to 2020, approximately 55 percent of Native American and Black students with a Ph.D. History Ph.D.s

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Music Opens Doorway to Opportunity for Incarcerated Youth

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Music takes you out of your circumstances of life,” said Sean Slade, a music producer and associate professor in the Music Production and Engineering Department at Berklee College of Music. Melody speaks to all humans, rhythm speaks to everyone on the planet. Getting validation from someone like that can be lifechanging.”

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2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award Winners

Insight Into Diversity

INSIGHT Into Diversity 2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award winners are recognized for their exemplary and innovative initiatives designed to recruit and retain underrepresented individuals in science, technology, engineering, and math. Read about them here. MS in Business Analytics – STEM-designated Adelphi University Robert B.

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Closing Higher Ed’s Equity Gaps

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In 2021, Harvard University handed out 39 bachelor’s degrees in English language and literature, 118 in history, and 22 in philosophy. history survey) without discussion labs or supplemental instruction sessions, that have outsize DFW rates. Steven Mintz is professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin.

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