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The Black Woman’s Burden: Battling Inertia in Higher Ed

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Malaklou, also chair and associate professor of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at Berea College in Kentucky, got to know hooks when she came to Berea in 2019. Malaklou hosts events like "Evening with an Activist" at the bell hooks center, where students can learn tangible ways to make a difference outside of academia.

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A Brief History: Black Americans in Higher Education

Today's Learner

Reading Time: 9 minutes Black History includes success stories of numerous Blacks who have contributed to the progress made in higher education. Throughout history, Black Americans have endured a long, tedious journey in achieving educational opportunities. Mary Frances Berry focuses on U.S. These were just a few.

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A Brief History: Black Americans in Higher Education

Today's Learner

Reading Time: 9 minutes Black History includes success stories of numerous Blacks who have contributed to the progress made in higher education. Throughout history, Black Americans have endured a long, tedious journey in achieving educational opportunities. Mary Frances Berry focuses on U.S. These were just a few.

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A Commitment to Help Others

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Elizabeth Armstrong-Mensah She said her work has covered public health matters such as global health, HIV/AIDS, water and sanitation, maternal and child health, and girls’ education. Public health is very crucial today as it was several years ago,” Armstrong-Mensah said. These are things we’ve experienced throughout our life.

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Burnout and Work-Work Balance

Inside Higher Ed

In my book Unraveling Faculty Burnout: Pathways to Reckoning and Renewal (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022), I dive deep into my personal experience and share those of other women from across academia with the goal of shedding light and providing language for us to have open conversations about this workplace phenomenon.

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HBCU’s Augment HyFlex Format Using Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

Faculty Focus

When all academic communities changed to virtual (synchronous) education, it was a shift to an alternative educational format from traditional face-to-face to virtual. This shift allowed the academic community and students to better understand virtual education. Integrating UDL within a HyFlex model. Representation.

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The Vision and Strategies of Engineers Canada (EC)

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EC is Canada's national organization that represents the engineering profession. Engineers Canada (EC) is the national organization representing the engineering profession in Canada. Excellence, innovation, and sustainability are the three crucial visions of Engineers Canada (EC) for the future of engineering. What does it do?