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Colleges Look to Cluster Hires Amid Diversity Hostilities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Since the racial reckoning of 2020, sparked by the murder of George Floyd at the hands of a Minnesota police officer, many institutions have announced cluster hires of either minoritized faculty or professors who study issues like race and justice. And an increasingly popular one. Louis International Film Festival in November.

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“Narrow” awareness of partnership risks

The PIE News

Quimbre agreed that more collaboration between government and academia would be beneficial to managing risk. Heathershaw said that research on Russell Group institutions in 2020 found that out of the 17 that responded to questions, only seven had independent GIS committees and published criteria for assessing gifts and donations.

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Scholar Fuses Advocacy and Scholarship to Move Equity Needle Forward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jakobsen is the Claire Tow Professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Barnard College in New York. After three decades in academia, Dr. Janet R. Jakobsen, the Claire Tow Professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Barnard College in New York, says students continue to be a driving force for her.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

Elevating Stories of the Unrecognized — Agnes Scott College. In July, Agnes Scott College launched the Acknowledging our Past: Acting Now for a Transformed Future project, which aims to elevate the lives and stories of the people of color who built the college. Multicultural Mentorship — Augustana College.

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A Brief History: Black Americans in Higher Education

Today's Learner

Several Black academicians can be noted as a respected authority in their discipline advancing the field through research and scholarship. 1 Most historical Black colleges and universities started in the 1860s and served first as elementary then secondary schools providing the newly freed slaves with a normal education.

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A Brief History: Black Americans in Higher Education

Today's Learner

Several Black academicians can be noted as a respected authority in their discipline advancing the field through research and scholarship. 1 Most historical Black colleges and universities started in the 1860s and served first as elementary then secondary schools providing the newly freed slaves with a normal education.

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How these 3 U.S. universities are democratizing study abroad access

University Business

The problem is significantly higher for Black students, who made up just 4% of all study abroad students in the 2020-21 academic year, according to a report from Study.com last year. Spelman College (Ga.), Vassar College (N.Y.) At a core level, tying these institutions together is their shared interests in academia and research.