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Record demand for scholar charity in 90-year history

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A UK-based charity tasked with rescuing academics at risk from persecution, violence and conflict has reported that appeals for help are now at their highest point in its 90-year history. Until 2021, the majority of individuals coming to Cara in recent years were from the Middle East and Syria, Iraq and Yemen.

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English majors earn similar salary earnings, life quality than other degree holders, report

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The majority of data was pulled from records between 2018 and 2021. for physical science and history majors. For example, several survey respondents observed that academics were not required to connect academia to prospective employment opportunities. For example, the rate was 2.13% for humanities degree holders, 2.0%

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Report: Over 500 Years To Black Economic Equality

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Among the key findings from the report, African Americans make 62 cents to the dollar of white family income in 2021, and at the current rate, it would take 513 years to reach income parity. Black Americans, in 1963, had a poverty rate of 51%, and as of 2021, poverty rates had declined to 20%. He added that before there was the U.S.,

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Bringing Greater Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A graduate of Morehouse College, Canton earned a master’s degree in Black studies at The Ohio State University and a doctorate in history at Temple University. Canton, who is also an associate professor of history, hired two faculty members in year one. As of 2021, 20 universities offer doctoral programs in African American studies.

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Scholar Fuses Advocacy and Scholarship to Move Equity Needle Forward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

After three decades in academia, Dr. Janet R. At that event, colleagues from early in her career in academia spoke about how when they were young faculty at University of Arizona, Jakobsen built a sense of queer community. Jakobsen is the Claire Tow Professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Barnard College in New York.

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The Next Frontiers in the Battle Over CRT and DEI

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

If the trend holds, anti-CRT measures will increase 14% this year, up from 2021 and 2022. The standards require history instructors to teach that enslaved people benefited from their condition because they learned valuable skills and that Black people also committed violence during race massacres. Ron DeSantis.

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Bills in NC and FL Lead to Faculty Concern, Protest

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Erik Gellman, a tenured associate professor of history at UNC, of HB 715, officially called the Higher Education Modernization & Affordability Act. Eichner was particularly concerned about the bill in light of recent history. Our rankings would fall precipitously.”

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