article thumbnail

Educating the Next Generation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

California’s public schools didn’t teach Asian American history to a young Dr. Beth Lew-Williams. history classes that I was taking,” Lew-Williams says. “The history classes that I was taking,” Lew-Williams says. Holding several degrees in history, including a Ph.D. Neither did college. West coast in the late 1800s.

article thumbnail

Educating the Next Generation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

California’s public schools didn’t teach Asian American history to a young Dr. Beth Lew-Williams. history classes that I was taking,” Lew-Williams says. “The history classes that I was taking,” Lew-Williams says. Holding several degrees in history, including a Ph.D. Neither did college. West coast in the late 1800s.

university leaders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Scholars: Racial Backlash Robs White Students of U.S. History

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She said she can’t count the number of white students who, in their evaluations for her African American History, Blacks and the Law, and Civil Rights and Black Power classes, have said, “I was raised to be racist, and taking your courses has allowed me to see things differently.” Thomas, and a fellow at the Institute for Common Power.

History 116
article thumbnail

Standing Up to Attacks on Black History and DE&I

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Black history — and Black Americans — are under attack. Since 2021, legislatures and governors in 19 states have enacted educational gag orders that restrict teaching and learning about allegedly divisive concepts such as race, racism, and American history. Supreme Court ruling. Should we throw in the towel?

History 116
article thumbnail

The Changing Face of Executive Education

MindMax

The Breakfast Club, hosted by Chief Learning Officer, has a 17-year history of connecting leaders over breakfast to strengthen the link between learning and development, and business strategy. Watch “The Changing Face of Executive Education” webinar event which took place on October 13, 2022 and moderated by MindMax CEO, Lee Maxey.

Education 130
article thumbnail

Number of Ph.D.s conferred dropped 5.4% in 2021

Inside Higher Ed

percent between 2020 and 2021, the steepest decline ever for the NSF’s annual census of new Ph.D.s. In numbers, 52,250 research doctorates were awarded across fields in 2021. The survey period for the forthcoming report ran from July 2020 to June 2021, a full year of the pandemic. production in 2021 to COVID-19.

article thumbnail

Scholar-Activist Elevates the Histories, Identities of Queer Latinx

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

dissertation, titled “A Jotería Identity and Belonging: Pláticas of Co-Creation with Queer and Trans Latinx Graduate Students in Higher Education,” not only describes his research as a prolific scholar and noted activist, but it also represents some of his own intriguing journey. “I Sergio Gonzalez’s Ph.D.

History 96