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Op-Ed: Pride, History Propel LGBTQ+ Rights Forward

Insight Into Diversity

That these same labeled people grabbed hold of the word “pride” to name their movement was an act of civil disobedience against both history and language. LGBTQ+ History Month (October in the U.S.) History, of course, is a source of pride. History is another. History nourishes pride. Pride energizes history.

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History hiring in the pandemic

Inside Higher Ed

Image: In 2020–21, history faculty job postings hit their lowest point since the American Historical Association started tracking openings in 1975, at just 347 positions total. H-Net, another popular job listing site, showed a similar year-over-year increase, with 670 jobs in history and area studies for 2021–22.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity Health Professions HEED Award Winners

Insight Into Diversity

The program was hybrid for 2022 and resumed on-campus clinical skills labs. DEI-focused development efforts at RUSON resulted in a $2 million endowment received in fall 2022, which will provide four-year scholarships for first-generation college students from underrepresented communities in Newark, N.J. .

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Parroting romanticized myths about English and humanities (letter)

Inside Higher Ed

See my own “Myths Shape the Continuing ‘Crisis of the Humanities,’ ” Inside Higher Ed, May 6, 2022) For his part, Heller misrepresents the “decline” of the humanities while he simultaneously ignores the parallel decreases in the social sciences and to a lesser extent the natural sciences.

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University Museums Awarded Funds for Latino Art Curation, Advancement

Insight Into Diversity

Among the ALAM 2022 recipients, three university museums each received a $500,000 grant as part of the $5 million project. We cannot tell a holistic, cohesive story of this country without including Latinx art history in our history.” This article was published in our June 2023 issue. ALAM is the second phase of the U.S.

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What Should We Do About Undergrads Who Want to Pursue a Humanities Doctorate?

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma The December 2022 issue of Jacobin , which bills itself as “a leading voice of the American left, offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics and culture,” contains a provocative article entitled “I Love Higher Education. The article’s author, Hannah Leffingwell, A.B.D.

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Context, Cultural Insight Bring Diversity to the Dramatic Arts

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Esther Kim Lee uncovers largely untold stories of Asian American history. “In My class dealing with history, it’s much more real,” she continued. in theater history from The Ohio State University. Theater is an interdisciplinary field that encompasses art, literature, history, design and more, Lee notes.

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