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Professor, Journalist to Pen Book on J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It is slated for release in the fall of 2026. Through research and interviews with musicians and hip-hop historians, McCool and Hopkins plan to illuminate how Cole and Lamar have revitalized a fading subgenre and preserved an integral piece of hip-hop history through their music and brand of activism. Kendrick Lamar and J.

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OLAY and Coursera launch cosmetic science Specialization to bridge the gender gap in STEM

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From 2024 – 2026, 5,000 recipients will receive a one-year subscription to Coursera Plus, which also includes more than 6,900 courses, as well as entry-level Professional Certificates and hands-on projects that teach job-relevant business, technology, and data science skills. a current high school senior b.

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Though Ivy League admission has never been more selective they don’t boss university rankings

University Business

Last year was one of the most competitive in the history of admissions to the Ivy League. The acceptance rate for the Class of 2026 at Harvard was the lowest ever, down to 3.19% compared to 5.9% a decade before. And your chances of admission at Columbia and Princeton? In 2022 they were 3.7% and 4% respectively, compared to 7.4%

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UA Libraries’ Digital Archival Project Empowers Voices Among U.S.-Mexico Border Communities

Insight Into Diversity

The archival methods used vary widely and include oral history recordings, immersive experiences in augmented reality, documentary films, interactive web maps, and written accounts, among others. “As Communities along the U.S.-Mexico

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Grant Fuels Black Studies Faculty Expansion at the University of Rochester

Insight Into Diversity

The department offers a bachelor of arts degree and minor in Black studies and is a particular draw for those who wish to dual major in history, English, political science, comparative literature, and anthropology fields. The goal is to have between 10 and 12 faculty members by the 2025-2026 academic year.

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Temple Grad Students Start Strike

Inside Higher Ed

Temple University graduate students began striking Tuesday for the first time in that union’s history, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. ” The union’s news release said, “Temple administration’s current proposal increases the base salary for graduate employees to just $22,500 by 2026.”

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Lifting As They Climb

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Banks chronicled the history of Black AERA leadership in a March 2016 article, titled “Expanding the Epistemological Terrain: Increasing Equity and Diversity Within the American Educational Research Association,” that appeared in the journal Educational Researcher. In 2021, AERA’s leadership named Dr. Edmund W. Dr. Maisha T.