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President’s Corner: Why Lori White believes DePauw is at a nexus point

University Business

This also marked the first time in DePauw University’s history that a woman and a person of color was stepping in. The pandemic, an event timestamped in the history of U.S. For the first time in her career, she was the president of a university. But this was March of 2020. “The world turned upside down,” she says.

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Colleges used these 3 strategies to spark big enrollment rebounds this Fall

University Business

But at the beginning of this new fall semester, colleges across the country are reporting big turnarounds. Out in the Midwest, the smaller liberal arts-focused Wheaton College missed its 2019 enrollment mark by only 20 students after suffering from a series of budget cuts last year.

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University Museums Awarded Funds for Latino Art Curation, Advancement

Insight Into Diversity

The grants will support the positions over five years, or until 2027. We cannot tell a holistic, cohesive story of this country without including Latinx art history in our history.” The project addresses the high need for greater diversity in art museums. Among 18 major U.S. ALAM is the second phase of the U.S.

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New Health Care Schools Open with Emphasis on Workforce Development, Addressing Inequities

Insight Into Diversity

George Mason University, College of Public Health. The College of Public Health at George Mason University (Mason) launched in November. It is the first college in Virginia to focus primarily on public health. The college was renamed and reorganized from the former College of Health and Human Services.

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How Three Bronx Institutions are Intentionally Hispanic-Serving

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In April 2023, Manhattan College in Riverdale, New York, passed a significant threshold. Manhattan College has been classified as an emerging HSI for years, says Roy. Manhattan College joins the ranks of 570 HSIs in the U.S., Delgado is himself a child of immigrants and a first-generation college-goer.

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Pursuit of R-2 status can expand opportunity (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Towson University recently announced the goal of increasing research activity and obtaining R-2 Carnegie status by 2027 (currently we are classified as M-1: master’s colleges and universities—larger programs). To answer these questions, we turned to data, peer institutions and history.

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How Racial and Ethnic Identity Influence Your College Journey

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Podcast How Racial and Ethnic Identity Influence Your College Journey Episode 157. Our guests today discuss possible implications around any changes, but they also explore more generally ways that a student's racial or ethnic identity influence every step in their college journey and whether that journey ends before it's ever even started.

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