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Silenced Voices: Confronting Linguistic Discrimination and Cultural Erasure in Academia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Even within the supposedly safe confines of academia, we are not immune to these oppressive practices. Unfortunately, the college or university environment, which should be a defender of free expression, often only extends this privilege to white and English-speaking students.

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Scholars Consider the Relationship Between Academia and Hip-Hop

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As the nation celebrates five decades of hip-hop, scholars and activists gathered on Friday at Howard University to consider the relationship between academia and the musical genre. Still, he and many other music enthusiasts feel they need to continue advocating for academic institutions to take the art form more seriously.

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Tap into the Power of Alumni to Build Your Enrollment Pipeline

Liaison International

Alumni possess a dynamic blend of experiences, insights, and connections that can serve as a catalyst for transformative change within colleges and universities. When alumni share their stories, they become powerful advocates for your programs. However, they can play a vital role in helping us build our classes.

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Untapped the Power of Alumni to Build Your Enrollment Pipeline

Liaison International

Alumni possess a dynamic blend of experiences, insights, and connections that can serve as a catalyst for transformative change within colleges and universities. When alumni share their stories, they become powerful advocates for your programs. However, they can play a vital role in helping us build our classes.

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Insight Into Diversity Honors Legacy of DEI Innovator, Former Board Chair

Insight Into Diversity

Metzler, a true visionary in academia, healthcare, and diversity, passed away on Saturday, March 23, at his home in Grenada. He served on faculties at Cornell University, Georgetown University, Thomas Jefferson School of Medicine, Bellarmine University, and Kings College, among others. Christopher A. Christopher A.

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The Black Woman’s Burden: Battling Inertia in Higher Ed

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Malaklou, also chair and associate professor of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at Berea College in Kentucky, got to know hooks when she came to Berea in 2019. Malaklou hosts events like "Evening with an Activist" at the bell hooks center, where students can learn tangible ways to make a difference outside of academia.

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Universities: Guardians of ethical AI?

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At University College London’s School of Management, research into AI fundamentals has led to the integration of AI ethics into the curriculum with a new module exploring the ethical implications of AI ownership, agency and privacy biases, malicious and harmful use of AI and the rights of artificially intelligent beings.