University Business

MARCH 14, 2023

Despite recent pushback against diversity, equity and inclusion among several states , a number of colleges have recently hired presidents based on their commitment to that principle. Several of them are also coming in as either the first woman or the first of their race or ethnicity to lead their school.

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Today's Learner

JULY 12, 2023

Reading Time: 5 minutes Diantha Ellis is a p rofessor of Business in the Stafford School of Business at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College If there is one good thing that came from COVID-19, academics learned how resilient we truly are. But what about us? Faculty faced increased workloads as their classes transferred to online.

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University Business

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Many political science majors do become policymakers—and the degree is a well-trodden stepping stone to law school. For many liberal arts colleges as well as humanities-focused departments in larger universities, it’s a pressing one. Without art history, anthropology, and archaeology majors, who will curate our museums?

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Elevating Stories of the Unrecognized — Agnes Scott College. In July, Agnes Scott College launched the Acknowledging our Past: Acting Now for a Transformed Future project, which aims to elevate the lives and stories of the people of color who built the college. Multicultural Mentorship — Augustana College.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

In this podcast episode, Dr. Drumm McNaughton speaks with Director Camille Dumont of the Center for Career and Professional Development (CCPD) about how she aligned career services with academia at Post University to better prepare students for the workforce. I was born and raised in the Bronx and then Westchester County.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

“I am recording all of my classes to encourage students who do not feel well to stay home,” Ann Bartow, law professor at the University of New Hampshire, wrote in an email. “Nobody at my law school is wearing masks and covid remains extant. ” Professors today are in a period of transition.

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Today's Learner

DECEMBER 8, 2023

1 Most historical Black colleges and universities started in the 1860s and served first as elementary then secondary schools providing the newly freed slaves with a normal education. In 1854 , the American Missionary Association founded the first historical Black college and university which is currently called Lincoln University.

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