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Exploring British Muslim transitions to PGT studies

SRHE

That is, decision and policy makers open to targeted interventions, as opposed to the one-size fits all, universal approach that delineates the current comfort zone in HE. It has ramifications beyond the low number of this demographic who progress all the way into academia as researchers and members of the professoriate.

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Rehumanizing the Research University

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Can a research-intensive university also be learning- and learner-centered, as dedicated to the quality of students’ educational experience as it is to scholarship, publication and invention? What, then, would it take to achieve a greater balance between scholarship and teaching?

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Dr. Dara N. Byrne: Leveraging Public Higher Education for the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Byrne PHOTO COURTESY OF CUNY Becoming Dean of Macaulay Honors College, part of the City University of New York (CUNY), enables Dr. Dara N. Those New York residents who make it receive full-tuition scholarships or tuition waivers (for individuals from out of state). That led Byrne to pursue her doctorate at Howard University.

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Mobilities and the ‘international academic’ in higher education

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She debated how discursive constructions of mobility may influence who can access academia/higher education, who can gain recognition, and who can establish a feeling of belonging. Particularly for universities outside Anglo-America, international scholars constitute an important element in creating a so-called ‘international university’.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

Resolutions and Safe Spaces — Adelphi University. Adelphi University’s Office of Community Concerns and Resolution was established in fall 2021 to simplify and enhance the system for reporting discrimination, bias, and abuse. AmeriCorps Tutors for Youth — Arkansas State University.

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A Brief History: Black Americans in Higher Education

Today's Learner

Several Black academicians can be noted as a respected authority in their discipline advancing the field through research and scholarship. 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.

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A Brief History: Black Americans in Higher Education

Today's Learner

Several Black academicians can be noted as a respected authority in their discipline advancing the field through research and scholarship. 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.

History 52