SRHE

MARCH 6, 2023

It is now accepted that the ‘leaky pipeline’ of academia, whereby ‘non-traditional’ ( eg working-class, BAME) participants remain absent from professorial and higher managerial positions within UKHE is adversely affecting the diversity of scholarship and leadership.

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Higher Education Academia Education Scholarship 63

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

Unquestionably, the past 40 years have brought many steps forward in terms of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer rights, visibility, and consciousness, but in academia it is still a work in progress. A 2022 report from the UCLA School of Law Williams Institute and the Point Foundation, an LGBTQ scholarship fund, noted that 32.6%

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Scholarship Leadership Advocate History 110

Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

My grandmother, who only had a seventh-grade education, never lost faith in me. They empowered my hope, and I became the first in my family to earn a bachelor’s degree. How can you talk about education when you’re hungry, scared and not sure where you’re going to sleep from one night to the next?

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Students University Advise Achievement 98

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 6, 2023

It was empowering,” he said. And it wasn’t that we were fighting society or academia. We need to be well distributed across all the universities,” said Tapia, who critiques the need in his 2022 book, “Losing the Precious Few: How American Fails to Educate Its Minorities in Science and Engineering.” SACNAS filled that hole.

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Engineering Equity Organization Academia 100

HEPI

MARCH 26, 2023

Here at Imperial College where I first began as a student 45 years ago, our commitment is to providing ‘the most advanced training, education research and scholarship in science, technology and medicine, especially in their application to industry’. Every day I see what this means in practice.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The distinguished scholar, anthropologist, and academic pacesetter will spearhead efforts to secure vital resources that will empower UNCF member colleges and universities to continue providing scholarships, support services, and cutting-edge programs. That is their importance to our nation and to our world.”

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Advocate Academia Empower Scholarship 112

Today's Learner

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Reading Time: 9 minutes Black History includes success stories of numerous Blacks who have contributed to the progress made in higher education. Several Black academicians can be noted as a respected authority in their discipline advancing the field through research and scholarship. Mary Frances Berry focuses on U.S.

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