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Working-Class and working in higher education: possibilities and pedagogies

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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. Nevertheless, the questioning of one’s place (am I right to be here?);

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Pride in the Halls

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Association Blends Science and Culture for Hispanics, Native Americans

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It was empowering,” he said. And it wasn’t that we were fighting society or academia. How is it going to impact financial aid, endowed scholarships that have been based on race and ethnicity? They were interweaving cultural identity with the journeys people were on.” There was a hole in my heart, and I didn’t know what it was.

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Dominican University VP builds hope for first-gen students

Inside Higher Ed

They empowered my hope, and I became the first in my family to earn a bachelor’s degree. Our Pillars Scholars program supports first-year African American students, including by providing scholarships and opportunities to engage in community-based, social justice opportunities. She and my friends pushed me to try again.

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STEM innovation in constrained economic times – the UK in an international context by Professor Ian Walmsley, Provost of Imperial College

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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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Cole Named UNCF President-In-Residence, Co-Chair of $1B Capital Campaign

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. She is no stranger to conducting successful capital campaigns.”

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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. John Henrik Clarke (1915-1998) created Pan-African and Africana studies and professional institutions in academia as a historian and professor. Mary Frances Berry focuses on U.S.

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