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A pathway to graduate school for Latinx students

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Latinx students can have a tough time navigating the numerous structural and institutional challenges that work against them in academia, especially when it comes to attending and succeeding in graduate school. Graduate school does not need to be a lonely, solitary endeavor, and it’s so much better when it isn’t.

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Former University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Dies at 67

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Rebecca Blank Blank stepped down from the role in 2022 to become the first female president of Northwestern University, was one of the longest-serving chancellors in recent UWM history, having led the school for almost 10 years. Blank Center for Campus History and a professorship in her honor. UWM recently named the Rebecca M.

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Pride in the Halls

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It coincided with HRC’s HBCU Out Loud Day, which takes place the third Wednesday of October during LGBTQ History Month. 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.

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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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Toward a more inclusive peer-review process (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

When asked what surprised her most about publishing after a summer spent working as an intern at one of our presses, a history graduate student replied, “In graduate school, we focus on tearing books apart. Offers more guidance on reviewing different modalities of scholarship. Encourages creativity in peer review.

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An Invisible Population: Black Undocumented Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Kayon Hall wants to change the way academia thinks about undocumented students. These complex experiences can become even more tangled when Black undocumented students look to attend higher education after graduating high school.

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Mapping the Legacy of RPI's First African American Woman Leader

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Following her retirement as president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in July 2022, Jackson continued to have an impact on academia, industry, and public service. In high school, she was placed in an accelerated academic program. Shirley Ann Jackson has proven to be a leader, innovator, and motivator. where they lived.