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Unveiling An Accidental Triumph: The Improbable History of American Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Sol Gittleman has penned a must-read book for anyone with a vested interest in the past, present, and future of American academia. An Accidental Triumph: The Improbable History of American Higher Education tells the unique story about what Americans think of higher education. My generation of academics was the luckiest in history.

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Dr. Corey D. B. Walker Appointed Dean of the School of Divinity at Wake Forest University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Walker has become dean of the Wake Forest University School of Divinity, effective immediately. Walker Walker, a scholar of religion, Wake Forest Professor of the Humanities, and ordained American Baptist clergyperson, has been the school’s interim dean since January. Dr. Corey D.

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Schools of Music Move Toward More Inclusive Studies

Insight Into Diversity

Two prominent efforts to diversify music in academia are the new University of Arkansas’ (UA) Arkansas Center for Black Music and the creation of the George Walker Center for Equity and Inclusion in Music at the University of Rochester’s (UR) Eastman School of Music (Eastman). This article was published in our June 2023 issue.

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Sustainability school faces backlash over fossil fuel funds

Inside Higher Ed

Image: In May, Stanford University announced it would open a new school funded by a gift of $1.1 The gift was designated to establish a school of sustainability and climate studies, illustrating the growing concern about climate change among elite institutions and donors alike. But Oreskes refused the offer.

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AI Practice Sharing (Online) 13th Dec.

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Mick Grierson (Professor and Research Leader, CCI) *AI and Languages with Helen McAllister (Associate Dean of International Student Experince, UAL) *A Short History of AI in Art Schools with Catherine Mason (Author) *Generative AI and the Automating of Academia with Prof.

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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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English majors earn similar salary earnings, life quality than other degree holders, report

University Business

for physical science and history majors. This is an important caveat considering that nearly half (45%) of English majors pursue graduate or professional school programs after earning their bachelor’s. For example, the rate was 2.13% for humanities degree holders, 2.0% for business, engineering and philosophy majors, and 1.9%

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