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It’s Time To Fight Back

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The last few weeks, the nation’s eyes have been on Tennessee State University (TSU), a historically Black university in Nashville and Tennessee’s only publicly funded historically Black university. These vital institutions are critical hubs within Black communities and engines of higher opportunity for most Black students.

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President moves: Administrators prove popular picks as next leader on the job

University Business

Hired Devin Stephenson – Florida Polytechnic University Devin Stephenson has been selected to become Florida Polytechnic University’s next president, the second in the institution’s 12-year history. Lisa Coleman – Adler University (Ill.) Coleman begins on Sept.

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What is a ‘research culture’?

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Cambridge University has an Action Research on Research Culture project in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh, Leiden University, Freie Universität Berlin and ETH Zurich, suggesting international reach towards defining such a culture. Research is a relative newcomer to the work of English universities.

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Eye to the Future

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Morgan State University, the largest of Maryland’s four historically Black colleges and universities, is thriving. Retention efforts Morgan State is currently number one in the United States in producing Black electrical engineers and civil engineers, Wilson notes. Enrollment is strong. Then, I can respond to that.”

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Two Scholars are Building Diversity Initiative Database for All

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We’re looking at creating a national clearinghouse of diversity, BIPOC [Black, Indigenous, People of Color] initiatives for minoritized students, faculty and staff at universities,” said Byrd. Byrd, former special advisor to the provost at Georgia State University (GSU), said that institutions are struggling to diversify their faculty. “So,

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2023 wrapped: The biggest trends in higher ed—and the most read stories

University Business

And ultimately, growing skepticism over the value of higher education has inspired colleges and universities to rejuvenate their academic course offerings and modalities to keep pace with a new generation of cost-savvy students interested in a high return on investment and flexible learning pathways. and Washington and Lee University (Va.)

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Higher ed data should be trans inclusive (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Recent reports by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine and the Center for American Progress on sexual orientation and gender identity data call for change in clinical and research data collection. Am I trying to track how gender affects allocation of grant funding within a particular academic discipline?