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Tribal Colleges and Universities as Conduits for Intellectual and Political Sovereignties

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

education or universities, specifically. However, there is a network of tribally run colleges and universities that are the ongoing extension of those sovereignties as well as key vehicles for continuing to liberate the sovereign potential. These priorities often are not the focus in U.S. There are 37 TCUs within the U.S.

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Indigenous Peoples in Higher Education: Inherited Histories and Pernicious Status Quos

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Alex Red Corn Recently at our Indigenous Peoples Day gathering at Kansas State University, Chief Ben Barnes of the Shawnee spoke from the heart about matters related to Shawnee histories and their ongoing presence as a Native nation. Even if they were to attend, we do not offer any courses on Kaw language, government, or history.

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What Are the Big Higher Education Stories for 2024?

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Dr. Robert Kelchen, professor and head of the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, says the administration will likely reintroduce the rule in 2024 using a negotiated rulemaking process. Expect the number of college closures to keep slowly ticking up,” says Kelchen.

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Pell Grant Increase Will Help Low-Income Students, But More is Needed

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Coupled with the $400 increase in the 2022 fiscal year, this is the largest two-year increase ever in the history of the grant. Dr. Linda Oubré, president of Whittier College in California. According to the Department of Education, about six million students received Pell Grant funding in the 2020 – 2021 academic year.

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Why we need better data on faculty diversity (opinion)

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An excellent and diverse faculty is vital to individual colleges and universities and to our communities, states, nation and globe. A diverse faculty brings diverse perspectives, and these diverse perspectives enhance teaching and advising, research and scholarship, clinical practice, and engagement with the community and world.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

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Elevating Stories of the Unrecognized — Agnes Scott College. In July, Agnes Scott College launched the Acknowledging our Past: Acting Now for a Transformed Future project, which aims to elevate the lives and stories of the people of color who built the college. Multicultural Mentorship — Augustana College.

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Legal Expert Art Coleman Examines the Affirmative Action Ruling

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Art Coleman, one of the nation’s foremost legal experts on affirmative action in higher education, joins EAB’s Tom Cakuls to unpack the recent Supreme Court ruling. Art was also instrumental in the establishment of the College Board's Access and Diversity Collaborative in 2004, which he has helped to lead ever since.