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Sacramento State Creates Nation's First Black Honors College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Slated to begin operating in the fall, the honors college will enroll students who have a GPA of 3.5 or higher and an interest in Black history, life, and culture. Luke Wood “This is one component of a larger effort to increase success rates for Black students,” said Dr. J. We’re creating an institution within the institution.”

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Dr. Xavier A. Cole Appointed First Person of Color President of Loyola University New Orleans

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Before Marquette, Cole was vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Washington College and assistant vice president at Loyola University Maryland. “Dr. Cole also serves as chair of the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education Executive Doctorate Alumni Board.

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Nation’s First-Ever Black Honors College Hopes to Inspire Others

Insight Into Diversity

Planning and development of the BHC began in August 2023, and “has been a joyful, intensive, and very efficient experience,” said Boatomo Ati Mosupyoe, PhD, dean of students and chief administration officer for the BHC. “We ‘If it’s important, you prioritize it.’ Photo courtesy of Sacramento State University Flickr.)

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Colleges hire directors to tackle student basic needs

Inside Higher Ed

Mora is now UC Irvine’s director of basic needs and tasked with supervising the array of services the university provides to students whose backgrounds and life stories are much like her own: students from low-income or immigrant backgrounds; first in their families to attend college; Black, Hispanic or Indigenous, or BIPOC.

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Yale Law dean’s message to alumni promises free speech changes. We’re (very) cautiously optimistic.

FIRE

But FIRE, ever hopeful that change could yet be on the horizon, hopes a strong (albeit imperfect) statement last week from Yale Law School’s dean could usher in that long-awaited era. FIRE remains hopeful the broader university’s dark, censorious days may soon be history. We’re (very) cautiously optimistic. appeared first on FIRE.

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Small Liberal Arts Colleges: Punching Above Their Weight

Helix Education

Everyone loves a David and Goliath story, and at this moment in the history of higher education, small colleges could use one. For example, what difference does a population of 1,500 students at one institution make in the grand scheme of higher ed? Those students can always go to a larger institution.

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Temple gets $11 million gift for students with disabilities

Inside Higher Ed

million gift to Temple University from the estate of a graduate of the institution has particular resonance on the Philadelphia campus. The money will be targeted at students with physical disabilities at a university known for its strong track record in providing disability services. Image: A $10.9