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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 We get a lot of questions about the difference between us and an honors program.

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Summer Sessions Are Integral to Student Success in Higher Education

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A Brief History of Summer Programming The history of summer programming at higher education institutions can be broken down into three distinct eras. Think about it: every link a prospective student clicks, every field they fill out, and every decision or choice they have to make is a potential friction point.

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Massasoit Community College Launches New Black Studies Major

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

So far, the program has seen a slow uptake, but leaders are optimistic about its future, hopeful and dedicated to building and growing the program at a time when other institutions are cutting back on ethnic and Black studies programs amid pushback against diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.

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Bringing Greater Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The college’s dean, Dr. David E. There had been previous conversations about transitioning the program to a department, but those had not moved forward. A graduate of Morehouse College, Canton earned a master’s degree in Black studies at The Ohio State University and a doctorate in history at Temple University.

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Manhattanville cuts tenured faculty, freezes programs

Inside Higher Ed

Manhattanville hasn’t publicly announced which programs are frozen, but faculty sources say they are art history, world religions, philosophy, film studies, music, music education, French, Spanish and chemistry. Other faculty sources said that history has two remaining full-time faculty members.

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Patty Limerick speaks out on her dismissal from her center

Inside Higher Ed

Limerick is well-known for helping usher in a new era of interest in the American West and reframing narratives about it via her books, including The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West, and her public engagement. The committee members also expressed concerns about lack of due process for Limerick.

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Struggling Schools Should Look to Merge Much Earlier, Say Experts

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Hentschke, Stoops Dean and Cooper Chair Emeritus at the University of Southern California Rossier School of Education. Presidio] realized they had about a two-year run rate before they were going to have some serious financial problems, [so] they looked for a partner,” said Hentschke. Dr. Guilbert C.

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