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Chicago Teen Dorothy Jean Tillman II, DBH, Makes History

Insight Into Diversity

On May 6, 2024, Dorothy Jean Tillman II walked across the stage at Arizona State University (ASU), making history as the youngest person in the country to earn a doctoral degree. The post Chicago Teen Dorothy Jean Tillman II, DBH, Makes History appeared first on Insight Into Diversity.

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How to Ask Your Employer to Pay for Your Degree

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However, you may still be able to approach your employer and see if they’re open to paying for a portion of your degree as part of your professional development. Start by approaching your manager to ask whether the company might consider paying for covering some of the costs associated with your degree, like tuition.

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West Virginia State University Launches First Doctorate Degree Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

West Virginia State University has announced it is launching its first doctorate degree program this May. Cage The Doctorate of Education in Leadership Studies would be the first doctoral degree conferred at the historically Black university. Today, we can proudly say that we are now a doctoral degree granting, land-grant university.

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Honor and invest in Ukraine through scholarships (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

In the spring of 2022, at least 15 colleges and universities , including my own, Alfred University, jointly awarded honorary degrees during our commencement exercises. The higher education institutions conferring honorary degrees on Zelensky committed to assisting Ukraine in other ways.

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Scholar-Activist Elevates the Histories, Identities of Queer Latinx

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He draws upon scholarship in critical race theory and Jotería studies in education and invites his research participants to become co-creators and to be in conversations, or pláticas, with him. and Jorge Estrada, writing in the Global Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer History (2019).

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What Makes Popular History Popular?

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma No longer can academic historians dismiss popular biographies or nonspecialist accounts of the past as low-powered history. Worse yet, from the professional historians’ vantage point, the popularizers too often failed to take into account relevant, up-to-date scholarship.

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Integrating Community Engagement into her Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

López took on another mentor role as assistant director of UT Austin’s University Outreach Centers in Houston after graduating in 2004 with bachelor’s degrees in ethnic studies (Mexican American studies) and Spanish (Hispanic studies). "My TRIO programs supported my path toward college,” says López.