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Game Changers and Change Makers: Black Publishers’ Defiant Mark on History

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Since the second decade of the nineteenth century, black-owned book publishing has existed in the United States, the books released by these publishing enterprises have vindicated blacks, documented black culture and history, and addressed the special concerns of black people in ways which white book publishers have not.

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Visual Documentation of the College Meltdown Needed

Higher Education Inquirer

The Higher Education Inquirer is looking for images to document the College Meltdown which began in 2010. Images of these closed schools can be used to document an important part of US higher education history. But as a historical document, the list is telling.

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Tracking the Draft: An Academic Integrity Policy for Cheating with AI 

Faculty Focus

In order to write an academic integrity policy for those cheating with AI, universities and colleges look for documentation and, thus, many of us use Turnitin.com or other plagiarism detectors. More importantly, an academic integrity policy could be developed via documenting the recursiveness.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Tracking the Draft: An Academic Integrity Policy for Cheating with AI 

Faculty Focus

In order to write an academic integrity policy for those cheating with AI, universities and colleges look for documentation and, thus, many of us use Turnitin.com or other plagiarism detectors. More importantly, an academic integrity policy could be developed via documenting the recursiveness.

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Cambridge college unmasks alumnae who were Bletchley Park codebreakers

The Guardian - Higher Education

Names of 77 ex-students of women-only Newnham College who worked at Bletchley Park are revealed for first time They worked day and night during the second world war, deciphering Nazi messages, breaking Enigma codes and analysing top-secret military documents.

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Report Details University of Minnesota’s Historical Mistreatment of Native Americans

Insight Into Diversity

The 554-page document is part of the Towards Recognition and University-Tribal Healing (TRUTH) Project, a collaborative effort between UMN researchers and the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council aimed at repairing relations between the institution and the state’s 11 tribes. The report marks the first time a major U.S.

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