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The 2023 State of Facilities in Higher Education

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For ten years the State of Facilities in Higher Education has been recognizing trends and opportunities based on our database of information from schools around the U.S. Over time, the insights in the State of Facilities have evolved and our recommendations have followed suit.

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70 Years After Brown v. Board of Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

civil rights history was made with the Brown v. Board of Education decision. It came at a time when there were woefully unequal facilities and Plessy v. Toldson, a professor of counseling psychology at Howard University and national director of Education Innovation and Research for the NAACP. Seven decades ago, U.S.

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HBCUs have been underfunded for decades. A history of higher education tells us why

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The state of facilities at historically Black colleges and universities, also known as HBCUs, again made headlines in recent weeks. A history of higher education tells us why appeared first on University Business. Student protests broke out at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona, Fla., Listen to the interview on WRKF.

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Summer Sessions Are Integral to Student Success in Higher Education

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Summer isn’t what it used to be for higher education institutions and their students. Today, colleges and universities everywhere increasingly embrace the concept of a holistic year , and summer sessions have become an essential component of both standard and alternative educational pathways. Professional education.

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Higher Education Summer Sessions: Past, Present, and Future

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Summer isn’t what it used to be for higher education institutions and their students. A Brief History of Summer Programming. The history of summer programming at higher education institutions can be broken down into three distinct eras. Professional education. Opportunistic Era. Fifth Quarter or Third Semester Era.

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Colleges Are More Than Just an Education but a Capital Investment into Our Future

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Inferior campus facilities impact the ability to both recruit and retain students as well as attract the best faculty, and the evidence is apparent across the entire higher education landscape. There are compound reasons that colleges fall behind in facilities management, renovation, and new construction duties. Dr. Adriel A.

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Colby College Residence Halls Named After Four Alumnae

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Jacqueline Núñez, ’61, advocated for the college to enact a non-discrimination clause before it became standard in higher education. The facilities, home to some 200 students, opened during the 2022-23 academic year. Carol Swann-Daniels, ’69, was among those who desegregated public schools in Richmond, Virginia.