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HBCU Conference Connects Secondary to Postsecondary

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Students become very familiar with the environment—they will finish at home.” Dr. David Thomas, president of Morehouse College in Atlanta, and Dr. Damara Hightower Mitchell, provost and vice-president of Voorhees University in Denmark, SC, said their schools offer summer programming opportunities, giving students across the U.S.

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Mark Richards to step down as provost in summer 2023

UW Presidential Blog

As we approach the start of the academic year next month, I’m writing to let you know 2022–23 will be Mark Richards’ last year as Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs. Mark plans to step down as provost in summer 2023, after he completes his five-year term in the position.

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A Missing Piece [Peace]: Teaching & Learning in the Digital Age

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Therefore, it is appropriate that consideration be given for an educator’s aptitude to use technological tools in learning environments. How does one effectively build a learning environment when there is only deep understanding of the materials and not the tools needed to create an environment and experiences that foster learning?

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Dartmouth Launches New Research Institute Focused On Black Diaspora

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She describes it as the 'little engine that will,' and the result of that work is something she is proud of. The Office of the Provost at Dartmouth has given $1.3 Dr. Kimberly Juanita Brown is the Institute for Black Intellectual and Cultural Life's inaugural director. The institute is being launched with initial funding of $2.3

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Associate Engineering Program at Wright College (EPW) Part of the City Colleges of Chicago, Wright College is home to an engineering cohort program that has grown from nine students at its inception to 550 today. Also, it’s the environment. I feel like I have found a place in the engineering and computer science community.

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3 Questions About Extended Reality and Online Learning

Inside Higher Ed

To learn more about Michigan’s approach to integrating open online learning and extended reality and what they have learned, I spoke to my friend James DeVaney , associate vice provost for academic innovation and founding executive director of U-M’s Center for Academic Innovation , to learn more.

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How Three Bronx Institutions are Intentionally Hispanic-Serving

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Interim Provost Dr. Rani Roy says the school has already applied for two HSI grants and will find out in October whether they’ve been accepted. In 2022, The Mount received a Title V HSI grant to develop new resources to help students who struggle in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics programs, otherwise known as STEM.