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From Past to Present: New Book Explores the Importance of HBCUs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

HBCU: The Power of Historically Black Colleges and Universities , published by Johns Hopkins University Press, provides personal anecdotes from past and present HBCU students and leaders about the critical role that these storied institutions have played throughout history. But the book is not merely an exercise in nostalgia.

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Dr. Melissa Gilliam to Lead Boston University as Historic First

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Gilliam, a physician and higher education leader, will take on the mantle of president of Boston University, effective Jul. She is currently executive vice president and provost at The Ohio State University, the first Black to hold that role in the school’s history. And it just isn’t.”

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Technology Partnerships and Higher Education

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Technology Partnerships and Higher Education A Conversation With Drew Magliozzi, CEO of Mainstay Alan Thu, 05/11/2023 - 06:00 Chatbots Higher Ed Leadership Innovation Spotlight In our mission to promote equity in higher education, the University Innovation Alliance (UIA) highlights the strategies of our member institutions.

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Power Couple Works to Improve Climate for Marginalized Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. LaVar Charleston is the deputy vice chancellor for diversity & inclusion, vice provost and chief diversity officer at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. history, gender and race with the law. Sherri Charleston said she cannot overstate the benefit of working collaboratively with colleagues across higher education.

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Calls for Change at Penn State

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Whitehurst, vice provost for Educational Equity at Penn State. Dr. Michael West, professor of African American studies, history, and African studies at Penn State, said that, while Penn State does offer these supports to faculty, “this does not, however, translate ipso facto into belonging. Dr. Marcus A. Dr. Marcus A.

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Dartmouth Launches New Research Institute Focused On Black Diaspora

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It's actually designed to educate and include the voice, [the] incredibly important voice, of the Black community. To ensure that history is never forgotten so that we can create a thriving future for everyone who should learn about the Black community and their contributions." The Office of the Provost at Dartmouth has given $1.3

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UCLA Alumni Couple Pledges $10 Million to Ethnic Studies Centers

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Bunche Center for African American Studies does have an endowed academic chair, said IAC Vice Provost Dr. David Yoo, a professor of Asian American studies and history at UCLA. As it stands now, the four centers all have directors but three are without endowed director’s chairs. Though, the Ralph J.