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Alumni Influence to Facilitate Diversity Starts With a One-Dollar Donation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Those people of color who received some or all of their higher education at predominantly white institutions frequently describe their experiences in these hallowed environments as bittersweet, with more emphasis on the bitter than the sweet. It’s common knowledge that change in the academy happens very slowly.

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Why I gave $25M to a small liberal arts college (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Liberal arts colleges provide an intimate learning environment, where class sizes are small and students benefit from meaningful engagement with their professors and a social environment that encourages both close social bonds and peer-to-peer learning opportunities. So, we are putting our money where our mouth is.

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UCLA Alumni Couple Pledges $10 Million to Ethnic Studies Centers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. The couple's substantial donation represents increased stability and predictability for the Institute, its centers, and its ongoing work, Yoo said.

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Law school "denaming" sparks donor debacle

Inside Higher Ed

History and posterity will judge the University and the Board.” He also donated over $35,000 to the law school—a substantial sum at the time—and gave more to the university throughout his life. ” Thomas C. Williams enrolled at what was then called Richmond College in 1848.

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Sustainability school faces backlash over fossil fuel funds

Inside Higher Ed

billion from private equity billionaire John Doerr, the second-largest donation ever made to an institution of higher education. Oreskes, a professor of the history of science at Harvard University, earned her Ph.D. “Fossil fuel companies have the same kind of history as Big Tobacco in this regard.”

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How does a modern university seek purpose?

HEPI

Traditionally, competition between universities around the world has been based on history and achievements measured by conventional metrics. They are all great examples of the achievements of globally outstanding institutions, and they are role models for a growing number of institutions around the world that seek to emulate them.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity Health Professions HEED Award Winners

Insight Into Diversity

Another initiative, the Diversity and Inclusion Mentoring Network program, provides an opportunity for medical students and faculty members to develop a mentoring relationship in an informal environment. . The MCW Kern Institute held the Summit on Advancing Equity in the Learning Environment.