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Tribal Colleges and Universities as Conduits for Intellectual and Political Sovereignties

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

education or universities, specifically. However, there is a network of tribally run colleges and universities that are the ongoing extension of those sovereignties as well as key vehicles for continuing to liberate the sovereign potential. These priorities often are not the focus in U.S.

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HBCU Gymnast Wins National Championship

Insight Into Diversity

Morgan Price, a gymnast hailing from Fisk University in Nashville, recently became the first historically Black college and university (HBCU) student to win a national collegiate gymnastics championship. That was a huge leap of faith,” Tarver told a Dallas news station in 2022.

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National University Announced The Launch Of The Cause Research Institute

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

National University (NU) announced the launch of the Cause Research Institute (CRI), a new applied Research and Development arm that will coordinate research, scholarship, and other innovation efforts focused on social sector challenges, including education, health, human services, and criminal justice.

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Century-Old Institutions Paving the Way for DEI in Sports with Strategic Plan

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Developing a plan The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has encouraged DEI programming since 2010, and it even offers a framework for institutions to build supportive environments for their athletes. Dr. Ezinne Ofoegbu, an assistant professor of educational leadership at Santa Clara University, California, agrees.

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Mount Holyoke Taps Howard University Law Dean to Lead College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Howard University law professor and dean has been named Mount Holyoke College’s first permanent Black female president in the institution’s 186-year history. Holley added that mission-driven institutions have never been more important than now, “in such an era of censorship, book burning, and a denial of history.”

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Program Encourages Regional Native American Students to Pursue Health Sciences

Insight Into Diversity

The University of Minnesota (UMN) Medical School Duluth Campus will increase access to biomedical science careers for Native American students in the region with the new Gateways to Medicine and Research Master of Science degree program. There needs to be more representation of Native Americans in clinics and in academic medicine.

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Prospective students “actively researching” sustainability strategies

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International students seeking options in the UK and the US are continuing to place teaching and reputation at top of mind, while those looking to Canada are interested in tuition fees, scholarships and post-study work visas and career services are important in Australia, new research shows.

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