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$100 million: The largest single donation in HBCU history goes to Spelman College

University Business

On Thursday, the Atlanta-based liberal arts institutions received a $100 million donation. Stryker is a businesswoman and member of Harvard Medical School’s board of fellows, and Johnston is the head of a money management firm. which we know today. In 2018, the couple donated $30 million.

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The Future is Bright for Indiana University's 15-Year-Old Graduate

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Two weeks later, he will walk across the stage to receive his high school diploma, adding one last credential to the collection he’s been building since he was 11 years old, when he took his first dual enrollment courses. He would go on to earn three associate degrees in general studies, liberal arts, and biology.

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Bringing Greater Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Two years in, Canton is preparing a proposal that outlines the reasons for making African American studies a department, and the benefit it would bring to the university, to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in which it is situated, and to the community. The college’s dean, Dr. David E. Two new hires are expected this year.

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How Gross Inequalities in Institutional Wealth Distort the Higher Education Ecosystem and Shortchange the Vast Majority of Middle- and Lower-Income Undergraduates

Inside Higher Ed

What inspires these grim thoughts is Kimball and Iler’s richly researched, provocative and pivotally important history of college endowments, campus fundraising campaigns, university finances, institutional spending and student debt. It’s past time for those schools to live up to their pretensions.