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Can—and Should—Colleges Educate the Whole Person?

Inside Higher Ed

You might well object: even if educating the whole student is a good idea, how can campuses do this in ways that respect diversity and individuality? I fear that our colleges and universities have drawn far too sharp a line between the academic and the personal and between cognitive and noncognitive development.

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Celebrating Black History: Now is the Time for Courageous Conversations and Bold Action

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In February, the shortest month of the year, American communities, congregations, colleges and schools, social and fraternal groups, state and local governmental bodies, and corporate entities, among others, typically pause to celebrate Black History Month. Woodson , dubbed “the father of Black history.” Washington, Carter G.

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