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UCLA Alumni Couple Pledges $10 Million to Ethnic Studies Centers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Two UCLA alumni have pledged $10 million over a five-year period to their alma mater. It was like planting a seed, not to say that we were the sole seed planters, because there were many people – many students, some faculty, and others – planting seeds, fertilizing them, helping them grow.”

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Pride in the Halls

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It was sponsored by five academic departments and funded by the LGBTQ alumni group GALA, a separate nonprofit entity formed by LGBTQ alumni. In 2022, the university finally launched an official LGBTQ alumni affinity group, ARC. Rainbow cords are distributed that students are welcome to wear at the campus-wide graduation.

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Famous Graduates of Liberal Arts Colleges

Great College Advice

In fact, the graduation rate for STEM majors in liberal arts colleges tends to be quite high–because faculty work hard to ensure that students interested in the sciences actually make it through these difficult majors. Nevermind that the drop-out rate from STEM majors is very high, especially at large universities. Former U.S.

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Driving While Black

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

million settlement for the young men in 2001, but not before the New Jersey state police was forced to undergo federal oversight including ongoing monitoring of its practices with the goal of eliminating racial profiling across the state. Ultimately, the late civil rights attorney, Johnnie Cochran, successfully secured a $12.95

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When a college president is also a tech entrepreneur

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Some faculty members fear Rize’s creep into the college’s general education courses and worry that it poses a threat to their jobs; Docking denies any possibility of a conflict of interest. Some faculty members said the experiment generated excitement and boosted revenue, though both have fallen off in recent years.

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12 Groundbreaking Asian Columbians You Should Know

Student Housing Works

From the arts, to engineering, to medical sciences, and every industry in between, our university’s contributions to society would not be the same without these impressive alumni, faculty, staff, and students. Presidential Medal in 2001. This year, she had a USPS postage stamp unveiled in her honor.

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Colleges Are More Than Just an Education but a Capital Investment into Our Future

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Inferior campus facilities impact the ability to both recruit and retain students as well as attract the best faculty, and the evidence is apparent across the entire higher education landscape. Poor amenities have a negative impact on the ability to recruit and retain both students and elite faculty.