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Report: HBCUs Received 178 Times Less Foundation Funding than Ivy League Schools in 2019

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

On average, historically Black college and universities (HBCUs) received 178 times less funding from foundations than Ivy League schools in 2019, according to a report from research group Candid and ABFE, a nonprofit advocate for investments in Black communities, the Associated Press reported. billion from foundations in 2019.

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Dr. Ben Vinson III Appointed President of Howard University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Howard, as a school, has “serious momentum,” and will rise to the upper echelon of research universities, Vinson said. In 2002, Diverse named Vinson an Emerging Scholar. There are so many things about Howard right now that really distinguish it as what I would call a fast-moving locomotive train,” Vinson said.

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Creating Safe Spaces for Black Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Mims says the work is particularly crucial for Black girls, who are at the heart of her research agenda. Much of the language that Mims uses in her research is about liberation for Black students. Colleagues and students hail Mims for shifting the focus away from viewing Black students, parents, and families through a deficit lens.

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State universities admit more out-of-state students for the tuition bump - Elaine S. Povich, Stateline

Ray Schroeder

In 47 states, public research universities increased the proportion of out-of-state undergraduate students they admitted between 2002 and 2022, according to an analysis of federal education data done for Stateline by University of Wisconsin-Madison education professor Nicholas Hillman.

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Dr. Paula D. McClain

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

her primary research interests are in racial minority group politics, particularly inter-minority political and social competition, and urban politics, especially public policy and urban crime. Since arriving at Duke, she has served on the Appointment, Promotions and Tenure Committee and as its chair in 2002. A Howard University Ph.D.,

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Seven Best Practices in 40 years of Reporting on Diversity in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

One of the most anticipated annual issues each January is the Emerging Scholars edition that features outstanding scholars of color breaking new ground in research, applying scholarship to public policy and grooming the next generation of leaders and professionals.

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Unveiling An Accidental Triumph: The Improbable History of American Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At a time when some Americans are questioning the value of higher education, Gittleman — who joined the faculty at Tufts University in 1964 and rose through the ranks to serve as provost from 1981 to 2002, before he retired in 2015 — says criticism of higher education is nothing new. “If But truth be told, he most certainly is.