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Kudos to Black/Diverse Issues for Four Decades of Truth, Insight, Vision, and Integrity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It took place in 1984 at a higher education conference at MIT, shortly after they had decided to confront the shortcomings in both the journalistic and academic communities by launching a new publication, Black Issues In Higher Education. My first encounter with Bill Cox and Frank Matthews was quite memorable.

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Christopher Edley, Prominent Legal Scholar, Passes Away

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2004, Edley joined UC Berkely as dean of the law school, but stepped down from the role in 2013 and took a medical leave to battle prostate cancer. In 2012, Diverse honored Edley and Orfield with the Dr. John Hope Franklin Award, the annual recognition for excellence in higher education named after the pioneering Black historian.

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Mitchell Hamline School of Law Names New President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

But Davidson began her career in higher education in 2004, spending two years teaching at Davidson College. She founded a clinical lab where she supervised students who prepared estate plans for low-income elderly people in the community. She held a clerkship at the D.C. Superior Court in Washington, D.C.,

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Chris V. Rey Appointed President of Barber-Scotia College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I look forward to rolling up my sleeves and working with the board of trustees, students, faculty, staff, alumni, and other stakeholders to bring this historic college back to prominence,” Rey said. “We He is also the international president of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., one of the U.S.’s s oldest historically black fraternities. “I

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Integrating Community Engagement into her Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

López is an educator whose purpose is not just to teach but to support students. Her career as a teacher and an administrator spans middle school, high school, and now higher education. For seven years, she helped serve the needs of senior faculty and intrepid students. Dr. Ruth M.

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5 Hip-Hop Quotes to Inspire College Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

While hip-hop may not often be referenced as tantamount with higher education, many artists have referenced the academe within their works. John’s University where he graduated magna cum laude , higher education has found its way into the lyrical content of the genre. Dr. Jeremy C.

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Calls for Change at Penn State

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We as a faculty, Black faculty and others, have been fighting the administration to address matters of racial justice, and in a very forceful and progressive manner, for the last 20 years or so in different iterations,” said King in an interview with Diverse. Proportionately, the percentage of Black faculty fell from 4% to 3%.

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