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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

What does Diverse: Issues In Higher Education mean to you? Daniels Of course, I was not reading academic journals and higher education publications then. Over the years, I’ve observed at least seven (7) best practices in Diverse: Issues In Higher Education that other media outlets might be well-served to emulate: 1.

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Annual Black, Brown, College Bound Summit Commences March 6

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The BBCB Summit has seen more than 5,000 participants since 2006, including students from nearly two dozen different states.

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The health of higher education studies – cause for optimism?

SRHE

By Rachel Brooks How healthy is the area of higher education studies? Scholars have noted: the frequent absence of theory and short-term focus of such research ; the proximity of researchers to policy-makers which, it is argued, can make critical distance hard to achieve ; and the fragmentation of the field.

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Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig Named Provost at Western Michigan University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig, an educational researcher whose work on racial equity and teacher preparation has received national recognition, will be the next provost and vice president for academic affairs at Western Michigan University. Vincent, president of Talladega College, a historically Black institution in Alabama.

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New Scholarship Program Established for Descendants Of Jesuit And Catholic Slaveholding

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Jesuit mission in the United States has developed into 27 institutions of higher education and 80 secondary and pre-secondary schools with billions of dollars in net worth. In 2006 Brown University released a report about its founders’ connection to slavery and created a center to research slavery injustice.

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Inquiring Minds Want to Know…About Social, Cognitive, and Teacher Presence Online

The Scholarly Teacher

Community of Inquiry for Transformative Learning Community building fosters stronger student engagement and leads to transformative learning by creating opportunities for learners to challenge their current knowledge, beliefs, and perspectives, thus leading to transformative learning (Cranton, 2006). Inside Higher Education, 10, 157-172.

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Making Equity a Priority

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The school ultimately became a satellite campus of the El Camino Community College District in 2006 but has since regained its accreditation and its independence. He’s why Americans should have hope for higher education and advocate for more investments in leaders who walk their talk.” It was a devastating blow to the college.

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