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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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LEAD Fund Mourns Passing of DEI Leader

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Chris Metzler continuously illuminated our path toward a more inclusive future in which all voices are welcomed and valued,” said Dr. Edna Chun, vice chair of the LEAD Fund, a national not-for-profit organization founded in 2014 and styled as a “Think and Do Tank.” His wisdom and compassion will be dearly missed but forever cherished.”

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Florida Atlantic, UC Merced Earn Award for Institutional Transformation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The award for institutional transformation was established in 2014. It recognizes institutions that responded to higher education challenges in innovative and creative ways and achieved dramatic changes in a relatively brief period. “As As the first U.S.

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Flipped Classrooms: A Next Generation Nursing Case Study

The Scholarly Teacher

To meet this challenge, I researched ways to increase critical thinking among my nursing students, as a student myself in an EdD program on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. “An An adult accumulates a growing reservoir of experience, which is a rich resource for learning” (Merriam & Bierema, 2014, p.

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Chicano Activist, Journalist and Educator Dr. Roberto Rodriguez, Dies at 69

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Roberto 'Cintli' Rodriguez – award-winning Chicano activist, writer, and educator – died Monday, The Tucson Sentinel reported. Dr. Roberto Rodriguez Rodriguez, who was once a staff writer for Black Issues In Higher Education and later Diverse: Issues In Higher Education, died of heart failure in Teotihuacan, Mexico.

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Ivy Tech Community College Bloomington Chancellor Announces Retirement

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jennie Vaughan Vaughan, chancellor since 2014, has spent more than 25 years at the institution. She built a strong team, serving as leaders in addressing the higher education and workforce needs of the region. She retires May 15, 2023.

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Two More Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology Attain VETS Campus Certification

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The 2014 Tennessee Veterans Education Transition Support (VETS) Act – which established the VETS Campus program – requires schools to meet a set of seven programs, requirements , and qualifications to be certified by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission.