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HBCU Advancement Teams: Don't Underestimate the Power of the Individual Donor

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

After reading this year’s report, my position remains unchanged, prompting me to offer a few tidbits of advice to college and university presidents and their advancement teams in preparation for fundraising for the 2023-2024 Academic Year.

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HBCU Medical Schools Growing in Number

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Together, she said, they set out to do “more of what CDU does well, training diverse physician leaders who understand social justice and are experts at serving under-resourced communities, the things that affect health, but that many medical schools don’t teach. At CDU it’s embedded in the curriculum,” said Prothrow-Stith.

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Belmont plans to hire Jewish faculty for the first time

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” The university plans to recruit Jewish faculty members to teach in the university’s law school, pharmacy school and new medical school, scheduled to open in 2024. It also can lead to a lack of consensus on things like this.” Is this diversity newsletter?: Newsletter Order: 0 Disable left side advertisement?:

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The Next Frontiers in the Battle Over CRT and DEI

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“We’re going to have a generation of students who have gaps in their understanding of racial experiences and will have more difficulty address[ing] the most pressing racial and social justice issues of our time.” Initially,] there was this universal scoff among folks who are committed to racial and social justice.

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2023 Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

30, 2024, so that borrowers who did not begin repayment by October did not suffer from late fees or loans going into default, though interest will accrue. Effective July 1, 2024, she will become the school’s first woman and first Black president. Approximately 2.9 1, 2023, to Sept. SB17, signed by Texas Gov. In October, Dr. Melissa L.