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Following program cuts, new West Virginia University student union says fight is not over

University Business

Led by many first-generation college students and those receiving financial aid in the state with the fewest college graduates, members say they want to usher in a new era of student involvement in university political life. The movement is part of a wave of student organizing at U.S. Read more from ABC News.

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Our LGBTQ students’ lives and well-being are at risk—here are 5 things campus leaders can do to help

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Since hearing about the Colorado Springs shooting, I’ve been reflecting on my own lived experience as I consider what higher education leaders might do differently to support LGBTQ students while combating the vitriol and widening endorsement of exclusion. -->. The statistics are a harrowing call to action.

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Bringing Greater Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Students organized Black student unions demanding more African American studies courses, Black faculty and staff,” says Canton. UF’s African American studies program was started in 1969. In the aftermath of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., there were protests on campus.

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Therapy mini horses boost student morale

Confessions of a Community College Dean

What’s the need: During finals week each semester, the University of Central Florida receives higher levels of mental health calls to its police department, a consequence of increased stress before exams. Using animals as stress relief is a common practice both inside higher education and out.

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Race on Campus: Debunking Myths with Data—book review and author Q&A

Higher Ed Connects: Diversity

Park, an associate professor at the University of Maryland College Park, puts a broader conversation on the public discourse about race and diversity on higher education campuses in this book, and challenges pervasive myths on how race works in higher education. Why do all the Black kids sit together in the cafeteria?”

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Yale graduate workers form union after decades of organizing

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Yale’s is one of academe’s longest-running graduate student organizing campaigns, dating back to the 1990s. ” The number of union-represented graduate assistants has grown by more than 50 percent since 2012, Herbert said. Some 3,214 workers total were eligible to vote. Is this diversity newsletter?

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