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Nursing Educator Brings Talents and Skills Back to Thriving HBCU

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She recently accepted a new position as director of nursing and the Clara Adams Ender Endowed Associate Professor at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, a public historically Black college and university (HBCU) in Greensboro, N.C. The new role at NC A&T marks a welcome return to the HBCU for Morris.

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Indigenous Peoples in Higher Education: Inherited Histories and Pernicious Status Quos

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As thoroughly documented by High Country News , forced land dispossessions serve as the foundation for institutions of higher education in the U.S. Even if they were to attend, we do not offer any courses on Kaw language, government, or history. But the story goes much deeper, and the original assimilationist trajectory endures.

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Higher Ed Officials Express Uncertainty Amid Further FAFSA Delays

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Amid news that the U.S. The overhaul – which comes with form simplifications, different student aid measures and calculations, and expanded Pell Grant eligibility – is expected to be beneficial and to increase federal financial aid eligibility, according to a 2023 report from the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO).

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Bob Jones University is imploding. What happened?

University Business

The last two weeks have seen the South Carolina university’s leadership flip on its head. Lewis also selects the school’s executive committee with the help of an outside lawyer who does not communicate with the Board directly unless granted permission from the chairman. I am walking down a dark road with no light ahead.

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UNC board takes bold step for viewpoint diversity (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

It is sad, though hardly surprising, that at least some members of the UNC faculty are challenging rather than celebrating the prospect of the proposed School of Civic Life and Leadership. Critics of the Board of Trustees’ resolution to establish the new school have attacked it as a violation of shared governance.

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First Doctoral Program at a TCU Will Contribute to Native Sovereignty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

and NTU leadership and faculty believe that this inaugural class will make history, using their new doctoral titles and research to bring about change and help indigenous nations become more sovereign. Dr. Franklin Sage is an assistant professor of Diné culture, language, and leadership at Navajo Technical University.

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Birmingham-Southern Board Votes to Remain Open

Confessions of a Community College Dean

He noted in a news release after the vote that the board had “made the informed and thoughtful decision to keep Birmingham-Southern open” and that the college has “been working closely with our allies in state and local government to secure bridge funding.” Thompson indicated otherwise.