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The Future is Bright for Indiana University's 15-Year-Old Graduate

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These degrees allowed Njumbe the opportunity to transfer to a four-year institution to study for his bachelor’s degree, said Dr. Jack Bloom, a professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at IU and one of Njumbe’s instructors. The rule is you can’t go to college until you have a high school degree.

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Anthropologist to Lead the University of La Verne

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

and master’s in sociomedical sciences and anthropology as well as a master's in human rights, all from Columbia University. Mahdavi holds a bachelor’s degree in diplomacy and world affairs from Occidental College. She earned a Ph.

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UNC Greensboro administrator resigns in protest of planned academic cuts - Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, Higher Ed Dive

Ray Schroeder

In a resignation letter made public, Charles Bolton, associate dean of UNCG’s College of Arts and Sciences and interim head of its anthropology department, accused university officials of not being transparent in how they determined which programs they plan to cut.

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Georgetown and Howard Universities Awarded $3 Million for Medical Humanities Center

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Medical humanities recenters health in a broader social, cultural, and historical context, using humanities and social sciences methods to analyze the contexts of illness and health. The center will apply a medical humanities approach in addressing health disparities related to race/ethnicity and income, and health equity.

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Tea and Teaching

Higher Education Whisperer

Dr Jinghong Zhang making tea Photo by Tom Worthington, 2023 CC-BYDr Jinghong Zhang, Associate Professor at Southern University of Science and Technology talked on "Gongfu Tea and Camera" a the Australian National University in Canberra, 25 January 2023. Dr Jinghong Zhang described an approach to anthropology where the

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They demolished 2 buildings at a Tacoma college. Here’s the $39M project to replace them

University Business

The three-story, 51,000-square-foot building will replace buildings 10 and F1 and house the college’s business, humanities and social sciences programs. The building will have regular classrooms and offices as well as an anthropology lab, a mock courtroom, a covered outdoor classroom and collaborative learning spaces on each level.

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Diverse: Issues In Higher Education Magazine Profiles Top “40 and Under” Scholars

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

López Valdez , assistant professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Cleveland State University Dr.