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We Are Not the Same

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

News World Report released its annual college and university rankings, a highly anticipated event for prospective students and curious parents. News added a separate category for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Remarkably, only two of these institutions are private, Clark Atlanta University and Howard University.

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How these colleges successfully de-escalated campus protests

University Business

More than 75 people have been arrested during demonstrations at the University of Texas-Austin and Virginia Tech, AP News reports. Over 150 were jailed at New York University and the University of California, Los Angeles, The New York Times reports. in the past two weeks.

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Young Black Men Project, Fitting in for Black Men, Boys Showcased at BMRI’s Symposium

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The convening continued its conversation on the mental health of African American men at the Woodruff Library in the heart of the Atlanta University Center. So it’s important for us to invest as many resources as possible.” You see in the news how it’s affected us, and it is different between the two.

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Investigative Reporting Organization Moves to Morehouse

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Wells Society for Investigative Reporting, an organization focused on cultivating investigative reporters and editors of color, is now going to be based at Morehouse College, a historically Black college in Atlanta, according to a news release from Morehouse. She took a position at Howard University instead.

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2022: Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Some good news came in late summer as U.S. Using the authority Congress granted to the Department of Education, we will forgive $10,000 in outstanding student federal loans. Supreme Court News U.S. A harm against any one of our communities is a harm against all of us,” says Harris, a graduate of Howard University.

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Pro-Palestine protest camps spread to 40 campuses across US

The Guardian Higher Education

Following Columbia’s lead, students across the US are demanding ceasefire and divestment – and hundreds have been arrested Four students on why they’re protesting against war in Gaza: ‘Injustice should not be accepted’ At least 40 pro-Palestine protest camps have arisen across US campuses following Columbia University’s example earlier this month.

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Better CRM Tools Key to Reversing Enrollment Declines at CCs

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Tara, would you mind introducing yourself and giving us a little bit of context about your work on this topic? I know for our listeners, particularly those who work in community and technical colleges, they're probably thinking to themselves, "Well, this isn't new news." Tara Zirkel: Yes, thanks Mike. My name is Tara Zirkel.