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The Black Woman’s Burden: Battling Inertia in Higher Ed

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

News of bell hooks’s death came as a shock to many. There’s something palpably radical about the ways she calls on us to act in love,” she continued. But institutions can’t love us back.” The feminist, author, activist, and professor died Dec. 15, 2021, at age 69. We all have to keep pushing, and that’s the only way it moves.

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CSU Hires New President, But Questions Linger About the Treatment of Former President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A significant move involving a female leader didn’t take place until more than a year later, and a similar change with another female leader occurred years into his tenure,” wrote four Black women political leaders in an op-ed published in the Dayton Daily News back in October. “It Central State Board Chair Jacqueline Y. Dr. Freeman A.

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It was NEVER about Deion: HBCU Realities VS. Perceptions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There have been many opinions flying across Twitter, Facebook, and even national news stations like CNN. We hate to be the ones to break the news, but you cannot give your way out of oppression. That would be easy to say maybe if we had boots or shoestrings to actually use. Don’t get us wrong. But wait, we aren't done.

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Here is where all 50 state university systems rank on ROI—and why

University Business

More from UB : Best law schools—US News is revising rankings after list dropouts . New Hampshire: $106,000. Maryland: $86,000. New York: $86,000. Maine: $115,000. California: $109,000. North Carolina: $107,000. Massachusetts: $106,000. South Carolina: $103,000. Vermont: $93,000. Oregon: $87,000. Colorado: $73,000.

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Congrats to the 2023 CPN Seal of Prevention™ Recipients!

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Book a Demo There’s always more to learn. We discuss the stigma around transfer students, the institutional bias against transfer students, and the insuffiency of transfer articulation agreements.

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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). News World Report by public, private, and research designation, and the results look a lot different.

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Pursuit of R-2 status can expand opportunity (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Given that Towson has distinguished itself as a student-centered, inclusive university, why have we, and other public institutions like us, identified R-2—and the new graduate education and research that comes with it—as a goal? What would it objectively add to our mission? Are we trying to mimic the flagship?