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AERA Names Dr. Tabbye Chavous as New Executive Director

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Chavous The American Educational Research Association (AERA) announced Monday that Dr. Tabbye M. Levine who has led the organization since 2002. At a time when support for high-quality research is key to advancing education in the U.S. Our work is needed now more than ever."

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Dr. Daniela Rus, MIT

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Russ research interests are in robotics, mobile computing, and data science. Rus is a Class of 2002 MacArthur Fellow, a fellow of ACM, AAAI and IEEE, a member of the National Academy of Engineers, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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KAVITA BALA

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She arrived at Cornell in 1999 as a postdoctoral researcher and became an assistant professor of computer science in 2002. Bala earned her bachelor’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay, India, and received her master’s and doctoral degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Report: HBCUs Received 178 Times Less Foundation Funding than Ivy League Schools in 2019

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On average, historically Black college and universities (HBCUs) received 178 times less funding from foundations than Ivy League schools in 2019, according to a report from research group Candid and ABFE, a nonprofit advocate for investments in Black communities, the Associated Press reported. billion from foundations in 2019.

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Boston College Names Father Jack Butler as 26th President

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Since joining the university's Campus Ministry in 2002, he has been instrumental in advancing several key initiatives, including formative education programs and Core Curriculum renewal. Butler brings to the role a deep understanding of Boston College's mission, having spent the past 22 years serving the institution in various capacities.

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Dr. Ben Vinson III Appointed President of Howard University

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Howard, as a school, has “serious momentum,” and will rise to the upper echelon of research universities, Vinson said. In 2002, Diverse named Vinson an Emerging Scholar. There are so many things about Howard right now that really distinguish it as what I would call a fast-moving locomotive train,” Vinson said.

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Updated ACE Report Reveals Progress, Persistent Disparities

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“This report is timely for everyone involved in higher education — administrators, researchers, policymakers. For example, the report found that the number of Hispanic or Latino students earning bachelor’s degrees rose about 10%, from 2002 to 2022, but the rates for white and Asian students grew even faster.