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JAMES T. OVERTON

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This is his second time serving in the role, initially from 2005 to 2011. Overton James T. Overton has been named chief of the police department at Delaware State University. Overton holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Delaware State and a master’s degree in human resource management from Wilmington College in Delaware.

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AAUP Ends Two-Decade Opposition to Academic Boycotts

Confessions of a Community College Dean

AAUP Ends Two-Decade Opposition to Academic Boycotts Ryan Quinn Mon, 08/12/2024 - 03:00 AM In 2005, the American Association of University Professors spoke out against this form of protest amid calls for scholars to spurn Israeli institutions. Now, the group says boycotts “can be considered legitimate tactical responses.”

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Octavia Butler on Choosing a Leader (Democracy Now!)

Higher Education Inquirer

This 2005 Democracy Now! interview of Octavia Butler warns us about choosing the wrong leader who could take us down the path of fascism. This discussion seems as important today as it was then, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. If you can't listen to the entire segment, start at minute 3:20.

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Xavier Mourns Former Administrator, Civil Rights Champion Sybil Haydel Morial

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Haydel Morial returned to Xavier in 1977 and served for 28 years before retiring in 2005 as its vice president for external affairs. Morial, the president of the National Urban League, also served as New Orleans Mayor from 1994-2002.

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The Rise of Local News Deserts

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

According to the report, In the past year 127 community papers have seen their demise and since 2005, more than one in three newspapers have folded. has also lost more than one-third of its newspapers since 2005. Today, nearly 55 million Americans live in places that could accurately be labeled "news deserts."

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Columbia Journalism School Honors Life, Legacy of Ida B. Wells

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Wells impacted these causes through her journalism “Ida’s legacy is a powerful one and continues to resonate,” said Dawn Kissi, a 2005 graduate of the journalism school. “As Her namesake symposium will include several panels discussing the current struggle for racial and gender equality and how Ida B.

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Alarm at first fall in disadvantaged students in England reaching university

The Guardian Higher Education

the previous year – the first time the rate has fallen since it was first measured in 2005-06. Figures released by the Department for Education show that 29% of students eligible for free school meals at 15 had progressed to university by the age of 19 in 2022-23, compared with 29.2% Continue reading.