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Coppin State University: A Renaissance of Purpose and Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This past fall, Coppin welcomed Wes Muhammad, a 14-year-old from Baltimore into its largest freshmen class since 2011. The growing interest in Coppin, Jenkins says, has elevated its national recognition, including being listed as a top producer of HBCU students by Diverse. Coppin was always my first choice, says Muhammad.

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AccessLex Provides Update to Legal Education Data Deck in New Release

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The proportion of schools awarding conditional scholarshipsfinancial aid that can be withdrawn if students fail to maintain certain academic standardshas decreased substantially, from 61% in 2011 to 32% in 2023. Employment outcomes for recent graduates have remained relatively stable.

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How Colleges Across the Nation are Honoring the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A leader of the Detroit chapter of the NAACP, Johnson passed away in 2011. Arthur Johnson, who served as a senior vice president at Wayne State University and was a classmate of King at Morehouse in the 1940s, created the first MLK Tribute at the school.

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Dr. Robin DiAngelo, University of Washington

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2011 she coined the term White Fragility in an academic article which has influenced the international dialogue on race.

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Post-Pandemic Trends in Student Fees at Public Universities

Robert Kelchen

I did this using data on 499 public universities from the 2011-12 through the 2023-24 academic years, excluding about two dozen institutions (including all of Massachusetts) that reset fees by shifting most of their fees into tuition at some point during the period. The data for this analysis can be downloaded here.

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Where is the Love? Compassionate Pedagogy is Needed Now More Than Ever Before

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ford This concept stems from Richie Neil Haos (2011) research on critical compassionate pedagogy, which draws on Freires conceptualization of critical pedagogy (e.g., Understanding Compassionate Pedagogy Dr. Donna Y. Pedagogy of the Oppressed ).

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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.