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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. We are attracting talent who see Coppin as a place where they can reach their educational goals is very humbling for me and my faculty and staff. Infrastructure development has been another cornerstone of Jenkins tenure.

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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. After the election of 2016 we thought America needed an upgrade, said Rev. Dr. Forrest Pritchett, who directs the universitys Martin Luther King, Jr. Leadership Program and Gospel Choir. David Wall Rice, a psychology professor at Morehouse.

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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., Dr. Erik M. Understanding Compassionate Pedagogy Dr. Donna Y. Pedagogy of the Oppressed ). Knowledge is power.

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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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Empowering Community Colleges Through AI: A New Era of Access and Economic Mobility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Since Apple introduced Siri, its voice-controlled software, in October 2011, consumers have begun normalizing interactions with narrow AI. According to LeiLani, When learning is personalized and can be done anywhere, continued relevancy for schools will rely on providing what the present generation values the mostquality experience.

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The Slow but Steady Rise of Women in Higher Education Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2011, when she joined Colorado College as a postdoctoral fellow, she faced significant social challenges as a Black woman from Washington, D.C., Today, the percentage stands at nearly 33%, marking a significant but measured progress in the landscape of academic leadership. in the majority white college town in the Mountain region.

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Learning Assistantships

The Scholarly Teacher

Educational research demonstrates the impact of engagement, both social and academic, on student outcomes like persistence (Deil-Amen, 2011; Karp et al., LAs can increase their own content knowledge and intellectual competence (Gomez Johnson et al., 2021; Close et al., 2016) and enhance their communication skills (Goff & Lahme, 2003).