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Coppin State University: A Renaissance of Purpose and Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Rather than accepting this as inevitable, his administration launched a comprehensive analysis of student data, policies, and practices. By taking a careful look at course offerings and degree pathways, the administration has streamlined the road to graduation.

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What Dr. Ibram Kendi’s Appointment to Howard Means for HBCUs—and Black Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Kendi, a historian and antiracist activist, has made waves since publishing Stamped from the Beginning , which won the 2016 National Book Award for Nonfiction. deGregory as a history professor and director of the Howard Institute for Advanced Study. Most recently, he was the Andrew W. It's not always easy. Still, the calling is clear.

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Nine-in-10 Believe in Free Speech, 7-in-10 Feel Discomforted

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

College Student Views on Free Expression and Campus Speech 2024 ” is part of a research series started in 2016 that tracks college student views on the First Amendment and free expression. Also, discomfort with the speech environment on campus rose with 7-in-10 students saying speech can be as damaging as physical violence.

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Education Efforts Ramp Up in Student Voting Campaign

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Student Voting Campaign Brief provides information to assist administrators at colleges and universities in promoting access to voter registration at their institutions. The program was established in 2016 through the partnership of Campus Vote Project and NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education.

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Dr. Pamela Haney Appointed President of Moraine Valley Community College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Previously, she has served as program administrator and assistant professor of communication arts at Defiance College; and assistant professor of speech communication at Norfolk State University. Pamela Haney will become president of Moraine Valley Community College, effective Jul. 1, Patch reported. Dr. Pamela J. Department of Education.

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Using Cogenerative Dialogues for Learner-Centered Teaching

The Scholarly Teacher

Instead the spaces are collaborative environments where instructors must use multiple pedagogical techniques to facilitate learning (Boss & Linder, 2016). I teach in a masters program in the College of Education for individuals who want to be college administrators. In these spaces, the teacher is not the only one with knowledge.

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Study: Minority Students Still Underrepresented in Public Health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Diversity of the US Public Health Workforce Pipeline (2016-2020): Role of Academic Institutions ,” developed by researchers at the GW Milken Institute School of Public Health and the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) looked at public health student diversity from 2016-2020 using a Diversity Index (DI).