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Film Director Joins Spelman Faculty as Director of Documentary Filmmaking

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Shola Lynch Spelman College has scored a major coup with the hiring of award-winning filmmaker Shola Lynch as its Diana King Endowed Professor in Film, Filmmaking, Television, and Related Media in the Department of Art and Visual Culture. In 2016, she became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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Using Black Students to Criticize DEI is a Cynical and Disingenuous Tactic

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The primary argument made in the article is that despite having spent approximately a quarter of a billion dollars since 2016, faculty and students are not enthusiastic about Michigan’s DEI initiatives. Even with this program, making traction with increasing Black enrollment has been slow.

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Black Students to Criticize DEI is a Cynical and Disingenuous Tactic

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The primary argument made in the article is that despite having spent approximately a quarter of a billion dollars since 2016, faculty and students are not enthusiastic about Michigan’s DEI initiatives. Even with this program, making traction with increasing Black enrollment has been slow.

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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). Cogenerative dialogues also provide opportunities to disrupt the formal power systems in a classroom (Boss & Linder, 2016). Springer Science Business Media.

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Q&A: UNCF's Ed Smith-Lewis on the UNITE Convening and HBCU Transformation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

One of our most defining initiatives started in 2016: the Career Pathways Initiative (CPI), a $50 million investment by the Lilly Endowment. Diverse: Issues In Higher Education is proud to serve as this years media sponsor. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. You can learn more about the UNITE conference here.

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Baylor Confirms Exemption from Title IX Claims

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Lori Fogleman, Baylor’s assistant vice president of media and public relations, said in a statement that “Baylor is responding to current considerations by the U.S. In 2016, the education department investigated the school over accusations that it didn’t address claims of sexual crimes, many of which were against football players.

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Diddy Delivers $1M to Jackson State Football

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He had previously given $1 million to Howard in 2016 to establish a scholarship fund and had said that he would donate a further $1 million to the school in the same acceptance speech. The Bad Boy CEO also announced a $1 million investment fund in partnership with Earn Your Leisure, an entrepreneurship-focused media platform.