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Don’t Just Witness History; Seize the Opportunity to Shape It

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The 51,000 students who graduated from HBCUs in 2021 can expect to earn $146 billion over the course of their careers, 57 percent more than they would earn without a degree or certificate. The challenges of the pandemic amplified these issues and the urgency to finally address them.

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Report Provides Frank Data on Black PhD Holders in STEM Fields

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The differences begin with the types of institutions they attend for their undergraduate educations and continue with the institutions at which they do their doctoral studies. population is 12% Black and 19% Hispanic, but in 2021 only 5% of PhDs in STEM fields were earned by Black individuals and 8% by Hispanic individuals.

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Report: HBCU and Tribal Land-Grant Universities Significantly Underfunded

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2020-2021, the average endowment assets per student at 1862 institutions – LGUs established by the first Morrill Act of 1862 that serve predominantly white students – was $105,500. In contrast, the average was $13,000 at 1890 institutions and $22,710 at 1994 institutions, according to the report.

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Film About the Abuse of People of Color Becomes a Teaching Tool

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“I wanted to throw the government’s own book right back at them,” said Webb. the involvement of the federal government in the assassinations of Black civil rights leaders, and more. She compiled the charges and released her film, Betrayal of a Nation , in 2021.

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How Public Universities Can Tackle the Teacher Shortage

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The nation’s public schools lost 7% of their teaching force between 2019 and 2021, and 4% of all teaching positions in the nation’s public schools were unfilled as of last fall. Department of Education is stepping up with $368 million in new grant funding to aid teacher retention and recruitment and improve diversity.

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Help Wanted

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The federal government projects that more than 203,000 new registered nurse (RN) positions will be created each year from 2021 to 2031, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). It’s a unique online program that is specifically designed to prepare nursing leaders who want to be educators,” says Alston.

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More colleges will likely face closure in 2023, experts say

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Presentation College in South Dakota announced its impending closure this week, making it the latest higher education casualty in a sector squeezed by slumping enrollment and rising costs. Recent federal data shows that Presentation enrolled a total of 577 students in fall 2021.