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Mapping the Legacy of RPI's First African American Woman Leader

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Following her retirement as president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in July 2022, Jackson continued to have an impact on academia, industry, and public service. In a 2022 interview with ABC News, Jackson recalled, “At MIT, it wasn’t always friendly. Jackson did that by co-founding the Black Student Union.

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Strikes and unions: Graduate students marshal their forces nationwide

University Business

Temple’s ongoing graduate student strike catching national headlines did not happen in a vacuum. Across the country, many graduate programs at prolific higher ed institutions have gone on strike or unionized since fall 2022. Grad student labor organizing has spiked in recent years , according to William A.

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Bringing Greater Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Students organized Black student unions demanding more African American studies courses, Black faculty and staff,” says Canton. These are still things that the African American studies program is doing in 2022.” UF’s African American studies program was started in 1969. there were protests on campus.

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Our LGBTQ students’ lives and well-being are at risk—here are 5 things campus leaders can do to help

EAB

The LGBTQ+ organization on my college campus met in a secluded area of the basement in our student union, and the only queer space in the community had an unmarked alleyway entrance and blackened windows to protect the identity and safety of its patrons. November 21, 2022. October 25, 2022. ?Everyone September 8, 2022.

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Community college resource center takes on male retention

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Creating equitable community: QCC has a poor retention rate for its male students and specifically Black male students, Mangino says. Across higher education, female students outnumber their male counterparts 58 percent to 41 percent, according to 2022 data from the National Center for Educational Statistics.

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Making financial wellness a priority for student success

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Financial Literacy Need In a 2022 Inside Higher Ed and College Pulse survey , only four in 10 college students called their financial knowledge “excellent” or “good.” Students also disproportionately use their financial aid offices based on their class year.

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Collegiate Commentary: Five communities created by staff-student projects

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

This includes the use of Student Partnership Agreements (SPA) which seem to be widespread amongst Scottish HEIs. The University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh University Students’ Association describe their own 2022-23 agreement as a living document.