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Beyond ‘Historically Black’: An Insider’s Call for HBCU Revolution

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The books architecture is carefully constructed around ten interconnected themes, each building upon Dr. W.E.B. He shares powerful anecdotes about students who have been passed along without proper academic preparation, faculty who have abandoned rigorous standards, and administrators who perpetuate a culture of low expectations.

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NJIT Achieves HSI Status and Works to Increase Its Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2020, NJIT created the Hispanic and Latinx Leadership Council, which is made up of students, faculty, staff and alumni as well as business and community leaders who work collaboratively to address recruitment, retention, engagement and persistence among Latinx students.

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A Visionary Urban Planner

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Elson Professor at the University of Virginia’s (UVA) School of Architecture. Before UVA, he served at Columbia University, where he was a tenured professor in the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation; a director of the urban planning Ph.D. He is in his second year as a UVA dean.

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Camille Guellec (’22 Craft & Material Studies)

College for Creative Study

Drawn to the hands-on creativity of tufting, she built her own tufting frame with help from faculty and friends in the Fiber & Textiles program creating a tool for not just herself, but future students to use to explore the craft. Camille Guellec fell in love with the art of rug design during her time at CCS.

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Alumni Spotlight: Azucena’s January Term Abroad in Rome, Italy

AIFS Abroad

Just ask Azucena, a college student from Texas A&M International University and an AIFS Abroad Alumni Ambassador who spent a January Ter m studying in Italy’s capital city of Rome. Now that she’s officially part of the AIFS alumni community, Azucena can reflect on her January Term study abroad experience in Rome.

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Small College America – Profile: Whitman College

Edu Alliance Journal

Its 117-acre campus blends historic architecture with modern facilities, creating an inviting environment for academic pursuits and campus life. Whitman prides itself on a student-to-faculty ratio of 9:1, facilitating personalized education. international markets, and underrepresented student populations. Douglas (Class of 1920) U.S.

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Rice University to Move Founder’s Statue

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The university also recently announced the landscape architecture firm that will lead the redesign: Nelson Byrd Woltz. As part of a larger redesign of its central Academic Quadrangle, Rice University will move a statue of its founder and namesake, William Marsh Rice, to a less prominent location within the quad, Chron reported Wednesday.