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Higher Ed Prepares to Celebrate the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Graves, chief research, education and program officer at The Martin Luther King, Jr. Graves is the chief research, education and program officer at The Martin Luther King, Jr. Journalists Toluse Olornnipa and Robert Samuels will discuss their new book, His Name is George Floyd , connecting the past with the present.

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An Activist-Scholar

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Her research focuses on the intersection of race and media, specifically on how Asian Americans are working to improve their representation in mainstream media and to control their own narratives. a Black and Southeast Asian nonprofit organization that works with low- to no-income communities of color.

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Scholar-Practitioner Helps to Promote Inclusivity at Alma Mater

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“She has demonstrated tireless professional service in complex administrative roles while maintaining an active research agenda.” What was clear back then was that, if Patterson-Stephens were to advance within the field, she would have to marry her experience with theoretical research. Terrell Educational Foundation.

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Does Volunteer Work Matter for College Admissions?

Great College Advice

sports, the arts, research, internships, paid work, or volunteer work). This could mean starting your own nonprofit organization or going out and interacting with your community on your own, but it doesn’t have to be independent, either. Get to know an organization you like or one that you’re already a part of.

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Librarians should stand with the Internet Archive (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The Internet Archive, a nonprofit library in San Francisco, has grown into one of the most important cultural institutions of the modern age. Fewer are familiar with its other extraordinary collections, which include 41 million digitized books and texts, with more than three million books available to borrow.

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CCS Students Celebrate Poetry with Unique Book Designs for InsideOut Literary Arts Sponsored by Mercedes-Benz Financial Services

College for Creative Study

Paramount to the nonprofit’s goal is the conviction to lift every unique and collective voice through transformative creative writing programs. Founded in 1995, InsideOut is Detroit’s largest and oldest literary nonprofit organization. The final results were a culmination of research on ecology, poetry and climate justice.

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Book Review of College Made Whole: Integrative Learning for a Divided World

Higher Ed Connects: Curriculum

His book, College Made Whole: Integrative Learning for a Divided World , critiques arguments made for unbundling, advocates for the value of integrative learning, and provides advice on how higher ed can achieve integration across the student experience. .