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Professor, Journalist to Pen Book on J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

McCool and award-winning journalist Earl Hopkins have announced a deal with publisher Rowman & Littlefield to pen a book about Kendrick Lamar and J. McCool plan to write a book about the impact of Kendrick Lamar and J. The forthcoming book, whose working title is How J.

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Historical Book about Conservatives and Campus Wars Has Relevance in 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The book “complicates our understanding of right-wing backlash as populist, since the narrators within were college students at a time when higher education was inaccessible to most,” writes Shepherd. His money and influence helped to topple the presidency of Harvard’s first Black president, Dr. Claudine Gay.

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Book Review: The Future of Black Leadership in Higher Education: Firsthand Experiences and Global Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Future of Black Leadership in Higher Education: Firsthand Experiences and Global Impact is an excellent book that answers the question, what does it take to succeed as a Black professional in higher education leadership? The main strength of The Future of Black Leadership in Higher Education lies in its format as an edited book.

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New Book Highlights Systemic Problems in the Title IX Office

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Nicole Bedera discusses her research, which draws on dozens of interviews at one anonymous institution to understand how the Title IX process fails victims.

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Dr. Derrick Brooms Appointed Executive Director of the Black Men’s Research Institute at Morehouse College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Derrick Brooms will become executive director of the Black Men’s Research Institute (BMRI) at Morehouse College, effective Aug. Dr. Derrick Brooms Brooms is currently associate department head of Africana studies and professor of Africana studies and sociology at University of Tennessee-Knoxville.

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Writing a Book Proposal

SRHE

by Rachel Brooks and Sarah O’Shea Professor Rachel Brooks and Professor Sarah O’Shea (editors of the SRHE/Routledge Book series) recently ran a Professional Development Programme event on ‘Writing a Book Proposal’. Publishing a book is a significant undertaking – so why do it?

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Universities on Fire wins AAC&U book award (Bryan Alexander)

Higher Education Inquirer

For the past several years I’d focused much of my research capacity on forecasting how the climate crisis might impact higher education, and what academics might do in response. That work appeared in many blog posts , presentations, meetings, Future Trends Forum sessions, and my 2023 book, Universities on Fire. Ness Book Award.