Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2025

For the first time in college football history, the upcoming Orange Bowl semifinal guarantees that an African American head coach will advance to the National Marcus Freeman Championship game, as Penn State's James Franklin faces Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman. Franklin has previously expressed his aspirations regarding this milestone. In a 2019 appearance on HBO's "24/7 College Football," he shared his goal of becoming the first African American head coach to win a college football national champi

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Roompact

JANUARY 4, 2025

At many universities, live-in residence life professional positions such as residence hall coordinators, assistant directors, and area coordinators are seen as “entry-level stepping stone” roles for individuals aspiring to move into higher positions within higher education or student affairs. This perception undermines the significance of these positions and the professionals who occupy them.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2025

Guilford College President Dr. Kyle Farmbry announced his resignation last week after serving three years at the helm of the historic private Quaker institution located in North Carolina. The departure comes as the college grapples with growing budget deficits and adapts to changes in higher education Farmbry was the first African American to lead the institution.

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Finance Higher Education Education IT 171

Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 4, 2025

From MIT Press: " The Myth That Made Us exposes how false narrativesof a supposedly post-racist nation, of the self-made man, of the primacy of profit- and shareholder value-maximizing for businesses, and of minimal government interferencehave been used to excuse gross inequities and to shape and sustain the US economic system that delivers them. Jeff Fuhrer argues that systemic racism continues to produce vastly disparate outcomes and that our brand of capitalism favors doing little to reduce d

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