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CSUF Student Researcher Explores Black Barbie's Effect on Children's Self-Image

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Working alongside renowned Barbie scholar and CSUF faculty member Dr. Amirah Saafir, Kambe helped analyze how young Black girls interact with and respond to various Barbie dolls, with particular attention to race, body type, and hair texture.

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The College of Saint Rose to Close Permanently at the End of School Year

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According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the school had 118 full-time faculty and 107 part-time faculty in Fall 2022. The school’s various properties in the city of Albany will become empty, though most of them are zoned to allow several kinds of uses, from residential to retail.

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AFT Prez Sends Letter to WVU Board Over Proposed Cuts

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

million-member American Federation of Teachers, sent a letter Wednesday to WVU’s board of governors criticizing the potential reductions, which include eliminating 9% of its majors, including all of its foreign language programs, and 7% of its full-time faculty positions. Randi Weingarten, president of the 1.7-million-member

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Roanoke College to Launch Cannabis Studies Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Roanoke College students will soon get the opportunity to learn and even earn a degree in cannabis studies, after approval from school faculty. The idea to create a cannabis studies program at the Salem, Virginia school came from a faculty discussion in 2022 about out-of-the-box curriculum ideas. I think my mouth unhinged,” she said.

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Teacher-Researcher Crafts More Efficient Transportation Systems

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Williams said some faculty members become such experts in their field that they forget what it is like to learn as novices. Banerjee said he chose Georgia Tech because of the faculty and advisors with whom he works. is to secure a tenure-track academic faculty position at an institution where he can teach and do research. “I

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Unapologetic Leadership for Black Learner Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It means the institution changes how we develop faculty and advise students – where all 6,662 Compton college students benefit. We don't just have a handful of counseling faculty and advisors for the Black students at Compton. Being Black-serving means we don't boast of programs that serve a finite number of Black students.

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Crafting More Efficient Transportation Systems

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Williams said some faculty members become such experts in their field that they forget what it is like to learn as novices. Banerjee said he chose Georgia Tech because of the faculty and advisors with whom he works. is to secure a tenure-track academic faculty position at an institution where he can teach and do research. “I