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Finding a Place at an HBCU

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It’s where predominantly white institutions (PWIs) – due to their negligence, conscious or otherwise – center “whiteness” in the campus activities they offer, the music they play, the food they serve, and the artists they hire, Hollingsworth says. candidate.

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Mapping the Legacy of RPI's First African American Woman Leader

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I thought about how quiet I’d been as an undergrad, and I felt there was something I needed to do and should do at MIT to get more African American and minority students in and to make it more hospitable.” Jackson did that by co-founding the Black Student Union. The Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D.

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One in five students at top universities consider dropping out over cost of living

The Guardian Higher Education

A quarter are regularly going without food and other essentials, a new Russell Group StudentsUnions study reveals One in five students at Russell Group universities are considering dropping out because of the cost of living crisis, and a quarter are regularly going without food and other essentials, the Observer can reveal.

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Offering academic flexibility after a campus shooting

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” ‘Cool Heads, Warm Hearts’ Dhriti Marri, an MSU sophomore, lives in a dorm across the street from the Student Union building, a popular hub of student activity with a food court and classrooms, and one of two buildings where the shootings took place. I always make sure I know where the exits are.”

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Impact of the Cost of Living Crisis on Higher Education

Teaching Matters Academic Support

You will see that it’s not really living.” – From a recent report by the Russell Group StudentsUnions. The promise of personal and professional development, developing knowledge of a subject you love, and the prospect of a career in your chosen field have all been strong magnets for students.

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Building Community through Faculty, Staff, and Student Mixers

The Student Affairs Blog

Student organizations, including the African Student Union, Latinx Students Association, Queer Middle Eastern North African South Asian (MENASA) group, Triangle Club, and the Asian American Pacific Islander Affinity @ VCU, have also contributed to the vibrancy and diversity of these events.

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Colleges Are Outsourcing Their Teaching Mission to For-Profit Companies. Is That A Good Thing? (Richard Fossey*)

Higher Education Inquirer

University employees staffed the campus bookstore, ran the student union, and performed janitorial services. National fast-food chains operate stores in countless student unions. Over time, however, universities began outsourcing almost all of their auxiliary services.