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Rethinking the Idea of Legacy in Higher Education: How Colleges Can Raise Up Student-Parents

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Legacy admissions has an even more corrosive influence: It widens equity gaps in higher education. Jaye Fenderson There is, however, another group of children who have received much less consideration in higher education but will have a profound impact on its future: the children of student-parents.

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The Educator’s Guide to Self-Care in Uncertain Times

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Higher education has entered a new era, one unlike previous eras of growth and expansion driven primarily by demographic growth and industrial expansion. Last year, the National Library of Medicine released a study on the impact of human consumption of ultra-processed foods. Be intentional about what you consume.

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Howard University’s Undergraduate Library to be Renamed in Honor of President Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Howard University’s Undergraduate Library will be renamed in honor of Howard President Dr. Wayne A. Having the Undergraduate Library named after me symbolizes the years of dedication and hard work that we have collectively invested in the pursuit of academic excellence,” Frederick said. Dr. Wayne A. 8 farewell dinner.

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The one change that worked: I found an escape from online life by swapping my home office for the library

The Guardian Higher Education

Last September, I started walking to the library every day. As a University College London alumnus, I get free membership of both the Senate House library and the universitys main library. That the destination is a library only compounds that. And, as I did as a child, I lose myself in a world of books. It unknots me.

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Georgetown University Honors Xavier University of Louisiana's Centennial and Black Catholic Studies Legacy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It also showcased an exhibition co-created by the Georgetown University Library, highlighting the impact of the IBCSa graduate program dedicated to fostering Black Catholic theology, ministry, and leadership. We have an opportunity to reflect on the legacy at Xavier and the process toward reconciliation.

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Coppin State University: A Renaissance of Purpose and Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Central to this national transformation is the innovative Eagle Achievement Center, a comprehensive student success hub located in the schools library that provides integrated academic support, career guidance, and personal development resources.

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First African American Woman Tenured in the College of Education at Clemson University, Passes Away

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Margaree Seawright Crosby A committed activist who was part of the “Greenville 8”, Crosby participated in sit-ins in the 1960s to protest segregation at the Greenville library while she was a student at South Carolina State University. She and seven of her peers including famed civil rights activist, the Reverend Jesse L.