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NCAA Adds Women's Wrestling as Championship Sport, First Tournament Set for 2026

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It will fulfill so many little girls' dreams, including mine." "This means so much to women's wrestling and to women's sports in general," said Kennedy Blades, a University of Iowa wrestler and 2024 Olympic silver medalist. Since I was a little girl, I dreamed about being an NCAA national wrestling champion.

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Dr. Nancy Lynne Westfield, Wabash College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She hosts a podcast entitled Dialogue on Teaching - the Wabash Centers on-air series of conversations with thought leaders in higher education and theological education. Westfields latest book is entitled Glimpses of Me and Mine: a Creative Biography (Wipf and Stock, 2023).

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Report: Multiple Aspects of Higher Ed Can Benefit from AI Use

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to benefit multiple aspects of higher education, from logistics to the student experience, according to a new playbook from Complete College America and T3 Advisory.

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Renowned UC Berkeley Sociology Professor Killed in Oakland Hit-and-Run

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

His research took him across the globe, from copper mines in Zambia to machine shops in Chicago and Hungary, and industrial facilities in post-Soviet Russia. Burawoy's academic journey at UC Berkeley began in 1976, and over the next 47 years, he would become one of the institution's most influential scholars.

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A Poetic Path to Social Change - Thomas Kneeland

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In that moment, she had become the bolt of fire she once spoke of in her poem Fascination from the collection, Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day and in that moment, my body poured out words in a way that isnt mine. There is something to be said about what our ancestors leave behind when they take their final breaths, Kneeland continued.

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A Poetic Path to Social Change - Thomas Kneeland

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In that moment, she had become the bolt of fire she once spoke of in her poem Fascination from the collection, Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day and in that moment, my body poured out words in a way that isnt mine. There is something to be said about what our ancestors leave behind when they take their final breaths, Kneeland continued.

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Report: Florida's Attacks on DEI Risk Harming Higher Ed and Democracy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The report, " Political Interference and Academic Freedom in Florida’s Public Higher Education System ", examines the ongoing efforts in the state of Florida and its Gov. Ron DeSantis' attacks on higher ed. Neither can the threat of Florida-style legislation spreading across the country.”

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