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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In a fast-paced society influenced by various factors, including commercialism, political discourse, technology, social media, and economics, the term self- Dr. Mordecai Ian Brownlee care fails to be a mainstream pillar in culture, practice, and conversations. Be intentional about what you consume. At the top of 2025, the U.S.

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New Jersey Senate Sends K-12 Media Literacy Bill to Governor's Desk

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Phil Murphy will be receiving a media literacy bill from the New Jersey Senate to sign, a bill that would make New Jersey the first state to mandate information literacy education for all K-12 students. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy “This bill ensures that 1.3 Phil Murphy “This bill ensures that 1.3

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Originally established to exclude certain populations of students, legacy admissions provides a significant boost to children of ultrawealthy families who apply to elite institutions. Legacy admissions has an even more corrosive influence: It widens equity gaps in higher education. Nearly one-fourth of all college undergraduates — roughly 3.8

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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. The sale brought in about $115,000, which would be worth millions today, and helped pay off the universitys debts.

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Museum Studies Program Seeks to Diversify the Field

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Klingenstein Library at New-York Historical. Through the CUNY SPS, which is historically tapped into a more diverse community of students – and professional studies in particular, these are sometimes people who are looking to make career changes,” said Paley, who oversees the program on behalf of the American museum and library.

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Students Increasingly Don’t Remember the 9/11 Attacks

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Brown, who was vice president of government relations and public affairs for New York University (NYU) on that day, climbed to the roof of Bobst Library when she heard that an airplane had hit the World Trade Center. Gordilla remembers that UC-R had done social media posts in the past. But some aspects of 9/11 are indelible.

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Sacramento State Creates Nation's First Black Honors College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There will be a seminar room, study space, and lounge, all headquartered on the first floor of the library. The library symbolically serves as the central point of academic learning in an academic institution.” The entire college is being designed specifically with the Black student in mind.

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