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Diverse Students Need Diverse Faculty

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Sabree discovered that huge educational gaps existed in transfer rates for this population at community colleges across the nation (Harper, 2009). Others mentioned that faculty made it hard for them or seemed only interested in earning a paycheck.

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Report Finds That Affirmative Action Only Led to Incremental Progress

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The report is a retrospective analysis of the changing demographics at selective and open-access institutions from 2009 to 2019; researchers ended their analysis in 2019 to account for changing enrollment patterns that resulted, in part, from the COVID-19 pandemic. It comes less than a year after the U.S.

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Report: English Majors Employed at Comparable Rates, Educators Can Do More to Prepare Students for Careers

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Among those ages 25–59 who are English majors, the median earnings of Black graduates in 2010–14 was $46,000 and the median for Latino grads in 2009-2013 was $48,000. Meanwhile, for English grads overall from 2009-2013, the median was $53,000, according to the report. in English. “[It

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Fielding Graduate University Mourns Educational Leader

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Fielding Graduate University Taylor was a national leader on issues of diversity and inclusion in higher education, particularly those relating to access and equity, preparing the next generation of researchers and faculty members in the nation’s colleges and universities.

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Pollard to Receive Dr. Dorothy C. Yancy Vanguard Award

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Smith in North Carolina, and she accepted the presidency at Shaw University in 2009. While I am humbled to accept this award, it is in no way a testament to my individual efforts, but I accept it on behalf of the collective sacrifices of the Oakwood University administration, faculty, staff, students, and alumni.” The Dr. Dorothy C.

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Opposition Against Northwestern Stadium Renovation Grows Amid Hazing Scandal Fallout

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Amid a hazing scandal and the subsequent firing of Northwestern University football coach Pat Fitzgerald , some faculty, alumni, and investors are pushing back against the school’s plans for a $800 million renovation of its football stadium, CBS reported. But calls to delay are increasing. Former Northwestern football player Ramon Diaz Jr. –

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Hospital Honors Trailblazing Surgeon With Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D. Outpatient Center

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Endowed Scholarship Fund for minority medical students in 2009. I certainly think that the Black Lives Matter movement was a powerful influence on the institution, in terms of interacting with its own history of racism,” said Dr. Angus Burgin, history department faculty and member of the Diverse Names and Narratives project.