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What Dr. Ibram Kendi’s Appointment to Howard Means for HBCUs—and Black Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Many hope their return signals a deeper commitment to prioritizing Black scholarship in ways that long-suffering, lesser-known Black scholars have not always experiencedeven at HBCUs. It was at least a decade later before Fisk's John Lewis Center for Social Justice was established in 2019 to carry on a similar mantle. That is the work.

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Howard University Taps Antiracist Scholar Ibram X. Kendi to Head New Advanced Studies Institute

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Kendi's exceptional scholarship and unwavering commitment to social justice align perfectly with Howard University's mission and values as we deepen our scholarship on the African Diaspora," he said. Wutoh said there is a strong alignment between Kendi's work and the university's mission. Dr. Ibram X.

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Staying Woke for A Cause

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2019, he became the recipient of both an honorary doctorate in social work and a Distinguished Alumnus award for his decades of commitment and service to racial equality, the highest honor awarded by the University of Tennessee Alumni Board. Flagship Pathway Scholarship Endowment in 2021.

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Staying Woke for A Cause

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2019, he became the recipient of both an honorary doctorate in social work and a Distinguished Alumnus award for his decades of commitment and service to racial equality, the highest honor awarded by the University of Tennessee Alumni Board. Flagship Pathway Scholarship Endowment in 2021.

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Audit of Gallaudet University Shows Significant Administrative Salary Increases Amid Stagnant Academic Spending and Faculty Salaries

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

million) since 2019. Howard Bunsis, an accounting professor at Eastern Michigan University – calls into question Gallaudet's claims of fiscal hardship, which have been used to explain stagnant faculty and staff pay, the closure of academic programs, and the downsizing of scholarships and stipends.

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The Case for IES Postsecondary Studies: What NPSAS and BPS Tell us About College Affordability and Student Outcomes

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

In c ontrast , students who did not receive a Pell Grant c an typically afford to spend about $5,000 more on college costs, after accounting for grants and scholarships. Among students with unmet need in 2019-2020 school year: 40% reported taking out student loans, nearly twice the rate of students without unmet need (21%).

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Museum Studies Program Seeks to Diversify the Field

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

One of the core goals of the program – it was launched in 2019 – is to diversify museum staff, which then may affect museum curation, said Dr. Valerie Paley, Senior Vice President and Sue Ann Weinberg Director of the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library at New-York Historical.