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Indigenous Scholars Celebrate Rep. Deb Haaland’s Nomination for Secretary of the Interior

Indigenous scholars are celebrating President-elect Joe Biden’s nomination of U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland for secretary of the interior. A Democratic Congresswoman from New Mexico, Haaland would be the first Native American in the position.

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183-Year-Old Women’s College To Close If It Doesn’t Raise $500,000 by Dec. 31

Founded in 1838, the all-women’s Judson College has weathered multiple wars, The Great Depression, two fires and several recessions — but 2020 may have been too much.

Year in Review: 2020 Brought ‘Precedent-Setting’ Changes to Higher Ed

COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter movement dominated the headlines in 2020, but there were also precedent-setting events in higher education that garnered our attention.

In Memoriam: Remembering Those We Lost in 2020

In this memoriam, Diverse pays tribute to a few of the trendsetters and trailblazers, innovators and educators, scholars and thought leaders, champions and caretakers whom we lost in 2020. What links them is the indelible mark they left on the lives of countless students, higher education, society and the world.

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Dr. Tiffany Jones Leaves The Education Trust For the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Dr. Tiffany Jones will be joining the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as its deputy director of measurement, learning and evaluation. Formerly the senior director of higher education policy at The Education Trust, Jones has spent four years at the national nonprofit for higher education reform, advocating for students of color and students from low-income families.

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Institute of American Indian Arts Creates “Virtual Reservation” Exhibit

The Institute of American Indian Arts is now running the second of two virtual exhibits featuring seniors’ artwork, called “Virtual Reservation.” It’s a collaboration between faculty, IT staff and students using software from Ortelia Interactive, an Australian company.

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Report Provides Recommendations to Close Diversity Gap in Teacher Preparation Programs

The New Teachers Project (TNTP) recently released a report that compared the demographics in teacher preparation programs to the student population, which revealed a lack of diversity. “A Broken Pipeline” highlighted the diversity gaps within each state as well as provided recommendations to address the issue.

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SDSU Launches Career Preparation Program for Black Students

To prepare Black students for the transition from postsecondary education to the workforce, San Diego State University (SDSU) created the Hal Brown Career Learning and Understanding Biases (HB CLUB) program.

Study: Female Faculty and Caretakers Disproportionately Impacted by COVID-19

A new study of ecologists and evolutionary biologists at U.S. colleges and universities reveals that female faculty and those who are caregivers, have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19.

Meet Kristi Mejias, Associate Director of Student-Athlete Engagement at Texas A&M

A Q&A with Kristi Mejias, associate director of student-athlete engagement at Texas A&M.

Report Examines How HBCUs Can Create Inclusive Environment for LGBTQ+ Students

The Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation released a report analyzing ways historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have fostered an inclusive environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) students on their campuses.

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Op-ed Urging Jill Biden to Drop ‘Dr.’ Honorific Sparks Heated Critiques of Sexism and Elitism

A Friday Wall Street Journal op-ed asking soon-to-be First Lady Dr. Jill Biden to drop the honorific denoting her Ed.D. has inspired heated criticism from many academics who are calling it sexist, classist and elitist.

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