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N.C. A&T Celebrates 64th Anniversary of A&T Four’s Historic Sit-In

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Barnhill installed the sculpture in 2002 in front of Dudley Memorial Building. The statue depicting the A&T Four walking purposefully alongside each other is the most photographed element of the university’s 132-year-old campus. The program will feature song selections by the N.C.

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Dr. Kristine Dillon Appointed Interim President of Whittier College

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Dillon – a Whittier Board member from 1994-2012 and chair of its Enrollment and Student Life Committee from 2002-2012 – rejoined the board earlier this year. Dillon holds a Ph.D. in economics of higher education from Claremont Graduate University, a master’s in education also from Claremont, and a B.A. in English from Whittier.

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Dr. Ben Vinson III Appointed President of Howard University

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In 2002, Diverse named Vinson an Emerging Scholar. A gender imbalance also exists at Howard – Over 70% of Howard’s 9,800 undergrads last fall were women – an issue many other HBCUs have also encountered.

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Report: HBCUs Received 178 Times Less Foundation Funding than Ivy League Schools in 2019

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Additionally, foundation support of HBCUs declined 30% between 2002-2019. The May 2 study found that the eight Ivy League schools received $5.5 billion from foundations in 2019. In contrast, 99 HBCUs got $45 million. Philanthropy tends to fund organizations that they know,” ABFE President Susan Taylor Batten said.

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Tara VanDerveer

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VanDerveer has established herself as one of the top coaches in the history of collegiate and international women’s basketball and has been inducted into both the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (2011) and the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame (2002).

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Report: Journalism Jobs to Decrease in Years to Come Due to Industry Decline

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More than a third of journalism jobs will be lost 2002-2031 from decades of decline primarily due to newspaper downsizing and closures, a Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) report found. Dr. Anthony P.

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Seven Best Practices in 40 years of Reporting on Diversity in Higher Education

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For example, Dr. Juan Gilbert, a 2002 Emerging Scholar, a decade later received the 2011 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. White House Honoree, Jan. 5, 2012).