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Morgan State University Launches Task Force to Combat Declining Black Male Enrollment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Morgan State University, Maryland's largest Historically Black University, is taking decisive action to address a concerning trend: the steady decline in Black male Dr. David K. Wilson enrollment. University President Dr. David K. Wilson has announced the formation of a specialized task force to investigate and reverse this downturn, which mirrors a broader national challenge facing HBCUs across America.

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Is a journal a “market”?

Patter by Pat Thomson

I am currently working on a second edition of one of my co-authored writing books, Writing for peer reviewed journals. Strategies for getting published. The book was published in 2013 and written in 2012. A lot has changed in the publishing world since then. My co-author Barbara and I now have to decide how to address: large language platforms like Chat GBT, Open Access policies and possibilities, the increasing expectations of early career researchers, the growth of PhDs by publication and the

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Transitioning From Manager to Leader

Steve Keating

Most people, (and by most I mean almost all people) who are promoted into a leadership position arent even close to being a leader. They may have been promoted into a position of leadership, but what they are almost certainly doing is managing. And thats a problem. Its a problem for the new leader; its a problem for their organization, and its a huge problem for the people they are supposed to be leading.