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Humanities Organizations File Lawsuit Against NEH Over Massive Program Cuts

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Three major scholarly organizations have taken legal action against the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) following what they describe as devastating cuts to the agency's programs, staff, and funding capabilities. MLA executive director Dr. Krebs emphasized the essential nature of humanities education.

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Formerly Incarcerated Students Are Humans First

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Yet the humanity of formerly incarcerated Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab students is too often marginalized, even overlooked, in campus programs addressing issues like food and housing insecurity. This was the 5th clinic held so far in total, nearly 500 individuals have benefitted.

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Developing Positive Human Interactions

Steve Keating

Im pretty certain there is no such thing as a neutral human interaction. Every time, every single time, we interact with another human being, we leave them feeling either better about themselves or worse. They do the same for, or to, us. Sometimes its a lot better or a lot worse, but most of the time its just a little.

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Report: HBCU Humanities Programs Show Resilience Amid National Decline

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A new report from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences offers promising insights into the state of humanities programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), even as humanities degree completions decline across the nation. I can’t begin to stress how important the humanities are to liberation and freedom.”

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ASHE Conference Urges Humanization of Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In order to enact human values, we have to start with ourselves. The conference theme this year is humanizing higher education, and hundreds of scholars from across the country gathered here to share their research, resources, and make connections. These values run contrary to systemic oppression.

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$25M Foundation Grant Promotes Internships Among Humanities Majors

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Mellon Foundation has awarded a total $25 million in grant funding to five public colleges and universities to establish paid internship programs for humanities majors. To those ends, the humanities internship grants aim to make internship participation more widely available for humanities majors.

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Western Iowa Tech Settles Human Trafficking Lawsuits

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Western Iowa Tech Community College has agreed to settle two years-long federal lawsuits alleging the school conspired with others to engage in human trafficking. million as accepted by its board.