Tag: 2020

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.

December 22, 2020

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.

December 22, 2020

DAVID DRISKELL _

COVID-19 Recapitulates Familiar Disappointment at Jackson State University

For one set of Jackson State University graduates, the postponement of this year’s commencement ceremony brought a sense of déjà vu.Denied the chance to accept their diplomas the year they graduated, the class of 1970 was finally slated to walk with the class of 2020 at the beginning of May.

May 20, 2020

300 Philip Lafayette Gibbs (Left) and James Earl Green (Right).

Academia in 20/20 Vision

How we hold ourselves in academia contributes to our own character development as scholar-practitioners and the legacy we wish to leave. As we progress in our careers we will work with students in many capacities and hopefully cultivate their aspirations and goals so that they too develop in character.

January 27, 2020

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