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Is There an HBCU in Michigan?

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The History of HBCUs in Michigan As the first and only HBCU in Michigan, Pensole Lewis College fulfills an important role in the state's history of higher education. For nearly a century, the school has provided career training, academic community, and professional connections for Black students in Michigan.

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Suicide in Colleges: Rates, Research, and Statistics

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Data Summary Check Suicide is one of the leading causes of death among college students. [1] out of 100,000 students at Big Ten schools died by suicide from 2009-2018. [2] 2] Check The college student suicide rate is lower than the suicide rate among all 18-24-year-olds in the U.S. [3] out of 100,000 students dies by suicide. [8]

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Colleges Offer Courses in Klingon and Dothraki. Yes, Really.

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Students study how languages such as Elvish and Valyrian are formed and create their own language. Understanding conlang principles can help students learn more established languages. He learned Esperanto at age 13 and has taught it at UC San Diego and San Francisco State University. Goodall is one of them. Goodall said.

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Three Universities, National Science Foundation Take on AI’s Trustworthiness

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Students at schools in the Institute for Trustworthy AI in Law & Society (TRAILS) can research and learn about participatory design in AI. The lead institutions are the University of Maryland (UMD), The George Washington University (GW), and Morgan State University, one of the country's historically Black colleges and universities.

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AANHPI in Higher Education: Facts and Statistics

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Note Reference [1] Check Immediate college enrollment for Asian students was 82%, a rate much higher than those for white students (69%), Hispanic and Latino/a students (64%), and Black students (57%). [3] 3] Check Roughly 93% of Asian college students were first- or second-generation immigrants as of 2007-2008. [4]