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Educational Equity Key to Progress and Democracy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NEW YORK On the last day of the Student Leadership Network’s (SLN) Whole Girl Education National Conference: Closing the Gap, CEO Yolonda Marshall reminded attendees why they must continue to elevate and educate young women and gender expansive students: because the political and societal climate is dire. The progress is tangible.

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Pride in the Halls

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The joy has now turned to sadness as a new law in Texas has dismantled diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices and programs at publicly funded universities. One of the biggest factors for us is getting our leadership involved and getting them to support the work.”

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Life and Learning, the Washington Way

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Since 2001, he and his organization have connected with educational leadership and others, offering them the power of choice while educating them on intersectional identity and how they can build an environment that is welcoming and supportive of those marginalized by society.

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Leveraging Grants for STEM Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Since 2001, the foundation has given over $270 million in advance grants to institutions and nonprofit groups in 41 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. These programs take leadership buy-in over an extended period of time [and] resources to ensure that the program continues beyond the initial grant,” Hogan says. “I

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“A Million Miles Away” watch party with José Hernández

COE

Hamm The Amazon Original film “A Million Miles Away” is an inspiring true story based on the life of TRIO Upward Bound and TRIO Student Support Services alumnus, 2001 National TRIO Achiever Award recipient, and author José Hernández , the first migrant farmworker to become an American astronaut.

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Harvard Names Dr. Claudine Gay to Presidency

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I am deeply invested not only in what Harvard is today but also what its leadership means for the future.” Gay will be the second Black woman to lead an Ivy League university, following Dr. Ruth Simmons, who served as president of Brown University from 2001 to 2012. It has nurtured and inspired me since I first set foot in the yard.

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Featured Partner Scholarships: January/February 2023

Scholarship America

Good Neighbor Pharmacy Scholarship “Only 5 percent of today’s licensed pharmacists are Black, and 20 percent are considered non-white,” says Ann Anaya, AmerisourceBergen’s Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion officer.