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Xavier Mourns Former Administrator, Civil Rights Champion Sybil Haydel Morial

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Haydel Morial was a member of Xavier University’s class of 1952, a known champion of civil rights, and a long-serving administrator at the historically Black Catholic university in New Orleans. “She Morial, the president of the National Urban League, also served as New Orleans Mayor from 1994-2002. Her son, Marc H.

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Updated ACE Report Reveals Progress, Persistent Disparities

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“This report is timely for everyone involved in higher education — administrators, researchers, policymakers. For example, the report found that the number of Hispanic or Latino students earning bachelor’s degrees rose about 10%, from 2002 to 2022, but the rates for white and Asian students grew even faster.

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What it Means to Sit at the Intersection of Blackness, Queerness

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And from 2002 to 2006, she served as academic adviser for Temple University. During her approximately 24 years at EIU, she also served as director of academic services for its athletics department; instructor in its African American studies department; and academic and retention adviser for its Office of Inclusion and Academic Engagement.

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The Erosion of DEI in Higher Education: A Threat to Progress and National Strength

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in a 2002 study , explored the educational benefits of diversity in college settings, particularly in light of challenges to affirmative action policies. This moment demands that we clearly communicate the value of DEI programs to all stakeholders – students, parents, faculty, administrators, and policymakers.

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Creating Safe Spaces for Black Students

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She says the goal of her research is to help Black students to “freedom dream,” a term inspired by Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination , a 2002 book by Dr. Robin D.G. Kelley, Distinguished Professor and Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S. History at UCLA. He said wherever you are, you need to be the best,” Mims recalls.

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Seven Best Practices in 40 years of Reporting on Diversity in Higher Education

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For example, Dr. Juan Gilbert, a 2002 Emerging Scholar, a decade later received the 2011 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. 11, 2007), has now published his seventh book and moved into administration at The University of Texas at Austin. White House Honoree, Jan.

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Ivy League to Become Collegiate Outlier in Top Women Leadership

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He said Columbia seriously considered female candidates prior to the hiring of outgoing President Lee Bollinger in 2002. He characterizes her as an outsider in comparison to selecting someone within Columbia or other Ivy League administrations.