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Kudos to Black/Diverse Issues for Four Decades of Truth, Insight, Vision, and Integrity

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Black Issues In Higher Education presented a phalanx of stories focused on the lethargic efforts of institutions across the nation, which sent a clear and direct message to the academic community that it was time to live up to the values of inclusivity and fairness that it espoused. Dr. William B.

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Crystal McCormick Ware

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Title: Inaugural Chief Diversity Officer and Special Advisor to the President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Duquesne University Returning to her alma mater, Crystal McCormick Ware was appointed Duquesne University's inaugural chief diversity officer and senior advisor to the president for diversity, equity and inclusion in November 2021.

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Study: Black Medical Students Experience Higher Rates of Attrition Than Peers

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programs between 2004 and 2012, following their enrollment status through 2020. Dr. Mayur Desai, the inaugural associate dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) at the Yale School of Public Health and co-author of the study, said M.D.- The study assessed attrition rates among students who enrolled in M.D.-Ph.D.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

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The mission of Excelencia in Education, founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A. The needs of freshmen are also carefully considered, with INSPIRE (Incoming Student Program for Inclusion, Retention and Excellence) as well as student support programs like EOP (Educational Opportunity Program) and EXCEL, which create strong networks of support.

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Calls for Change at Penn State

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One statistic shows that, between 2004 and 2018, the number of Black professors at Penn State stayed roughly the same, from 109 professors to 112. Whitehurst, vice provost for Educational Equity at Penn State. They want Penn State to become the place it promises to be: “an inclusive and equitable campus environment,” said Black. “I

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Pride in the Halls

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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. Ongoing fight for inclusion A huge opportunity for UND undergraduates and graduate students is tapping into a vast alumni network.

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Ivy League to Become Collegiate Outlier in Top Women Leadership

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McCaughey is author of the books Stand Columbia: A History of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1754–2004 , which he is currently updating for a revised edition, and A College of Her Own: The History of Barnard. “I Robb Chair in the Social Sciences at Barnard College (women’s undergraduate college of Columbia University).