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A Tribute to Dr. James A. Banks — The Father of Multicultural Education: In These Troubling Anti-EDI Times

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I had an immediate epiphany: How timely Banks’ book is in these most troubling anti-EDI times (EDI - Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) I must not only continue to proactively teach my students the goals of multicultural education, but I must also remind larger audiences. To problem-solving? · An Equity Pedagogy.

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

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14, 2003) While there is no shortage of higher education news outlets, none has covered two-year and four-year colleges and universities and their efforts to promote equity and inclusivity quite like this one. 2, 2006) 6. (“From Opening Doors to Opening Minds,” Aug. Publishing work of journalists of color.

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Have you seen these 10 Terrible Tenure Decision Making Patterns?

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2006) referred to this as the ‘revolving door’ problem, finding that one in every two minority hires was a replacement for a previous minority who had left the institution. Recommendations: · Expand the departmental representative point of contact’s role to include diversity/equity considerations. Moreno at al. Dr. Donna Y.

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Community College Student Support Program Effectiveness and Expansion Discussed at Symposium

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Matters surrounding this expansion and scalability were discussed in sessions at a a one-day symposium, Building Towards Equity in Higher Education. Founded in 2006, the program now serves almost 900 students. The discussion was moderated by Dr. Marianne Bertrand, director of the Inclusive Economy Lab.

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Fostering Success

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I think public institutions have a mission to make sure that those in society have access to higher education,” says Alexander, who arrived at UCLA in 2006. Alexander says one of the most pressing issues in higher education is diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Coming from such a background drives him. “I

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Lifting As They Climb

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Banks chronicled the history of Black AERA leadership in a March 2016 article, titled “Expanding the Epistemological Terrain: Increasing Equity and Diversity Within the American Educational Research Association,” that appeared in the journal Educational Researcher.

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After Settlement with Howard University, Students Call for Sweeping Changes

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A 2006 National College Health Assessment found that just under 50% of the over 94,000 students surveyed reported feeling “so depressed it was difficult to function,” and 9.3% Bazelon offers a model policy for colleges and universities to follow as a best practice for mental disability inclusion. had contemplated suicide.