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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. That was 2006; now, look at the state of affairs in 2024.

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

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Yolanda Vivian Williams-Goliday Dr. Yolanda Vivian Williams-Goliday’s first priority is to make sure that the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) is a supportive and inclusive space for its LGBTQ+, gender nonconforming, and nonbinary community. And from 2002 to 2006, she served as academic adviser for Temple University.

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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. Universities are making vocal commitments to recruit faculty who represent the diversity of the student population. Moreno at al. Dr. Donna Y.

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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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Community College Student Support Program Effectiveness and Expansion Discussed at Symposium

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Aneesh Sohoni The symposium – held Tuesday at the Malcolm X College Conference Center– was hosted by low-income community college student support organization One Million Degrees (OMD) , City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) , and The Inclusive Economy Lab at University of Chicago (IEL). Founded in 2006, the program now serves almost 900 students.

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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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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.