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Paul Quinn College to Create an Innovative Housing Model and a Mixed-Use Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2010, In 2010, the college converted its football field into a farm. Having access to reliable, quality housing is an essential element for students so they can earn a degree, certification or improve their income and options long-term,” said Kristy Fercho, head of Diverse Segments, Representation and Inclusion at Wells Fargo.

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Former Athletes and Coaches Rally Against Trans Inclusion in Women's Sports During Annual NCAA Convention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Gaines, who competed with Thomas in 2022, led the protest and is a well-known and persistent opponent against the inclusion of trans athletes in women’s sports. In 2010, the NCAA began allowing trans athletes with a year of hormone therapy to compete in women’s sports.

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Instructional Violence Must End: Keeping the Legacy of A. Wade Boykin Alive

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2010, curriculum violence was coined by Ighodaro and Wiggan in Curriculum Violence: Americas New Civil Rights Issue, defined as the deliberate manipulation of academic programming in a manner that ignores or compromises the intellectual and psychological wellbeing of learners.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As a first-generation college student, a Black woman, and the child of immigrants, I have witnessed firsthand the transformative power of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in higher education. Page in a book published in 2010 concluded diversity created “better groups, firms, schools and societies.”

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Kimberly Ford

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As the NCAA’s director of minority inclusion since 2010, Ford has been on a mission to create a culture of inclusion and equity for student-athletes, coaches and administrators from diverse backgrounds. Ford’s wish: “To see in my lifetime that the work I am doing now is no longer needed.”

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Report: Latinos Essential to Growing STEM Workforce

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

workforce participation growth between 2010-2020, the report noted. increase in undergrad engineering enrollment rates from 2010 (9.1%) to 2021 (15.8%). The contributions are significant enough that if the national Latino population were its own country, it would have the fifth-largest GDP in the world, $3.2 of the U.S. population.

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