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Fuentes Earns the AAHHE Mildred GarcĂ­a Founders' Award

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David Fuentes Fuentes is associate dean in the College of Education at William Paterson University, where he began his career in higher education as an assistant professor of teacher education in 2012. He serves as co-director of the Center for Teaching Excellence.

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Christopher Edley, Prominent Legal Scholar, Passes Away

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The Berkeley-based nonprofit organization promotes social equity through education, using a cradle-to-career reach across four distinct demographic groups. In 2012, Diverse honored Edley and Orfield with the Dr. John Hope Franklin Award, the annual recognition for excellence in higher education named after the pioneering Black historian.

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Parnell Named President of NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education

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Parnell begins her term July 1, succeeding Dr. Kevin Kruger, who has held the post since 2012. Department of Education, and served as the chair of the governing board for the Higher Ed Equity Network and chair of the finance and investment committee for the EDUCAUSE board of directors.

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Dr. Berenecea Johnson Eanes Appointed President of California State University, Los Angeles

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A champion of diversity, equity and inclusion, Dr. Eanes is the ideal person to lead Cal State LA and continue to drive its powerful engine of social mobility,” said CSU Trustee Jack B. Dr. Berenecea Johnson Eanes Eanes will become the university's first woman president. “A Clarke, Jr., chair of the Cal State LA Presidential Search Committee.

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An Open Letter to HBCU Graduates

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Today, we must capitalize on those gains by going to the polls and voting for candidates who are most inclined to support an agenda of racial and gender equity. Historically, HBCU students and alumni have played a pivotal role in securing the civil rights of not only Black people, but of all marginalized Americans.

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A State of Affairs, the Underrepresentation of Minority Community College Trustees

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Research revealed that all but one of these award-winning colleges had a board-influenced diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) mandate. The research demonstrated that valuing those not like you cannot be forced and must become part of the culture of the college if we are to achieve true equity and inclusion.

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Community-Engaged Scholar Dr. DeLeon Gray Believes in the Value of Hyperlocal Work

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Dr. DeLeon Gray Gray is an associate professor of educational psychology and equity at North Carolina State University. Gray began conducting youth programs when he arrived at North Carolina State as a professor in 2012. These schools feel like home to me.” He says he wants his mentees and their families to be there with him.