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From Crisis to Solutions: Global Conference Charts New Course for Urban Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

CANCUN—What started off in 2014 as a simple idea, has blossomed into a major convening, drawing more than 700 educators from K-12 school districts and colleges and universities together to strategize and share best practices on how to tackle some of the most pressing issues facing urban schools around the globe. Dr. Chance W.

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Conway-Turner: From First-Gen Student to 43-Year Career Retirement

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Katherine Conway-Turner, center, takes part in the 2014 Inaugural Bengals Dare to Care Day. In addition to community outreach, Conway-Turner has endeavored to get the community involved with the university. They used simulations, and social scientists used Zoom, but some delays were unavoidable.

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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Forging strategic partnerships Williams’s ability to connect HBCU students to graduate programs caught the attention of Emory University, where he would be recruited in 2014 as the director of Diversity, Community and Recruitment. “I’m very thankful of where I am today, because of him.”

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