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Film Director Joins Spelman Faculty as Director of Documentary Filmmaking

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2016, she became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Prior to joining Spelman, Lynch served as the Curator of the Moving Image & Recorded Sound Division of the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture for over 10 years.

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Using Black Students to Criticize DEI is a Cynical and Disingenuous Tactic

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The primary argument made in the article is that despite having spent approximately a quarter of a billion dollars since 2016, faculty and students are not enthusiastic about Michigan’s DEI initiatives. Even with this program, making traction with increasing Black enrollment has been slow.

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Coppin State University: A Renaissance of Purpose and Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Were seeing more students select Coppin as their university of choice, says Jenkins, an Army veteran who led West Virginia State University from 2016 until he took the helm of Coppin in 2020. We are attracting talent who see Coppin as a place where they can reach their educational goals is very humbling for me and my faculty and staff.

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A Hope Built on Things Eternal: A Scholar’s Vision for Black Education - Dr. Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr.

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Michael Cunningham, Tulane University; Dr. Nghana Lewis, Tulane University; Dr. Colleen Capper, Professor Emerita, University of Wisconsin-Madison Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty: Run your race and remember your why. Remember why you got into this. Dr. Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr.,

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Black Students to Criticize DEI is a Cynical and Disingenuous Tactic

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The primary argument made in the article is that despite having spent approximately a quarter of a billion dollars since 2016, faculty and students are not enthusiastic about Michigan’s DEI initiatives. Even with this program, making traction with increasing Black enrollment has been slow.

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UNCF's Career Pathways Initiative and HBCUv Platform are Driving Transformational Change Through Innovation and Alliances

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Dr. Pamela Richardson Wilks, former provost and executive vice president at Paine College and newly named president of Clinton College, began engaging with CPI in 2016 while serving at various UNCF member institutions. During the HBCUv pilot, 400 student and faculty accounts were created on the platform from 5 participating institutions.

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Reimagining Black Male Success in Education: Moving from Marginalization to Empowerment

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In our 2016 co-authored op-ed, “ Viewing Black Male Students as Princes, Not Problems,” we advocate for an approach that emphasizes the potential of Black males rather than focusing on perceived deficiencies. 2016) Dr. Ronald W. Whitaker, II.

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