Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2024

DeCuir-Gunby, a prominent educational psychologist and racial equity expert who is on the faculty at the USC Rossier School of Education, has been named the next executive director of the USC Race and Equity Center. She is an APA Fellow and an American Educational Research Association Fellow.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Burt “Aspiring to a career in engineering can be daunting for Black males and a less traveled road they are expected to pave themselves,” said Burt, a UW-Maidson professor of education and director of the Wisconsin Equity and Inclusion Laboratory (Wei LAB). Burt is also a 2019 Diverse Emerging Scholar. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 27, 2023

Strachan, who is a member of the Board of the Alabama Science Teachers Association (ASTA), holds a doctorate in science education from Morgan State University; a Master of Secondary Education (biology) from Alabama A&M; and a B.S. in biology from Mount Allison University.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig, an educational researcher whose work on racial equity and teacher preparation has received national recognition, will be the next provost and vice president for academic affairs at Western Michigan University. Vincent, president of Talladega College, a historically Black institution in Alabama. “I

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MARCH 1, 2023

Janelle Scott has been voted president-elect of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). She has previously been the 2019–2022 AERA Division L vice president and member of the AERA Council and Executive Board. She will begin in her new role at the end of the association’s 2024 annual meeting.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

In October 2022, the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) released a new report where, again, Black students lagged behind white students on the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) also known as the Nation’s Report Card. Years later, our experiences still haunt us.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

And since then, most faculty members and students have been thriving with either a hybrid model or in-person classes. President Joe Biden, left, is flanked by Secretary of Education Dr. “We started Black Issues In Higher Education simply because there was a void in the higher education community. Dr. Thomas W.

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