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They Don’t Really Care About Us? Ensuring a Better Connection Between Research, Policy, and Practice to Ensure Success for Black Men in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

With the demise of affirmative action, threats to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives (DEI), and policies in higher education there might not be an immediate increase in the number of Black men seeking to enroll in higher education. In 2020, George Floyd, a Black man, was extrajudicially murdered.

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Dr. Joy Gaston Gayles Appointed Head of NC State College of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Joy Gaston Gayles will become head of the NC State College of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development (ELPHD), effective Jul. She was the 2022 President of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE). Hikes Woman of Color in the Academy Award.

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Colleges Look to Cluster Hires Amid Diversity Hostilities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

But all of that changed in 2022, when Steele saw a listing for a job at the University of Rochester’s Warner School of Education and Human Development. Rochester was looking to hire faculty whose work focused on diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. And they weren’t looking to just hire one. They were hiring three. Dr. Robin L.

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Standing Up to Attacks on Black History and DE&I

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

After a national and international racial reckoning spurred by the killing of George Floyd in 2020, politicians have hit back hard. Army, I enrolled at the University of the District of Columbia, earned a doctorate from Harvard University, and embarked on a career in which I founded and led 20 education and human services organizations.

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Bridging Pathways for Military-Connected Learners

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Neither of these images creates a holistic portrait of a human being. At some institutions, veterans are more willing to self-identify than at others; therefore, understanding how you are addressing the diverse experiences of military-affiliated learners can create greater inclusion.

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HBCU Advancement Teams: Don't Underestimate the Power of the Individual Donor

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When the same trends were juxtaposed with the recently released data, there was a slight decline in giving, but the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021 were two of the best giving years on record with $486.26 Their Passions Donors continue to prioritize Education in the top three giving categories (Religion, Human Services and Education).

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"Change Schools, We Can Change the World"

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She stood up to the principal and affirmed my humanity. She let me know, ‘You are a full human being, and they’re going to have to recognize you.’” Rema,” says she has learned from her own experiences to defend our collective humanity. In 2020, the world was riveted by the murder of George Floyd, and Vassar was horrified.

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