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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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After completing his doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction in 2016, Henry joined the faculty at the University of Arizona, where his understanding of race in America was enriched by exposure to border state dynamics and the intersection of Black, Indigenous, and Mexican communities. Political Science, Tulane University; Ph.D.,

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Don’t Just Witness History; Seize the Opportunity to Shape It

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It’s instructive to understand how our collective efforts brought us to this point. The killing of George Floyd in June 2020 and Black Lives Matter movement created a racial reckoning and ongoing conversation that continue to reverberate across society—from the halls of power to corporate boardrooms to kitchen tables.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

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Since 2020, almost 60% of Village residents have been Latino and have completed their degree or certificate programs in an average of 3.4 Sul Ross State University Sul Ross State University (SRSU) is a public HSI located in Alpine, Texas, with instructional sites along the U.S.-Mexico years, compared to the collegewide average of 5.2

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The Persistent 'Bamboo Ceiling': AAPI Leaders Still Rare Among College Presidents

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But having been recruited into other leadership roles, such as Associate Vice President for Instruction at De Anza College south of San Francisco, she says she felt more than ready when applying for these top jobs. Dr. Prabhas Moghe has been executive vice president of academic affairs at Rutgers University since 2020.

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No Safe State: Former DEI Employee Says to Look for the Red Flags

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Trump signed an executive order he called Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity, instructing federal agencies to end diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices and programs. However, by December 2024, she said that Richland quickly rolled back to the 2020 legislation.

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Black and Hispanic Students Far Less Likely to Receive Race-Matched Instruction

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A growing body of research has shown that race-matched instruction—when teachers and learners come from the same background—is beneficial for students. College students have been shown to be likelier to pass courses with race-matched instructors, likelier to receive higher grades in those courses, and likelier to persist in school.

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Study: Zoom Live Chat Function Helped Students Feel More Comfortable

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Robnett The study – published in the journal PLOS ONE – looked at anonymous chat summaries from Fall 2020 of 230 students in two introductory biology lecture courses with synchronous remote video instruction. Dr. Rachael D.