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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

Aside from writing about the plight of Black men in higher education, in our scholarship, we have employed an anti-deficit approach to highlight critical factors that help to facilitate the access, retention, and persistence of Black men in college.

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$25M Foundation Grant Promotes Internships Among Humanities Majors

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Mellon Foundation has awarded a total $25 million in grant funding to five public colleges and universities to establish paid internship programs for humanities majors. To those ends, the humanities internship grants aim to make internship participation more widely available for humanities majors.

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Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Among the larger two-year programs are law enforcement, nursing and human services. The Metro-Wide American Indian Graduation Celebration facilitates conversations between tribal colleges and four-year institutions. We can be the connecting piece to bridge them to those opportunities and provide them the access that they need.”

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A Blueprint for College Students’ Sense of Belonging

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dozens of studies agree that sense of belonging is defined as a basicneed [and human right], a fundamental motivation, sufficient to drive behaviors and perceptions. But whats much less clear is how to facilitate, engender, or boost belonging for all students, using theory as a blueprint. J'Quen Johnson RECOMMENDATIONS: BELONGING 2.0

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Empowering Change: Four Key Strategies for Supporting Student Affairs Administrators in the New Affirmative Action Landscape

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Affirmative action policies have been instrumental in increasing access and opportunities for historically marginalized groups in higher education. A clear understanding of the directives and data-driven bases for senior-level decision-making facilitates buy-in for various initiatives.

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Celebrating the Incredible Emerging Scholars of 2025

Active Minds

Active Minds is proud to facilitate change by supporting our fellows through funding, mentorship, and amplification. By addressing systemic barriers in these underserved communities, Kevin seeks to inform policies that enhance mental health funding and access globally.

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When a Lesson on Diversity Goes Wrong

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At The Ohio State University, I teach a course by this title in the College of Education and Human Ecology. Whether pursued concurrently with a graduate degree or as a standalone option for non-degree seeking students, the certificate democratizes access to this vital knowledge. Dr. Winston C. Dr. Donna Y.