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Title :Assistant Dean for Student Vitality & Career Development and Director of Student Affairs Tenured: No Age: 38 Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing University of Virginia; MBA in Business Administration, Averett University; Ph.D So I navigated accessing college and all of that on my own, and I felt like now it's my turn.

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Black males need support from childhood through graduate education to improve, fulfill, and correct inequitable access to careers in science and engineering. If we work together to expand access to science and engineering for Black boys and males, we will begin to better utilize the brilliant, diverse talent in our country.

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APRIL 4, 2024

Dual enrollment agreements should include strategies for increasing the inclusivity of dual enrollment programs. The programs offer access to hundreds of occupations in high-growth and emerging industries. The program also provided important access for older adults. Georgetown University, Center on Education & the Workforce.

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OCTOBER 23, 2022

Title: Assistant Vice President for Diversity, Access and Inclusion; Associate to the President, University of Nebraska Jenkins has served as the University of Nebraska’s associate to the president and assistant vice president for diversity, access and inclusion since August of 2016.

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APRIL 5, 2024

Individuals are denied equitable access to education and coerced into relinquishing their native tongues. My experience highlights the urgent need for educational institutions to address and combat linguistic discrimination and cultural erasure. Nelson Pham is a currently a Ph.D.

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MARCH 29, 2024

Recognizing and valuing this diversity is the cornerstone of cultivating an inclusive learning environment in the community college setting. In an era of increasing diversity and globalization, institutions are challenged to foster environments that are not only fair and just but also inclusive of diverse cultural perspectives.

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DECEMBER 4, 2023

Affirmative action policies have been instrumental in increasing access and opportunities for historically marginalized groups in higher education. Removing this critical tool for addressing historical inequities and promoting diversity requires institutions to adapt their approaches to fostering inclusion.

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JANUARY 3, 2023

Dr. LaVar Charleston is the deputy vice chancellor for diversity & inclusion, vice provost and chief diversity officer at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. LaVar Charleston studied public relations, marketing, educational leadership and policy analysis. Sherri Charleston studied the intersection of U.S.

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OCTOBER 11, 2024

These experts, and many more, share critical knowledge and insights about injustice in schools to disrupt inequity, promote inclusive learning environments, and foster belonging for Black folks. By investing in the professional development of educators, CBCE is working to ensure that all children have access to high-quality education.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

In general, it’s really opened conversations about flexibility and thinking about how we can use technology to be more inclusive to provide opportunities.” Natow is the director of the EdD Program in Educational Leadership & Policy Studies and the MSEd Program in Higher Educational Leadership & Policy Studies at Hofstra University.

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JULY 20, 2024

Louisville native Dr. Jabani Bennett is an interdisciplinary visual artist, yoga instructor, community-engaged educator, leadership consultant, dancer, and mama. Bennett’s work focuses on how infrastructure, resources, and policies can nurture more inclusive, creative, and equitable spaces. “My

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APRIL 2, 2023

For graduate students and professionals interested in an academic career, it is important to understand the differences between selective admission institutions, focused on research, publication, and the expansion of knowledge, and those that are open-access, focused on teaching and student learning. Roueche and Margaretta B.

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JANUARY 18, 2024

The webinar allowed Diverse to inquire further about the scholars’ ongoing research and their views on a number of topics relevant to the current education landscape. Scholarly research should be made accessible and legible for people not in academia, the scholars agreed. "My

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JULY 14, 2023

Community colleges play a critical role, providing affordable and accessible education for diverse populations. MCCCD remains a national leader due to its deliberate focus on fostering a supportive and inclusive environment. We have found the following strategies to be effective for our organization. Roueche and Margaretta B.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

As a graduate of Columbia's Teacher's College who studied higher education leadership, he is familiar with matters of access and is an HBCU alum, having earned his master’s degree in history and bachelor’s degree in agribusiness from Florida A&M University. Dr. John E.

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JANUARY 11, 2023

Smith, who earned tenure in 2022, is an associate professor of higher education and program coordinator of educational leadership in the College of Education, Criminal Justice, Human Services, and Information Technology at the University of Cincinnati.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2024

A more recent Supreme Court ruling relates to restrictions on affirmative action in higher education, which negatively impacts the opportunity for low-income Black and other minority students to make a successful high school to college transition. The Roueche Center Forum is co-edited by Drs. Roueche and Margaretta B. Mathis of the John E.

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JANUARY 26, 2025

Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education, University of Oklahoma Age: 38 Education: B.S., Student Affairs and Higher Education, Indiana State University; Ph.D., Business Marketing, Albany State University; MBA.,

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OCTOBER 11, 2024

Scholarship with a moral imperative Vassar, whose work is in the department of educational leadership at Wayne State, has made equity and justice the center of everything she does. More than 3,000 participants from the United States, Canada, Jamaica, and the Bahamas attended the conference in 2024.

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OCTOBER 27, 2022

The first African American in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis to earn tenure and be appointed to a named professorship, Jackson would eventually work his way up the ranks of the faculty, ultimately securing the rank of full professor and taking on the role of department chair. I gave up.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Universities such as Harvard , Rutgers , Northeastern , the University of Texas , and Louisiana State University are scrubbing their website of all references to diversity, equity, and inclusion, shuttering DEI offices and laying off staff, and scrutinizing the curriculum for any references to DEI. This moment calls for good trouble.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

Access, affordability, and free speech will continue to make headlines in higher education. Dr. Robert Kelchen, professor and head of the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, says the administration will likely reintroduce the rule in 2024 using a negotiated rulemaking process.

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MAY 24, 2023

“The work that I do as a scholar is directly influenced by [the knowledge that] educators serve as critical agents to help students, particularly our minoritized students, navigate institutions that have historically struggled with facilitating access,” he said. Once Wood had access, he made the most of it.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Suh and Owen are studying ways to create transgender inclusive spaces in higher education, building community and amplifying joy through balance, radical inclusion, and radical love. When we think about the institution of higher education, it’s created a system that incentivizes focus on research outcomes.

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MAY 1, 2024

Day, the Centennial Conference announced its creation of a three-year strategic diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) plan, uniting the conference’s 11 private, Division III institutions in a shared mission to make their athletics programs a place where all students, particularly those in marginalized populations, feel they belong.

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JULY 24, 2024

Bonner II, the Wilhelmina Delco Endowed Chair in Educational Leadership and the executive director of the Minority Achievement, Creativity and High-Ability Center, Prairie View A&M University, and a collaborator with CSJ. Plans are underway for a 2025 convening that will explore the topic of reparative justice in higher education.

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For the past decade, she has advised university presidents, system chancellors, and state and federal policy leaders on strategies to expand access to higher education, address costs, and promote completion for students of all backgrounds. Bridget Burns is the founding Executive Director of the University Innovation Alliance (UIA).

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NOVEMBER 26, 2024

It was over 180 years ago that HBCUs were founded, at a time when Black Americans had little to no access to higher education. Still today, they are central to the education and empowerment of Black Americans—offering more than just a degree but also a legacy of opportunity and possibility. Dr. Adriel A.

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DECEMBER 7, 2024

Named in honor of Terrella well-responded student affairs administratorthe MCT Foundation was created to ensure underrepresented students gain access and achieve success in higher education and student affairs. candidate in the Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2024

But the ongoing attacks on higher education at the hands of the incoming Trump administration also weighed on the minds of attendees. Department of Education and to penalize institutions that fund diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. The administration has promised, among other things, to dismantle the U.S.

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MARCH 11, 2024

Sasso said the role of MSIs has become even more important in the wake of anti-Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) legislation being written and passed across the U.S., Folks’ access to the American Dream depends on resources, support, structure, and the system,” said Carter. We’re becoming more diverse as a country.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

But, when higher education experts were asked to reflect on 2024, each described a year loaded with exceptional pressure and stress. From a spring full of student protest to the ending of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) measures in some states, the list of stressors is only likely to increase as time marches into 2025.

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