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Dr. Barbara Jones Appointed Dean of the Boston University School of Social Work

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Barbara Jones Jones has served as the Lockhart Memorial Professor in Direct Social Work Practice, founding director of the Institute for Collaborative Health Research and Practice, and associate dean for health affairs at the University of Texas at Austin’s Steve Hicks School of Social Work.

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Community-Engaged Scholar Dr. DeLeon Gray Believes in the Value of Hyperlocal Work

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. DeLeon Gray Gray is an associate professor of educational psychology and equity at North Carolina State University. I knew that at a research university, research could get students in doors that their grades and test scores could not,” says Gray.

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We are Not an ‘Issue’: We are Your Students of Color!!

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Moreover, school counselors are in a position to impact the academic achievement of students of color, as well as contribute to closing opportunity gaps through collaboration with other school personnel and using data-driven approaches. collaboration, critical thinking, problem solving, work ethic), technical skills (e.g., Hines, E.M.,

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Replacing Affirmative Action with ‘Positive Practices’

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The optimal construct, however, would be collaborative endeavors with concerned private institutions, which would benefit all parties involved. Harvey serves as Distinguished Scholar at the American Association for Access, Equity and Diversity in Washington, DC. Supportive and sustainable pipeline programs. Dr. William B.

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Bridging Research and Practice

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Julian Vasquez Heilig Lori Gottschling For Vasquez Heilig—a prominent public policy researcher who has carved out a national reputation both in and outside academic circles for his scholarship on equity and innovation—the pendulum at WMU is swinging in the right direction. This job requires being on 24-hours a day,” he says. “I

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Spotlighting Rural Communities

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Means Title: Assistant Professor, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh Age: 39 Education: B.A., counselor education (student affairs), Clemson University; and Ph.D., vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion at Molloy University and a 2020 Emerging Scholar, in his letter nominating Means this year. “My

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A Race Scholar

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“He has been one of the significant voices in urban education over the past two decades,” says Dr. Chance W. Lewis, the Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Professor of Urban Education and the executive director of The Urban Education Collaborative at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. “He

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