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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

For example, in the K-12 context, research has shown a dearth of Black male teachers, disparities between how schools located in underserved areas are financed vis-a-vis schools in affluent neighborhoods, and uncertified educators contribute to the learning gap between Black and White students. Dr. Robert T. Dr. Larry J. Dr. Tryan L.

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Paradigm Shift: DEI, Anti-DEI, or Underrepresentation?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Placing measurable diversity expectations and holding leadership accountable is fundamental. Without this accountability, the trustees believed that efforts to diversify trustees, college leadership, faculty recruitment and hiring, and ultimately student success, would lack intentionality and structure (Calaway & Smalls, in press).

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Algorithmic Bias Continues to Negatively Impact Minoritized Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As institutions of higher education turn to AI machine learning and data-driven algorithms to make their work more efficient, a new study published in the American Educational Research Association (AERA) peer-reviewed journal , AERA Open , reminds administrators that algorithms can be racially biased.

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ASHE Conference Urges Humanization of Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The conference theme this year is humanizing higher education, and hundreds of scholars from across the country gathered here to share their research, resources, and make connections. Higher education centers production over humanity, often based on production instead of improving people’s lives.”

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Examining Educational Equity in Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title: Assistant Professor of Higher Education Leadership and Policy Studies, School of Education, Howard University Tenured: No Age: 38 Education: B.A., educational leadership and policy, University of Texas at Austin, College of Education Career mentors: Dr. Victor B. Dr. Victor B. Dr. Robert T.

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KRISTINA LONDY

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Kristina Londy Kristina Londy has been named director of student success and inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility at MiraCosta College in Oceanside, California.

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CHRISSY DOWNWIND

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Chrissy Downwind Chrissy Downwind has been named vice president for American Indian student success at Bemidji State University and Northwest Technical College in Minnesota.