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HBCUs Continue to Meet Their Mission During Tough Times

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Brandi Waters, senior program manager of AP African American Studies at the College Board, and Dr. Ericka Armstrong Dunbar, professor of history at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. She is always looking to center the story of Black women in history, particularly to find ways to make those stories resonate with the students of today.

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Power Couple Works to Improve Climate for Marginalized Students

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Dr. LaVar Charleston is the deputy vice chancellor for diversity & inclusion, vice provost and chief diversity officer at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. history, gender and race with the law. Eventually, both became Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) leaders. Sherri Charleston studied the intersection of U.S.

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John Mercer Langston Paved the Way for Black U.S. Representatives, But Most People Don’t Know It

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In the well of the House, a newly sworn in McClellan would note this history and her relationship to past-African American leaders, including John Mercer Langston: “I stand on the shoulders of John Mercer Langston, the first African American to represent Virginia, also from the fourth district,” she said.

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Seven Best Practices in 40 years of Reporting on Diversity in Higher Education

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14, 2003) While there is no shortage of higher education news outlets, none has covered two-year and four-year colleges and universities and their efforts to promote equity and inclusivity quite like this one. A 2007 Emerging Scholar, Dr. Peniel Joseph (“Interpreting African-American Life and History,” Jan. White House Honoree, Jan.

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Three Australian universities to set up in Indonesia

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Western Sydney University has a long and proud history of opening up access to higher education for students who have the drive, ambition and dedication to succeed. Establishing a significant long-term presence in Indonesia is an exciting new chapter in that history,” said Jennifer Westacott, chancellor, Western Sydney University.

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Museum Studies Program Seeks to Diversify the Field

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Since 1804, the New-York Historical Society (New-York Historical) and its stewards have been preserving and showcasing history. Such inclusions are part of the program’s more holistic approach to museum studies, Paley said. “ Klingenstein Library at New-York Historical.

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ABA Votes to Maintain Standardized Tests

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The effort, led by Council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, was intended to make the admissions process more inclusive. A 2019 study showed that underrepresented students tended to score lower on the Law School Admission Test compared to their White peers. “The