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2022 in Review: Building a Movement to Make Pedagogy a Priority in Teacher Preparation

Deans for Impact

At Deans for Impact, we stand committed to elevating teachers and teaching and equipping all future teachers with the scientifically-based tools to create rigorous, equitable, and inclusive learning environments where all students thrive. Read on for more of our 2022 impact. 20 fellows. 15+ states represented.

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Schools of Music Move Toward More Inclusive Studies

Insight Into Diversity

To ensure music students gain a more inclusive education, universities are beginning to expand their areas of study. As part of its mission, the center will explore the history of Black and African diaspora music, particularly gospel, and its widespread influence on modern music genres. Walton Foundation.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity Health Professions HEED Award Winners

Insight Into Diversity

The Office for Diversity & Inclusion at A.T. The Burnett School of Medicine at Texas Christian University’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion has created a program named Pathways to White Coats for Men of Color. Each month, the college holds an Intercultural and Inclusion Lunch and Learn with guest speakers.

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Higher ed’s worst free speech offenders of 2022

University Business

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Freedom (FIRE) distinguished the colleges who most egregiously botched a faculty or student organization’s right to tenants that align with free speech in 2022. Let’s take a look at who FIRE identified as the worst offenders of the first amendment in 2022.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

On March 7th, Congressman Scott, the “dean” of Virginia’s congressional delegation, introduced McClellan to a packed U.S. With so many references to Langston and his prominence in Virginia history, why is it that Virginians don’t know more about him or the other African Americans who were elected during and after Reconstruction?

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These leaders’ commitment to DEI got them the nod for president

University Business

Despite recent pushback against diversity, equity and inclusion among several states , a number of colleges have recently hired presidents based on their commitment to that principle. Jenkins is set to become Bates College’s first Black president in its 168-year history. Jenkins, Bates College (Lewiston, Maine) Garry W.

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Century-Old Institutions Paving the Way for DEI in Sports with Strategic Plan

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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.