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Black History Month 2024: African Americans and the Arts 

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Reading Time: 4 minutes The national theme for Black History Month 2024 is “ African Americans and the Arts.” Black History Month 2024 is a time to recognize and highlight the achievements of Black artists and creators, and the role they played in U.S. history and in shaping our country today.

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Creating Safe Spaces for Black Students

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Ellen Pinderhughes, Tufts University; Angela Patton, Girls for a Change; and Eunique Jones Gibson, Because of Them, We Can Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “In the words of Wilma Rudolph, ‘never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. History at UCLA. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S.

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The State of Black America is Improving, But Not Close to Parity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

have improved slightly over the years, but parity with white Americans has yet to be reached, according to 2024 State of Black America report from the National Urban League (NUL). The practice has historically been employed to increase the presence of underrepresented minority students at U.S. The conditions for Blacks in the U.S.

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Civil Rights Leaders Declare The Freedom To Learn at Rally in Washington D.C.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Supreme Court to hear from a slate of speakers — students, educators, parents, artists, and leaders civil and human rights organizations like National Urban League President Marc Morial and Kimberlé Crenshaw, cofounder and executive director of African American Policy Forum and a law professor at UCLA and Columbia University.

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Dismantling Global Injustices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

history, Tufts University; M.A., Pass this on to your students and prioritize their mental and emotional wellbeing rather than trying to instill a strict work ethic. His work has long focused on the intersections among human rights, political economy, collective dissent, and empirical methodology. I learn a ton from my students.”

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Liaison and NAGAP Forge Partnership to Empower Graduate Enrollment Management 

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14, 2024) — Liaison International , a leader in higher education technology solutions, has partnered with NAGAP , The Association for Graduate Enrollment Management committed to the advancement of graduate enrollment management (GEM). This announcement was originally published on PR Newswire on February 21, 2024. WATERTOWN, Mass.,

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Grant Fuels Black Studies Faculty Expansion at the University of Rochester

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Rochester’s Black studies program is designed to integrate various disciplines, including social sciences and humanities, to explore the historical, cultural, psychological, economic, and political aspects of people of African descent in the “Atlantic world,” which includes the United States, the Caribbean, and Latin America.