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UA Libraries’ Digital Archival Project Empowers Voices Among U.S.-Mexico Border Communities

Insight Into Diversity

The archival methods used vary widely and include oral history recordings, immersive experiences in augmented reality, documentary films, interactive web maps, and written accounts, among others. “As To that end, UAL will host a symposium in 2027 that will bring together borderlands scholars and instructors throughout the U.S.

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New Health Care Schools Open with Emphasis on Workforce Development, Addressing Inequities

Insight Into Diversity

The college was renamed and reorganized from the former College of Health and Human Services. It will take unconventional practices and policies to undo a history of harms and truly foster a society where all people can achieve their full health potential. It is the first college in Virginia to focus primarily on public health.

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How Three Bronx Institutions are Intentionally Hispanic-Serving

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He takes the time to meet with his Latinx learners, to sit with them, discuss the challenges they face, and share his own history with them. It’s incredible the way [The Mount] truly lives the mission of our authentic inclusivity and commitment to human dignity, our obligations to each other, and our common humanity,” says Burns.

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How Racial and Ethnic Identity Influence Your College Journey

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And so what we try to do is just create a space to really have the conversations and really just figure out how to make people feel comfortable, whether they're on the application side or whether they're emailing me now, as a class of 2027 member. Affirmative action, diversity efforts are not about fixing history. WL: Correct.

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