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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

Building Pathways to Academia — Columbia University in the City of New York. Weaving DEI into Classroom Discussions — Southwestern Law School. To further DEI education, there was also a reintegration of electives with DEI coverage into the school’s curriculum. Kendi, author of “How to Be an Antiracist.” .

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A Brief History: Black Americans in Higher Education

Today's Learner

During early America, land grant universities were established to provide education for disadvantaged, underprivileged or marginalized populations, including Black Americans. Justice Department and NAACP Legal Defense Fund as a lawyer, professor, and civil rights activist, supervising over 300 school desegregation cases in Mississippi.

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A Brief History: Black Americans in Higher Education

Today's Learner

During early America, land grant universities were established to provide education for disadvantaged, underprivileged or marginalized populations, including Black Americans. Justice Department and NAACP Legal Defense Fund as a lawyer, professor, and civil rights activist, supervising over 300 school desegregation cases in Mississippi.

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