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For the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Journal of Public Health defines public health as “the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals.” The pandemic has brought increased awareness of healthcare disparities.

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Futuristic Scholar Looks to Change the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Tenured: No Age: 40 Education: B.A., Agloro says her goal is to impart skills that allow communities to be their own advocates in a world not designed to hear them. public & private sector organizations, Brown University; M.A., ethnic studies, San Francisco State University; M.A., Stay steadfast in your dedication to justice.”

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2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award Winners

Insight Into Diversity

INSIGHT Into Diversity 2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award winners are recognized for their exemplary and innovative initiatives designed to recruit and retain underrepresented individuals in science, technology, engineering, and math. Read about them here. MS in Business Analytics – STEM-designated Adelphi University Robert B.

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Representation Matters

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Over the past decade, some historically Black institutions have developed women’s and gender studies programs and embedded courses within general education curriculum. Hollis, then dean of the College of Liberal Arts. Nobody is going to tell our story and keep it from erasure but us.” We are in the next phase of pushing forward.”

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Five Things You Should Know About Connecting Democracy and the Curriculum

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For too long, US higher education has lagged in promoting democracy-focused education as core to the purpose and goals of a postsecondary education. That shortfall resulted in low levels of student knowledge of and participation in democracy, as evidenced by alarmingly low voting rates and other civic indicators.

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A Defense of the Senior Diversity Officer in Politically Charged Times

Insight Into Diversity

If the media is to be believed, the future of the senior diversity officer in higher education is bleak. In 1996, California voters passed a statewide ballot initiative, Proposition 209, that eliminated consideration of race in public education, contracting, and hiring. But is it really?

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Mapping the Legacy of RPI's First African American Woman Leader

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jackson was a 2009 recipient of the Dr. John Hope Franklin Award but was recognized at this year’s American Council on Education (ACE) annual meeting in Washington, D.C. John Hope Franklin Award but was recognized at this year’s American Council on Education (ACE) annual meeting in Washington, D.C. Postal Service in Washington, D.C.,