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The Resilient Voice of Justice: The Role of the Black Church in Response to the Affirmative Action Ruling

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ellis The National Council of Churches vehemently opposed the Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action in college admissions. In the report, Bishop Vashti Murphy-McKenzie, NCC President and General Secretary notes: “Race has been a factor in making employment, housing, banking, health care and education decisions for centuries in America.

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Report Suggests Reforms if Supreme Court Strikes Down Affirmative Action

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Supreme Court is expected to deliver a devastating verdict to advocates of affirmative action. Now, Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce has released a report on the potential impacts of the decision and how higher ed and governments can react. In as little as two days, the U.S.

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Experts Discuss Equity Practices in Higher Ed Recruitment and Admissions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Supreme Court’s decision to strike affirmative action, there are still ways to get diverse student populations into higher ed, experts and scholars said at a webinar hosted this week by California student success organization The Campaign for College Opportunity. And I don't think that that is the implication of this decision."

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, partners with over 62 high schools across the state, facilitating college access for Latino, rural, and other marginalized communities. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students. We offer faculty workshops on culturally sensitive teaching.”

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Higher education in London

HEPI

I jumped at the chance to speak to London Higher in part because I am an alumnus of our host institution, having studied here at the end of the last century when Queen Mary University of London / QMUL was known as QMWC or Queen Mary and Westfield College. I am also lucky to be an Honorary Fellow of this institution.

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New education laws took effect this month. What’s in store for these 2 states?

University Business

Across the country, new education policies took effect on July 1st, the beginning of the new fiscal year in most states. A handful of them tackle some of the most pressing issues K12 and higher education leaders face today, including school safety and inclusion. The post New education laws took effect this month.

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A new generation of conservative student newspapers

Inside Higher Ed

The Liberty Jacket is one of at least a dozen conservative or right-leaning student newspapers that have launched on college campuses since the beginning of 2020. colleges that trains young people to become conservative leaders. ” Alex DiBranco, a Yale Ph.D.