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Building Opportunities for Black Men

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When Adrianne Washington, dean of special academic programs at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC), found that the Honors Program was overlooking the school’s Black men, it didn’t sit right with her. Washington is dean of the nascent Honors College. They are a student population that’s not been thought of much for Honors.

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Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig Awarded 2022 Linda C. Tillman Social and Racial Justice Award

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Julian Vasquez Heilig, dean of the University of Kentucky’s (UK) College of Education, has been named the winner of the University Council for Educational Administration's (UCEA) 2022 Linda C. Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig The award – named after diversity and equity advocate Linda C. Tillman Social and Racial Justice Award.

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Panelists Discuss What a Post-Affirmative Action America Would Look Like

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Kwoh said that it was necessary to do a better job of organizing communities to prevent a feeling of competition between racial groups and discussed the long history of alliance between African and Asian Americans, pointing out that Frederick Douglass was one of the first to speak out for the rights of Chinese immigrants.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity Health Professions HEED Award Winners

Insight Into Diversity

In addition, Dean Amy Fairchild added an associate dean for faculty and inclusive excellence to her leadership team who is charged with articulating and advancing a vision for inclusive excellence and providing leadership to enhance excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service. A $1 million award from the U.S.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

John Hope Franklin Award was created in 2004 to pay tribute to Franklin, a historian, writer, educator, and humanitarian who made significant contributions to shaping the perspective of American history in the 20th century. A dean at MIT suggested she look at some industrial research labs. During her 23 years at the helm, more than $1.25

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Alphabet Soup

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They work on policies and best practices for research and scholarship in higher education. AAUW - America Association of University Women – Founded in 1881, they have advocated for equity for women and girls in higher education. · They advocate for best practices and for consistent use of data across higher education.

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Have you seen these 10 Terrible Tenure Decision Making Patterns?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Narrow, self-serving yardsticks for assessing impact of scholarship, teaching, and service. If a faculty member is assigned more teaching and/or more service, and has less time available for scholarship, they should be evaluated accordingly. The criteria should be read aloud, prior to evaluating that dimension.