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Army Veteran and Doctoral Student Named Inaugural Winner of the U.S. Army Women’s Foundation’s 6888th Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Army Women’s Foundation’s 6888th Scholarship, The Flash Today reported. The 6888th – the only all-female unit in Army history – was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in March 2022. Burkett holds three degrees, including a degree in healthcare administration and public administration with an emphasis on human resources.

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Pride in the Halls

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Leslie Hall, director of the HBCU Program at the Human Rights Campaign — the largest LGBTQ lobbying organization in the U.S. It coincided with HRC’s HBCU Out Loud Day, which takes place the third Wednesday of October during LGBTQ History Month. of LGBTQ people experienced bullying, harassment, or assault at college, compared to 18.9%

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Brown University Exhibit on Mumia Abu-Jamal to Highlight American Prison System

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Alongside the opening, there will be a two-day symposium, “Voices of Mass Incarceration,” about law enforcement, prison medical care, public art, incarceration’s effects on women and girls, and the history of incarceration. What the exhibition and symposium will do — and what we do in the Mass Incarceration Lab — is humanize this phenomenon.

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HBCUs: Beacons of Opportunity

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The significance of TMCF’s work is it helps students of the 47 public Historically Black Colleges and Universities and six Historically Black Community Colleges it serves by preparing students for success through curated programming and scholarships. TMCF advocates for policies and initiatives that benefit HBCUs and the students they serve.

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A Defense of the Senior Diversity Officer in Politically Charged Times

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Our newer faculty ranks are at their most diverse in UC history. Our work is grounded in scholarship, the importance of building and expanding partnerships, and a deep understanding of institutional priorities. Our trajectories connect through the continually evolving scholarship of inclusion.

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Teaching Through a Lens of Compassion: Strengthening Pre-service Teachers’ Math Muscles

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We advocate for mathematics class as an emotional space (how often have we been frustrated with a trig identity?) Responsible Decision-Making Discuss current pedagogies, issues, and histories in mathematics education. We have learned that the humanization of this space is novel for PSTs. regular assignments, tasks, schedules).Recognize

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

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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. Jackson has also been an advocate for gender equity. Jackson did that by co-founding the Black Student Union.