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College Board Updates AP African American Studies Course

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The College Board has released a revised framework of its African American studies Advanced Placement (AP) course, a course that has received plenty of criticism from both advocates and critics this year. Strayhorn, vice provost and director of research for the Center for the Study of HBCUs at Virginia Union University.

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Dr. Yolanda Pierce Named Dean of the Vanderbilt University Divinity School

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Cybele Raver, Vanderbilt provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. I have long heard about the school’s rich history as an advocate for racial and social justice, and I look forward to building on the strong foundation that Emilie Townes and others have established to form this treasured community.”

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Bard’s Innovative LGBTQ+ Studies Program Prepares Future Leaders

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Students obtain essential networking and community-building skills while developing a sense of leadership that is not informed by “heteronormative and cisnormative practices,” says John Weinstein, PhD, the college’s provost and vice president. The private liberal arts institution in Great Barrington, Mass.,

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Power Couple Works to Improve Climate for Marginalized Students

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Dr. LaVar Charleston is the deputy vice chancellor for diversity & inclusion, vice provost and chief diversity officer at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. history, gender and race with the law. LaVar Charleston had a crush on Dr. Sherri Charleston from the moment he met her in ninth grade. LaVar Charleston agreed. “If

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Pride in the Halls

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It coincided with HRC’s HBCU Out Loud Day, which takes place the third Wednesday of October during LGBTQ History Month. Dacey, who recently narrated a video about LGBTQ history at UND, has remained engaged with advocacy at the university. In 2022, the university finally launched an official LGBTQ alumni affinity group, ARC.

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Outrage Continues Over University of Florida's Removal of DEI Roles

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Ahmed, vice provost for DEI at the University of Vermont. “It There is no data or evidence that proves that DEI initiatives promote indoctrination or that diversity leads to white people falling behind, said Dr. David Canton, director of African American Studies and associate professor of history at UF. I have mixed feelings about it.

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Building Support for a Major

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This campus sentiment contributed to a bold push for AAPI studies from students, from faculty, and – with Dhingra’s eventual rise to become Amherst’s associate provost and associate dean of the faculty – from Amherst administrators. The students who helped to create this major are aware of that history.