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Indigenous Peoples in Higher Education: Inherited Histories and Pernicious Status Quos

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Alex Red Corn Recently at our Indigenous Peoples Day gathering at Kansas State University, Chief Ben Barnes of the Shawnee spoke from the heart about matters related to Shawnee histories and their ongoing presence as a Native nation. Even if they were to attend, we do not offer any courses on Kaw language, government, or history.

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Integrating Community Engagement into her Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

López "I've been in the classroom on and off, but I've been supporting youth and students in different ways throughout that time,” says López, who is starting a new chapter of her career as a tenured associate professor in educational leadership and policy in the University of Arizona College of Education.

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Tribal Colleges and Universities as Conduits for Intellectual and Political Sovereignties

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

education or universities, specifically. However, there is a network of tribally run colleges and universities that are the ongoing extension of those sovereignties as well as key vehicles for continuing to liberate the sovereign potential. These priorities often are not the focus in U.S. There are 37 TCUs within the U.S.

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Century-Old Institutions Paving the Way for DEI in Sports with Strategic Plan

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Ezinne Ofoegbu, an assistant professor of educational leadership at Santa Clara University, California, agrees. “All these athletic departments vowed to promote DEI — they had T-shirts, walk outs — and now they’re silent,” says Keaton. the creation and implementation of DEI-related programming and learning opportunities, 2.)

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The University of Arkansas appoints its first Black chancellor

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On Wednesday, Charles Robinson was named chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, making history for the flagship campus for appointing its first Black leader. More from UB : Is Title IX really protecting college students from sexual misconduct on campus? — University of Arkansas (@UArkansas) November 16, 2022.

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Are We There Yet? Revising and Questioning Affirmative Action

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Hughes Because I claim antiracism scholarship and practice antiracism in every space where I am present, I am often questioned and challenged. Some parts of history have been suppressed in many states, books banned, curriculum and conversations disappeared, and even research agendas are on hold or downright outlawed and controlled.

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New policies guide removal of controversial building names

Inside Higher Ed

And just this week, Cabrillo College in California announced it would change its name to distance itself from Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, an explorer who used slave labor and whose expeditions “set the stage for colonial conquest of California,” according to a report by the committee that studied the name.

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