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Dr. Dara N. Byrne: Leveraging Public Higher Education for the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Byrne to bring her commitment to access and equity to a new area of public higher education. From December 2016 to July 2022, when she left to begin her new position, she served as associate provost for undergraduate retention and dean of undergraduate studies. Less than 10% of applicants are accepted.

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HBCU Conference Connects Secondary to Postsecondary

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“The challenge is, a lot of the stories people share about their perceptions on why Predominately White Institutions (PWIs) are better are factually inaccurate,” said Sekou Biddle, vice president of advocacy at the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), a scholarship organization which supports private HBCUs across the country.

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UCLA Alumni Couple Pledges $10 Million to Ethnic Studies Centers

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Bunche Center for African American Studies – offer students and faculty access to research, fellowships, civic engagement, and scholarships, according to its website. Bunche Center for African American Studies does have an endowed academic chair, said IAC Vice Provost Dr. David Yoo, a professor of Asian American studies and history at UCLA.

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‘Affirmative action made us complacent’: Leaders on their back heels get real on equity

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At Wednesday’s National Summit on Equal Opportunity hosted by the Department of Education, presidents, chancellors, provosts, CEOs and secretaries from across the nation heeded Department Secretary Miguel Cardona’s advice to turn this “low point” in higher education into a “turning point.”

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Enhancing Understanding of Urban Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Smith Title: Associate Professor of Higher Education; Provost Faculty Fellow, University of Cincinnati Age: 39 Education: B.S., Miller, professor of higher education and public policy at the University of Arkansas, about Dr. Everrett A. Everrett A. psychology, Middle Tennessee State University; M.S.,

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Dartmouth Launches New Research Institute Focused On Black Diaspora

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The Office of the Provost at Dartmouth has given $1.3 Delalue said it is essential to educate the whole community on the history and accomplishments of Black people, and help create an environment where Black culture and scholarship on the Black diaspora thrives. The institute is being launched with initial funding of $2.3

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Only Within Their Own Institutions, Are Black Scholars without Honor!

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Before going deeper with our assertions, we (the authors that pinned this piece) also acknowledge that dishonor, is not the sole experience for Black scholars and sdministrators, who serve in higher education. For example, on one occasion a Vice-Provost asked me to share my research agenda at a faculty meeting. Dr. Adriel A.