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Making Equity a Priority

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

On this January day, Curry — who grew up just a short distance from the college — greets the groundworkers and buttonholes administrative staff about the latest developments taking place across campus. He’s a real-life Equity Avenger, grinding 24/7 against injustice and setting an example for us all,” she says.

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5 tips for college and university presidents to support diversity, equity and inclusion

University Business

There’s new momentum building on college and university campuses to rescue and reinvigorate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, vital initiatives that have been the target of a coordinated national assault for over a year. Think about how best to support all marginalized students. Remember the why.

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Campus Free Expression, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Can — and Must — Coexist

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

After they leave our campuses, they have to navigate and carve their way in a world that is increasingly polarized. We do that by gathering diverse, inclusive communities where all feel supported and encouraged to share different views and perspectives. Dr. Lori S. We must set an example for the students we serve.

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Diversity, Equity and Student Success Conference Plots Agenda for the Future

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

PHILADELPHIA— Despite the ongoing attacks to diversity, equity and inclusion within higher education, more than a thousand educators gathered in-person and virtually late last week to share strategies and brainstorm ways to center equitable outcomes for the students who attend their institutions.

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Achieving the Dream Releases New Equity Toolkit

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Success for all students in higher education cannot simply be achieved with a “one-size-fits-all approach,” according to a new equity toolkit from Achieving the Dream (ATD). Equity is everyone's job at an institution,” said Francesca Carpenter, director of equity initiatives at ATD and contributor to the toolkit. “S

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Educational Equity Key to Progress and Democracy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We’ve been working to close the gap in education for nearly 30 years, to dismantle racial, gender, social and economic inequities that plague so many of our students across the country, and we do it in partnership with you,” said Marshall. When our families see that kind of investment, we have a ton of success on those campuses.”

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NSF Funding to Support Research Equity in Kentucky

Insight Into Diversity

million in grant funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) — through its nationwide Growing Research Access for National Transformative Equity and Diversity (GRANTED) program – to bolster research infrastructure at underrepresented higher education institutions. Kentucky Commercialization Ventures (KCV) has secured $8.25

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