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College Sports: A Work in Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Goodson says one of the actions that Duke took was to make more support available from mental health professionals of color. There are a number of us who are advocates for those young people and are doing what we can at our respective institutions to pour into them,” she says. was key,” says Carter-Francique.

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CFI 24-25 Directorate Board Candidate Statements

ACPA

The work of the Co-chair mirrors that which I do in my professional career-supporting a team and ensuring everyone has what they need to be successful, while also representing that team in other spaces. I’m neurodivergent, very queer and trans, and love thinking about new ways of being in community, in family, in the world!

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Rallying Campus Allies

Insight Into Diversity

Amid the frenzy of political and legal battles, higher education is being called upon to accelerate support services and policies to protect the rights of its LGBTQ+ students and employees. Graduate students were also not getting the mentoring that they’d like to get or not having the experiences that you’d expect.”

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Thoughts on Stanford's academic freedom conference (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

I will be a better dean for having attended and participated in the conference, hosted by the Classical Liberalism Initiative of the Stanford Graduate School of Business. There can be no academic freedom without enforcement. Conflicts are harrowing for everyone. ” And so, I listened. What is a dean to do?

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How the Work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was About Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Their involvement helped to leverage collective strength and broaden the impact of the movement. While advocating for equal access to opportunities, he also emphasized the need for justice in the form of compensation for the centuries of harm endured by black communities. And this is what we are faced with, and this is the reality.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

It provides students, faculty, staff, and alumni with a single place to report nonemergency complaints or concerns, including those involving harassment and sexual misconduct. It serves as an advocate and provides a safe space for members of trans, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming communities and their allies. .

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Pedagogy and the N-Word

Inside Higher Ed

I accept the use/mention distinction on slurs like the N-word as meaningful. To be clear, I’m not talking about assigning texts that use the word. I’ve assigned those texts, numerous short stories, and selections from the autobiography of the comedian Dick Gregory, which uses the full form of the N-word in the title.