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UNCF Initiative to Combat Hate Gets $1M Donation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The UNCF (United Negro College Fund) recently received a $1 million donation from Robert Kraft, chairman and CEO of the Kraft Group and founder of the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism. Robert Kraft "I am honored to support UNCF in their mission to combat hate and promote unity,” said Kraft. “It Lomax, president and CEO, UNCF.

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Unapologetic Leadership Thought: Freedom Dreaming

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Dr. Keith Curry As I sat in the audience watching and listening to Garcia talk about Freedom Dreaming, I finally found the words for what I have felt inside for as long as I can remember, and I felt the excitement of figuring out that I am a “practitioner of change.”

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Choosing an Executive Leadership Coach: What Matters

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

One of the realities of moving up the executive leadership ranks, whether in higher education or other sectors, is that the higher you ascend, the fewer people you have with whom to commensurate or in whom to confide. Except for the American Council on Education ACE Fellows Program , leadership development programs were scarce at that time.

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Jia Osiel Appointed Chief Talent and Equity Officer at Achieving the Dream

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Stout, president and CEO of ATD. “Her Her early focus will be on strategic leadership development and career pathing across the organization, especially with our middle leaders, as well as leading the shaping and implementation of ATD’s own racial equity, diversity and inclusion plan.” Osiel says. “I

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Sarah Coen Named Chief Growth Officer of  Liaison International 

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I am extremely excited to have a leader of this caliber joining us at Liaison,” said founder and CEO, George Haddad. Sarah is a nationally known expert in higher education with 30 years of experience serving in academic and consulting leadership positions.

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Lifting As They Climb

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Like so many other scholarly associations founded in the United States, African Americans and other minorities remained invisible within the leadership ranks for years. Today, she is the president and CEO of the Learning Policy Institute and the Charles E. The American Educational Research Association (AERA) was no exception.

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Cohort of HBCU Presidents Work Together To Find Fiscal Answers

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Jackson said she was eager to help create an environment where solutions can be developed by HBCU leaders. “I kept thinking they have their finger on the pulse of all things, and I mean they are training the next generation of workers,” said Jackson, with regards to HBCU leaders. “I Many are second career.