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NCAA Adds Women's Wrestling as Championship Sport, First Tournament Set for 2026

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Rich Bender, executive director of USA Wrestling, celebrated the decision, noting that "Women's wrestling has been an Olympic sport since 2004 and is the fastest-growing sport for young women in our nation." The sport's elevation from the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program reflects its rapid growth and increasing popularity.

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Scholars at AABHE Conference Discuss Strategic Responses to Anti-DEI Legislation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Much of that celebration took place at Diverses annual Dr. John Hope Franklin Award ceremony, created in 2004 to pay homage to Franklin, a renowned historian, writer, educator and humanitarian. For instance, The center that Chancler directs was once known as The Center for Multiculturalism and Inclusivity. Now its just The Center.

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Fidelity Matters: Assessing Anti-Racism/Anti-Oppression in P-12 and Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In our quest for anti-racist academic organizations from preschool to higher education, we have urged educators to develop competencies - dispositions, knowledge, and skills - to put philosophy into practice. Doing so requires reflection assessment to determine commitment and the degree to which change is taking place or has occurred.

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Georgetown University Honors Xavier University of Louisiana's Centennial and Black Catholic Studies Legacy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For years, the story remained buried until 2004, when Patricia Bayonne-Johnson uncovered it while tracing her family history. For years, the story remained buried until 2004, when Patricia Bayonne-Johnson uncovered it while tracing her family history.

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Another College Just Closed Its Doors. What That Means for Your Institution and the Future of Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Department of Education's Postsecondary Education Participants System, nearly 12,000 college campuses, accounting for more than 460 IHEs, closed between July 2004 and June 2020. Now, let’s apply these concepts to higher education. Mordecai Ian Brownlee The impact of the HEERF era on Higher education According to the U.S.

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Steele to Step Down from Helm at Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The number of Black homeowners has dropped since 2004, when homeownership peaked at 49.7%. He will serve through the SCLC’s 65th Annual Conference held, Aug. 9-10, in Atlanta. “We We have to take the movement to another level, and I am just extending myself to be a part of the next level,” said Steele, 78. In 2023, 45.7%

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Transparent Lab Report Templates Affect Scientific Success

The Scholarly Teacher

The goal was that standardizing the lab report template would help students understand what material is needed for the assignment within the course as well as what would be required if they were publishing scientific results within a journal (Hand & Prain, 2004). We started with a properly formatted title page.

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