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What Dr. Ibram Kendi’s Appointment to Howard Means for HBCUs—and Black Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In sharing the news of his appointment, the 2005 alumnus of Florida A&M University (FAMU) described his move as "the most fulfilling career choice I have ever made." It was at least a decade later before Fisk's John Lewis Center for Social Justice was established in 2019 to carry on a similar mantle.

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Breaking Bread in Communities of Learners

The Scholarly Teacher

Paul Vivian Johnson , Hamline University Key Statement: This article reports on a relationship between two social justice professors who shared stories of battle fatigue and, in doing so, supported each other in avoiding burnout. We do this 'til we free us: Abolitionist organizing and transforming justice. Haymarket Books.

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The Black Woman’s Burden: Battling Inertia in Higher Ed

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Eventually, they documented their experiences in a 2005 article, "Retaining Each Other: Narratives of Two African American Women in the Academy." It takes all of us — the co-conspirators, the social justice warriors, the culturally competent people — being in lockstep, which is very hard.

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Effect of Institutional Autonomy on Academic Freedom in Higher Education Institutions in Ghana

SRHE

Zulu, C (2016) Gender equity and equality in higher education leadership: Whats social justice and substantive equality got to do with it? Industrial management & data systems, Lippa, R. Gender, nature, and nurture. Lock, I., & Seele, P. CSR governance and departmental organization: A typology of best practices. Zikmund, W.G.,

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President’s corner: Trust is the bedrock of progress at High Point University

University Business

Qubein’s rise to the highest ranks of higher education despite his lack of administrative experience seems as farfetched as HPU managing to continually improve enrollment since his tenure began in 2005, surviving the blows of the 2007-08 Great Recession and the pandemic. “I believe in this work.

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Success Story: Wesleyan University

Via's

Emily has worked in the study abroad field since 2005, when she was the outreach and programming coordinator at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. I want everybody to see the value of education abroad and I want it to be more social justice-focused than it has been in the past—maybe less elitist and more for everyone.”

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How College Transforms Students

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Terenzini’s How College Affects Students (originally published in 1991 and revised in 2005 and updated in 2016 by Matthew J. Astin’s Four Critical Years: Effects of College on Beliefs, Attitudes and Knowledge (1977) and its sequel What Matters in College: Four Critical Years Revisited (1993), and Ernest T. Mayhew, Alyssa N.