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Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Time Magazine in 2005 hailed her as “perhaps the ultimate role model for women in science,” having held senior leadership positions in government, industry, research and academe. Jackson also was the recipient of a 2009 John Hope Franklin Award, presented by Diverse: Issues In Higher Education.

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Report: High-Achieving Black, Latino, and Low-Income Students Lacking Equal Access to Advanced Math Classes

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ivy Morgan The Education Trust The report, " Opportunities Denied: High Achieving Black and Latino Students Lack Access to Advanced Math ", used data from the 2009 High School Longitudinal Study (HSLS) to determine such disparities stemming from systemic bias.

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Using Cogenerative Dialogues for Learner-Centered Teaching

The Scholarly Teacher

2001; Lang, 2021; Thomas, 2009).The Learning-centered teachers create environments that positively impact students through shared governance of the learning space. 2019; Smith, 2013). Scholars have identified a gap between desired outcomes and instructional methods employed in the college classroom (Duch et al., 2019; Silvestri, 2005).

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Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson Lauded at Dr. John Hope Franklin Reception

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dozens gathered to celebrate Jackson’s extraordinary academic, industry, and government career. And it is in this spirit that I humbly accept this recognition.” Jackson originally received this award in 2009, but the ceremony was not held that year and she was not publicly recognized. Dr. Freeman A.

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Jacqie McWilliams

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

McWilliams spent nine years at the NCAA, managing NCAA championships, to include serving as director of the Division I women’s basketball tournament from 2006-2009 and the Division I men’s basketball tournament from 2007-2012.

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Hoke’s Notes – The Plight of Small Colleges

Edu Alliance Journal

Im seeking foundations, corporations, and government agencies to help fund this project, which aims to mitigate the ripple effects of college closures in rural America. The research will focus on rural communities in Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. In 1998, he co-founded The Connected Learning Network, a full-service online learning company.

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A State of Affairs, the Underrepresentation of Minority Community College Trustees

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Smalls In a perfect world, governing boards and leadership demographics would mirror the student population (Higgs, 2014). However, research has demonstrated a clear underrepresentation of minority community college trustees (Moltz, 2009) with no progress being made in hiring African American administrators (Levin, Walker et al.,