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Paradigm Shift: DEI, Anti-DEI, or Underrepresentation?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In a perfect world, governing boards and leadership demographics would mirror the student population (Higgs, 2014). Gender and racial gaps among community college trustees continue to be a reality. in press, p.

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Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig Awarded 2022 Linda C. Tillman Social and Racial Justice Award

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

His ability to make academic research useful and relevant to racial and social justice in schools and communities is integral to UCEA and the University of Kentucky’s mission.” s top public influencers in education since 2014 – is currently on the executive committee and education co-chair for the Kentucky NAACP.

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Training Culturally Conscious Performing Artists

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The August 2014 death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, aroused a sweeping reappraisal of race and social justice issues. I always leave the theater thinking not only about the message of the play but also about what the performance reveals about racism and social justice in the United States.”

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Changing the Face of Nursing

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In the summer of 2014, Crystal Jackson was working as a manager of nurse education in Ferguson, Missouri. There will also be conversations about social justice, highlighted by a talk from a nurse who runs a local church. Michael Brown, a Black teenager, had been fatally shot by a white police officer, and the city was on fire.

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What’s love got to do with neurodiversity and HE art and design?

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I’m also saying this as someone who’s curated several, including one on running as an arts and humanities discourse that a 2014 Guardian article said ‘other conferences could take a leaf out of’, for its 8-minute sprint formats and multi-modal approaches including film screening, meditation sessions and run-chats.

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

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1972) Academic Freedom and Social Responsibility: The Tasks of Universities in a Changing World, Stephen Kertesz (Ed), Notre Dame, University of Notre Dame Press. Zulu, C (2016) Gender equity and equality in higher education leadership: Whats social justice and substantive equality got to do with it? Perspectives: Nicol, D.

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Success Story: Wesleyan University

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She’s also been active with NAFSA, serving as a research and scholarship network leader from January 2016 to December 2018 and as chair of NAFSA Region V in 2014. “I 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.”