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Former K-12 Teacher Voted AERA President-Elect

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Winn is the Chancellor’s Leadership Professor in the School of Education at the University of California, Davis. She has served on the Social Justice Action, Review of Research Award, and Minority Fellowship Selection Committees, and is a member of AERA Divisions K and G. She has been an active member of AERA since 2000.

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Community College Incarcerated Reentry Programs: Looking Forward

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Early prison education programs were led by religious reformers like the Quakers who brought literacy and moral education to the Walnut Street Prison in post-revolutionary Philadelphia. The staunchest budget mind finds it hard to argue with taxpayer savings of more than $4 for every dollar invested in prison-based education.

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Dr. Yolanda Pierce Named Dean of the Vanderbilt University Divinity School

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I am honored and excited for the opportunity to become dean of Vanderbilt Divinity School, an innovator in 21st-century theological education, and to work with dedicated faculty and staff in the preparation of outstanding ministers and scholars,” Pierce said. “I

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Out With the Old, In With the New: Decolonizing the School Counseling Profession to Support Black Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This entails being anti-racist, equity-minded, and culturally responsive, as we have written about in Diverse: Issues In Higher Education and several other scholarly outlets. Rodgers and I (Ford) urged educators to get out of the ivory tower and into the communities of students of color.

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College Sports: A Work in Progress

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She rebranded Cal’s annual tournament to reflect a focus on social justice and equity. We also highlight things they’re doing in their own communities and on their campuses to promote social justice.” Invitational to promote social justice and equity. Filed in 2009 and decided in 2015, O’Bannon v.

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Representation Matters

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Adele Newson-Horst was developing a grant proposal, she quoted a 2015 article published in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education that noted HBCU institutions had been slow to introduce gender-related programs. Part of the mission of HBCUs is social justice, is consciousness raising, is being global leaders in a responsible way.

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Survey: Majority of Employers Express Confidence in Higher Ed

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According to a 2023 Gallup poll, 36% of respondents had “a great deal of confidence” or “quite a lot of confidence” in higher ed, a significant decline from 48% in 2018 or 57% in 2015. It's such good news for colleges and universities in how they're preparing students for the workforce,” Finley said.