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Supreme Court's Hollow Ruling One Year Later: Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Students Left Behind in the Pursuit of a 'Race-Blind' Agenda’

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In the fall of 2018, I was a student organizer for affirmative action and one of eight alumni who took the federal witness stand in the lawsuit Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), Inc. In 2018, Chen was a student organizer and expert witness for the defense in Students for Fair Admissions vs. President and Fellows of Harvard College

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Cultivating Tomorrow’s HBCU Leaders: The H.E.L.F. Foundation Effect

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This is an HBCU-centric program, and we are unapologetic about it,” says Dr. Elfred Anthony Pinkard, who served as president of Wilberforce University from 2018 until his retirement in 2023. Felton While H.E.L.F. But we look at them as absolute crisis-related departures and I think we really need to move away from that.” Innovation.

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Leading with Purpose: AABHE’s President Charts Path for Black Excellence

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In 2018, she became involved with AABHEs Leadership and Mentoring Institute, an experience that she describes as the best professional development that Ive ever experienced in 20 plus years of higher education. Last year, Howard-Baptiste was appointed as the President of the American Association of Blacks in Higher Education (AABHE).

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Part-Time Faculty at The New School Walk Out in Protest Against Pay and Working Conditions

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With approximately 200 demonstrators present, the strike was the result of years of tension between adjunct faculty and the private New York City school’s administration. Teaching staff also complained that administrators’ salaries were high compared to faculty. Local 7902, the union organizing the strike.

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Calls for Change at Penn State

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We as a faculty, Black faculty and others, have been fighting the administration to address matters of racial justice, and in a very forceful and progressive manner, for the last 20 years or so in different iterations,” said King in an interview with Diverse. Racism came from administrators, colleagues, and even students. Dr. Marcus A.

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Study Reveals Teacher Perceptions of Chronically Absent Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Data were drawn from direct assessments of children, parent interviews, and education and administrator questionnaires. Casey Foundation. “We We need to pay attention to both if we are aiming to solve the absenteeism crisis,” Gottfried said.

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Dr. Joy Gaston Gayles Appointed Head of NC State College of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She also received NC State’s University Faculty Scholar in 2018 and is the winner of the Zenobia L. Hikes Woman of Color in the Academy Award. Gayles holds a Ph.D.

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