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College Transfer Enrollment Grew for Third Consecutive Year

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according to the Transfer Enrollment and Pathways report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC). below 2020 levels. of non-freshmen undergraduates, and this percentage has steadily grown since fall 2020. increase in transfer enrollment at community colleges since fall 2020. overall and 8.9%

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Dr. Jerome Morris Elected Next AERA President, Continuing Legacy of Black Leadership

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Louis, has been elected as the next president of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). His research examines the complex intersections of race, social class, and geography in educational opportunity, with a particular focus on the U.S. Four researchers were also elected as division vice presidents-elect: Drs.

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

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Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Boston University, where he founded the Center for Antiracist Research under a five-year charter in 2020. Reflecting on my journey, I first experienced the power of Black research centers at Fisk University, where I arrived as a freshperson in 1999. Most recently, he was the Andrew W.

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Don’t Just Witness History; Seize the Opportunity to Shape It

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Lomax UNCF’s new research report, Transforming Futures: The Economic Engines of HBCUs , offers empirical evidence of the profound impact HBCUs have on the success of students, communities and the nation as a whole. And as our research has found, every dollar spent, and every job created comes with a multiplier that extends its impact.

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A Hope Built on Things Eternal: A Scholar’s Vision for Black Education - Dr. Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr.

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As an undergraduate, Henry applied to a summer research opportunity program, writing his application essay about culturally relevant pedagogy and critical race theory from his dorm room, unaware that Ladson-Billings herself was at Wisconsin.

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Internal Audit Finds No Issues with the Finances of Boston University Center for Antiracist Research

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An internal audit of Boston University’s Center for Antiracist Research (CAR) has found no issues with the handling of CAR’s finances, according to the school. Kendi announced the laying off of 19 people, in doing so prompting outside questions about the center’s grant management and why it had not completed more research with its funding.

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Higher Education Non-Exempt Staff Numbers Continue Seven-Year Decline

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colleges and universities has steadily declined over the past seven years, with both full-time and part-time positions showing significant reductions, according to new research from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR). percent drop in part-time positions beginning in 2020.