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San Diego Foundation Commits $4M to Help Underserved Students Reach College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

in 2023-24, only 4% of English learners, 8% of foster youth, and 8% of homeless students graduated. The organization focuses on advancing racial and social justice, fostering equity of opportunity, building resilient communities, and delivering world-class philanthropy. While the overall graduation rate reached 84.6%

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In June 2023, the U. Supreme Court struck down race-consciousness in college admissions upending four decades of precedent and reshaping the landscape of higher education (Edelman, 2023, par. The presentation drew upon a study by Smalls (2023) focused on the experiences of African American community college trustees.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

His tough and controversial leadership decisions, set against a backdrop of the university's retreat from diversity efforts, led to a 2023 investigation into the center's finances and culture. And similarly, it paled in comparison to the stage IV metastatic breast cancer diagnosis his wife, Sadiqa Kendi, received in 2023.

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AERA Announces Winners of 2023 Excellence in Education Research Awards

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The American Educational Research Association (AERA) has announced the 15 winners of its 2023 awards for excellence in education research. AERA will present the awards at the 2023 Annual Meeting Apr. Dr. Felice J. Levine The winners included Dr. James A. 15, at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.

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A Poetic Path to Social Change - Thomas Kneeland

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Alongside classroom lessons that often tackle this issue, Mr. Kneeland maintains an active schedule participating in panels and workshops that challenge others to consider social justice. One of his most notable works is a 2023 book of poems, titled We Be Walkin Blackly in the Deep.

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A Poetic Path to Social Change - Thomas Kneeland

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Alongside classroom lessons that often tackle this issue, Mr. Kneeland maintains an active schedule participating in panels and workshops that challenge others to consider social justice. One of his most notable works is a 2023 book of poems, titled We Be Walkin Blackly in the Deep.

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Black Americans May Be Thriving, but Racial Struggles Persist

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In “Black Thriving in America: 2023,” data is presented detailing the experiences of Black Americans when shopping, dining out, in healthcare settings, at work, with schools, with police and more. Brown II, executive director and research scientist of the Payne Center for Social Justice. Gallup conducted the study.