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HBCU Leaders Unite to Address Threats to Black Education

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Black Leadership Across Campuses) Summit, held on April 3, brought together university presidents, scholars, K-12 administrators, policymakers, and students for a candid three-hour discussion on systemic barriers and emerging threats to educational equity. The virtual B.L.A.C. Ingram described her institution's holistic support strategy.

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When We Defund Education, We Defund Teacher Diversity

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However, that progress was halted when a higher court lifted the Temporary Restraining Order (TRO), allowing the administration to pause funding once again. A district judge ruled in our favor, ordering the reinstatement of the grants. The damage is already being felt. Yet, amid these challenges lies a transformative opportunity.

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Education Leaders and Researchers Discuss Strategies to Better Recruit and Retain Educators of Color

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Education leaders and researchers discussed the vast disparities in the number of educators of color and potential ways to help recruit them during a panel of the Southern Education Foundation (SEF) Equity Assistance Center-South’s (EAC-South) Educational Equity Indicators Professional Learning Series.

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New SREB Report Advocates for Accessible and High-Quality Pathways to Attract and Retain Teachers in the Classroom

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Arguably, we're going to eventually see an impact on leadership in schools, because if we aren't creating enough teachers, we're also not going to be creating enough administrators,” said Pruitt in an interview with Diverse. “If Teacher advancement and career pathways are among the list of ways to recruit, retain, and support teachers.

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

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Mathis The presentation was designed to illuminate promising practices identified in Smalls study that leaders are implementing to develop and recruit a diverse board of trustees and foster the desired climate, policy development, and culture within their respective institutions. Dr. Margaretta B. Dr. Carl B. Dr. Terry A.

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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

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Forging strategic partnerships Williams’s ability to connect HBCU students to graduate programs caught the attention of Emory University, where he would be recruited in 2014 as the director of Diversity, Community and Recruitment. Applications from under-represented students increased by 10% during his first academic year.

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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’

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Department of Education projects that the number of Asian American and NHPI students enrolling in college will grow by 12% in the next four years.