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Law School Admission Council Names Sudha Setty as New President and CEO

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Setty's appointment follows a national search led by Marcilynn Burke, dean of Tulane Law School, and Rebecca Scheller, chief administrative officer at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Sudha has a compelling vision for LSAC and will inspire us all to even greater achievements," said Scheller.

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Forging a Bond: Black and Jewish Communities

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The UNCF (United Negro College Fund) and Robert Kraft’s Foundation brought a diverse group of Black and Jewish students, faculty and administrators together for a series of Unity Dinners across the nation. The dinners - which kicked off at the National Civil and Human Rights Museum in Atlanta before moving to George Washington University in D.C.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In kicking off the panel, Mathis recognized the likely diversity of, and respect for, varying contexts and cultures represented among participants, including community college trustees, senior administrators, and other state and association leaders from across the country. in press, p. Dr. Carl B. Dr. Terry A.

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

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It was at least a decade later before Fisk's John Lewis Center for Social Justice was established in 2019 to carry on a similar mantle. Its quiet closure sometime in the 2000s signaled that even the most decorated HBCU research centers are not assured longevity or the perpetual institutional support needed to sustain them.

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An Open Letter to HBCU Graduates

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Iowa’s legislation doesn’t just ban DEI offices; it goes on to restrict the topics on which an institution may take a position , a list that includes “social justice” and “antiracism.” Dr. Charlie Nelms is a veteran higher education administrator and chancellor emeritus of North Carolina Central University. Please vote!

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Black Americans May Be Thriving, but Racial Struggles Persist

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The Payne Center for Social Justice, which is part of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, has committed to conducting the survey with the same questions and publishing the data annually for the next 100 years. “It becomes an annual dashboard and snapshot of the state of Black life in America as self-reported,” said Dr. M.

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Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig Awarded 2022 Linda C. Tillman Social and Racial Justice Award

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Julian Vasquez Heilig, dean of the University of Kentucky’s (UK) College of Education, has been named the winner of the University Council for Educational Administration's (UCEA) 2022 Linda C. Tillman Social and Racial Justice Award. Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig The award – named after diversity and equity advocate Linda C.