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Finding a Place at an HBCU

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

With her dream in sight, she started pursuing a doctorate in higher education administration in 2020 at Baltimore’s Morgan State University, an HBCU. At Homecoming], they aren’t playing hip-hop or rap music that is relevant to our culture, so we would have to have our own events to feel that cultural connection to our campus.”

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He had been very excited to attend, until the week of the event. “We That philosophy, and his dedication to achieving his goals, inspired Dr. Katrice Albert, a veteran higher education administrator, to ask him to consider joining her where she serves as vice president of community relations at UK. Williams, Jr.,

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Updated ACE Report Reveals Progress, Persistent Disparities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This report is timely for everyone involved in higher educationadministrators, researchers, policymakers. It allows us to examine the current state of race and ethnicity in higher education and strive to bridge these equity gaps.” At an event in Washington, D.C.,

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TMCF and Hennessy Announce Fifth Cohort of Hennessy Fellows Program

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Each fellow will also receive executive coaching, a scholarship of up to $20,000 per academic year, $10,000 annual stipend for educational expenses, an opportunity to pitch for a community-related project grant up to $10,000, and access to online training forums, boot camps, networking events, and professional development experiences.

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End of the Rainbow?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It really is a structural erasure of queer and trans individuals,” says Dr. Ángel de Jesús González, an assistant professor of higher education administration and leadership at Fresno State. Saabiraa Robinson, president of Prairie View’s LGBTQ+ organization, says the center is sorely missed.

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UNCF Summit for Black Higher Education: Hit the Target!

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Having spent more than a half-century as a faculty member, administrator, and advocate in higher education, I lost count a long time ago of the number of meetings I have attended, as well as the number of speeches and presentations I’ve made, all of which I gifted to the Indiana University Archives.

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Purdue Northwest Chancellor Thomas Keon's Mockery of an "Asian" Language is Emblematic of a Wider Problem in American Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He knowingly made a racist provocation in his capacity as Chancellor while convening a university-sponsored public event. Kim is an Associate Professor of the Practice and Faculty Director of Higher Education Administration at Georgetown University. . Chancellor Keon serves as the public face of Purdue Northwest.