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AERA Names Dr. Tabbye Chavous as New Executive Director

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Chavous The American Educational Research Association (AERA) announced Monday that Dr. Tabbye M. Chavous, currently vice provost for equity and inclusion and chief diversity officer at the University of Michigan, brings more than 25 years of experience as a scholar, researcher, and academic administrator to the position.

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Young working-class people being ‘blocked’ from creative industries, study finds

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Sutton Trust calls for improved access to creative education and industry dominated by upper middle-class Young people from working-class backgrounds are being “blocked” from entering the creative industries, which remain “elitist” and inaccessible, according to research.

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Industry and STEMM Leaders Convene for White House Summit

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These 10 include the likes of American Institutes for Research (AIR), Jobs for the Future (JFF), Morgan State University, and Spelman College. As an anchor partner, Spelman’s work will focus on the pillar of innovation, which partly has to do with making sure that researchers from marginalized communities get equitable funding and support.

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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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University of Illinois System Partners with One Million Degrees to Boost Community College Transfer Rates

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Education researchers have long identified transfer pathways as crucial for improving social mobility, especially for first-generation college students. The organization partners with employers across industries to build pathways to in-demand jobs through apprenticeship and credentialing programs.

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UNCF Announces UNITE 2025 Summit, Offers Complimentary Registration to All HBCUs and PBIs

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The five-day event at the Signia by Hilton Hotel will feature over 100 sessions focusing on institutional excellence, student success, research, economic mobility, and systems change. These institutions are vital engines of opportunity, resilience and innovation," said UNCF President and CEO Dr.

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Film Director Joins Spelman Faculty as Director of Documentary Filmmaking

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Prior to joining Spelman, Lynch served as the Curator of the Moving Image & Recorded Sound Division of the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture for over 10 years. We know that her research and teachings will have a deep impact on the community of documentarians we are fostering here in the department.”

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