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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’

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In the fall of 2018, I was a student organizer for affirmative action and one of eight alumni who took the federal witness stand in the lawsuit Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), Inc. Students and alumni fought to voice the importance of race-conscious policies, campus diversity, and solidarity among communities of color.

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End of the Rainbow?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Ángel de Jesús González Impact To put in perspective how these centers serve LGBTQ+ students, Dr. Genny Beemyn, director of the Stonewall Center at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, says this center does about 50 programs per school year. It is a space to establish community, which is important for persistence and student success.

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20 Winter-Inspired Service-Learning Project Ideas for High School Students

Experiential Learning Depot

Service-learning is an incredible learning experience where students learn about community needs, brainstorm ways to serve and give back, and then take real and tangible action to meet those needs. Let’s take a look at 20 winter-inspired service-learning project ideas for students!

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Representation Matters

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We are in the next phase of pushing forward.” “[In the fall] semester, I gathered several students in mass communication, who have taken a class or two with me in women’s and gender studies — I teach “Women in Communication” and “Media Images of Black Women” — to help me develop a marketing plan to reach the students. “I

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Eye to the Future

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Innovative programming continues to grow, and the student body is more diverse than ever. Lewis-Williams, executive director of the University Student Center and Office of Student Life and Development, says a large part of her job focuses on celebrating diversity and inclusion. Morgan State President Dr. David K.

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Open to Change

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It aims to identify strengths and areas for improvement, as well as measure progress on key diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in order to gain a better understanding of perceptions and experiences of students, faculty and staff,” Jaamal says. “It Coe College President David T.

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HBCU students, faculty denounce 'Cop City'

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Some students and faculty members at historically Black Atlanta colleges and universities are speaking out against plans to build an 85-acre, $90 million police training facility nearby in forested land owned by the city. The committee backed the creation of the training facility. “We’ve said it time and time again.

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