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Howard University Taps Antiracist Scholar Ibram X. Kendi to Head New Advanced Studies Institute

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Kendi, a MacArthur Fellowship recipient and one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people, brings considerable scholarly credentials to the position. His appointment continues Howard's legacy of housing influential Black intellectuals and fostering groundbreaking research on racial justice. Dr. Ibram X.

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U of Houston removes social justice–focused dean of social work

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” While abolition is not new to organizing or academe, she said, “it is newer to social work as a growing movement,” and Dettlaff is a “leader in thinking through what abolition means for social work and a new way of envisioning how we want to embody our values of social justice and antiracism.”

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Unity in Action: Advancing Social and Ecological Justice through Diverse Perspectives

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Throughout the course of our careers, we have consistently championed the transformative influence of education in promoting environmental and social justice as ways to improve people’s lives and advance a more equitable society, albeit from different perspectives.

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Out With the Old, In With the New: Decolonizing the School Counseling Profession to Support Black Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Hines According to Singh, Appling, & Trepal (2020): “The Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies (MSJCC; Ratts, Singh, Nassar-McMillan, Butler, & McCullough, 2015) ask counselors to “apply knowledge of multicultural and social justice theories” (p.

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Strong Networks Help Turn Black Faculty into University Presidents

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This motivation we have termed an equity ethic , a principled concern for racial and social justice that becomes a chief motivator throughout one’s career. The involvement of university leaders in racially aware professional, educational, and community networks spoke to their desire to give back to their communities.

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Contemplating the Past and Future of Historically White Colleges and Universities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These revelations have been whitewashed from college curricula that examine the history of America, just as current attempts are being made by conservatives for a similar erasure of the difficult circumstances that African Americans have had to endure and overcome.

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The Black Woman’s Burden: Battling Inertia in Higher Ed

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It takes all of us — the co-conspirators, the social justice warriors, the culturally competent people — being in lockstep, which is very hard. “It will always see people as products, as cogs in the wheel — which is exhausting — which is why some people succumb to stress, mental illbeing, and physical ailments.

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