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

Experiential Learning Depot

Let’s take a look at 20 winter-inspired service-learning project ideas for students! 20 Winter-Inspired Service-Learning Project Ideas for High School Students 1. Students engage in every step from planning and promoting to collecting and delivering donations in this service-learning project ideas. Find us on social media!

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End of the Rainbow?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Houston Canterbury, an Episcopal organization serving the three public universities in Houston, partnered with Lutheran, United Church of Christ, and Jewish campus ministries to offer LGBTQ+ student organizations free use of the A.D. Lawson is impressed with the resilience and resolve that students are showing.

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Representation Matters

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“[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

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. As a student club, it produces its own events, but also partners with the University Student Center on events such as the alternative student prom.

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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. In October, the college publicized a #NationalStressAwarenessDay social media campaign.

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HBCU students, faculty denounce 'Cop City'

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” The students made several demands, including that Thomas denounce the training center as a board member of the Atlanta Committee for Progress, a group of business, university and civic leaders that advise the mayor. A ‘Tense Encounter’ Mayor Dickens met with Morehouse students on campus on Feb.

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