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UCLA Alumni Couple Pledges $10 Million to Ethnic Studies Centers

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“It was like planting a seed, not to say that we were the sole seed planters, because there were many people – many students, some faculty, and others – planting seeds, fertilizing them, helping them grow.” For faculty members, holding an endowed chair is often considered the highest honor that you can have as a professor,” Yoo said.

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Christopher Edley, Prominent Legal Scholar, Passes Away

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Dr. Stella Flores, a professor of higher education and policy at the University of Texas at Austin, was hired as a graduate student at the Harvard Civil Rights Project in 2001. “ John Hope Franklin Award, the annual recognition for excellence in higher education named after the pioneering Black historian.

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Educational Equity Key to Progress and Democracy

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In 2001, SLN launched the CollegeBound Initiative (CBI), placing 33 college counselors in schools in New York City, Rochester, and Buffalo. They set up opportunities for our students to get on campus, meet other students, connect to faculty members. You as educators are critical to breaking that cycle.” said Robinson.

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Dr. Condoleezza Rice

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Bush’s national security adviser from January 2001-2005, the first woman to hold the position. billion annual budget and the academic program involving 1,400 faculty members and 14,000 students. billion annual budget and the academic program involving 1,400 faculty members and 14,000 students.

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DREAM Conference Marks Milestone

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I think that is injecting new energy and new thinking into the movement,” says Stout, who previously led Montgomery County Community College in Pennsylvania from 2001 to 2015. “We We have a whole new generation of young leaders that need supports like ATD,” she says.

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Pride in the Halls

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Guttman recently institutionalized its Lavender Graduation, a pre-graduation ceremony for LGBTQ students which the president, provost, and members of the faculty attend. The Point Foundation was founded in 2001 and most of its early applicants were gay males whose parents refused to pay for college after they came out.

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Life and Learning, the Washington Way

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Since 2001, he and his organization have connected with educational leadership and others, offering them the power of choice while educating them on intersectional identity and how they can build an environment that is welcoming and supportive of those marginalized by society. Lester saw potential in him and invited him to co-lead.