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AERA Names Dr. Tabbye Chavous as New Executive Director

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Chavous The American Educational Research Association (AERA) announced Monday that Dr. Tabbye M. Levine who has led the organization since 2002. Chavous holds a PhD in community psychology from the University of Virginia and has built her career around educational equity research.

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The Erosion of DEI in Higher Education: A Threat to Progress and National Strength

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As a first-generation college student, a Black woman, and the child of immigrants, I have witnessed firsthand the transformative power of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in higher education. Our higher education institutions must reflect this reality and prepare students for the world they will inherit.

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Seven Best Practices in 40 years of Reporting on Diversity in Higher Education

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What does Diverse: Issues In Higher Education mean to you? Daniels Of course, I was not reading academic journals and higher education publications then. Over the years, I’ve observed at least seven (7) best practices in Diverse: Issues In Higher Education that other media outlets might be well-served to emulate: 1.

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Updated ACE Report Reveals Progress, Persistent Disparities

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Though the number Hispanic and Black students enrolling in undergraduate programs has increased in recent years, completion rates continue to lag somewhat behind, according to a report released by the American Council on Education (ACE). This data is right in front of our face, and we have to decide where in higher education we want to go?"

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Ivy League to Become Collegiate Outlier in Top Women Leadership

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The Ivy League, with some of the oldest institutions of higher education in the U.S., Taylor Odle, assistant professor of educational policy studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “I He said Columbia seriously considered female candidates prior to the hiring of outgoing President Lee Bollinger in 2002.

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Higher Education’s Moment: Religious, Secular, and Spiritual Equity

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Throughout its history, higher education has sought to introduce students to the perspectives of a global citizenship. To effectively educate students through a global lens requires institutions confront issues of inequity. To effectively educate students through a global lens requires institutions confront issues of inequity.

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Mental Health and Learning Among Students with Marginalized Sociodemographic Identities

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Recognizing the significant disparities identified in mental health among learners with marginalized identities and subsequent impacts on learning, it is imperative that postsecondary education institutions engage in multi-level action at the research, policy and practice levels to mitigate the undue barriers and stressors driving these outcomes.