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Making Equity a Priority

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The school ultimately became a satellite campus of the El Camino Community College District in 2006 but has since regained its accreditation and its independence. He’s a real-life Equity Avenger, grinding 24/7 against injustice and setting an example for us all,” she says. The trio call themselves the Equity Avengers.

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

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14, 2003) While there is no shortage of higher education news outlets, none has covered two-year and four-year colleges and universities and their efforts to promote equity and inclusivity quite like this one. 2, 2006) 6. (“From Opening Doors to Opening Minds,” Aug. Publishing work of journalists of color.

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Harvard Names Dr. Claudine Gay to Presidency

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Experts in higher education, diversity, equity and inclusion celebrated the news, hoping it could signal to other institutions that it is time for more diverse leadership. She joined Harvard in 2006 as a professor of government and African and African American studies. Gay’s appointment comes on the heels of the U.S

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Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig Named Provost at Western Michigan University

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Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig, an educational researcher whose work on racial equity and teacher preparation has received national recognition, will be the next provost and vice president for academic affairs at Western Michigan University. Vincent, president of Talladega College, a historically Black institution in Alabama.

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Lifting As They Climb

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Banks chronicled the history of Black AERA leadership in a March 2016 article, titled “Expanding the Epistemological Terrain: Increasing Equity and Diversity Within the American Educational Research Association,” that appeared in the journal Educational Researcher.

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Community College Student Support Program Effectiveness and Expansion Discussed at Symposium

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Matters surrounding this expansion and scalability were discussed in sessions at a a one-day symposium, Building Towards Equity in Higher Education. Founded in 2006, the program now serves almost 900 students.

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The Impact of Affirmative Action on the Mental Health of College Students of Color

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Between 2006 and 2021, Black student enrollment dropped from 7% to 4% and Indigenous student enrollment dropped from 1% to 0.1%. The Steve Fund and many national experts anticipate that eliminating racial considerations in admissions will dramatically reduce the number of students of color in selective higher education institutions.