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Q&A: UNCF's Ed Smith-Lewis on the UNITE Convening and HBCU Transformation

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Under the guidance and visionary leadership of our current President and CEO, Dr. Michael Lomax , ICB officially launched in 2006. With every partner who shows up to build, support, and reimagine whats possiblewere not waiting for the future of higher education. Were shaping it.

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A Tribute to Dr. James A. Banks — The Father of Multicultural Education: In These Troubling Anti-EDI Times

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I had an immediate epiphany: How timely Banks’ book is in these most troubling anti-EDI times (EDI - Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) I must not only continue to proactively teach my students the goals of multicultural education, but I must also remind larger audiences. What better place than Diverse: Issues In Higher Education.

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Fostering Success

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Established 53 years ago and built on principles of social justice, AAP’s mission is to create and administer innovative academic programs for students historically underrepresented in higher education. We hire a lot of students to be peer mentors, peer counselors, peer learning facilitators, which are basically tutors,” he continues.

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

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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. Between 2006 and 2021, Black student enrollment dropped from 7% to 4% and Indigenous student enrollment dropped from 1% to 0.1%.

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Have you seen these 10 Terrible Tenure Decision Making Patterns?

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2006) referred to this as the ‘revolving door’ problem, finding that one in every two minority hires was a replacement for a previous minority who had left the institution. Universities are making vocal commitments to recruit faculty who represent the diversity of the student population. Moreno at al.

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Anti-Racist Teachers: Disrupting Resegregation [Overrepresentation] in Special Education

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Culturally competent educators know the importance of viewing SEL (and all areas of development) through a cultural lens – racial identity development. This facilitates racial and ethnic pride among Black, Hispanic, and other Students of Color. The Culturally Competent Educator: Dispositions, Knowledge, and Skills. [1]

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Creating a data-informed campus: part 3

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Blogs Creating a data-informed campus: part 3 Using data to facilitate institutional effectiveness The conversation around data-informed decision making in higher education continues to accelerate. Institutional research offices can develop effective partnerships and collaborations across the institution to facilitate data use.