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Jacqie McWilliams

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

McWilliams spent nine years at the NCAA, managing NCAA championships, to include serving as director of the Division I women’s basketball tournament from 2006-2009 and the Division I men’s basketball tournament from 2007-2012.

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Brown Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice Celebrates 10 Years

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When Brown University released its landmark 2006 report documenting the institution’s historical involvement in slavery, many of its recommendations were one-time fixes: revising the university’s official history, creating memorials, and the like.

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Context, Cultural Insight Bring Diversity to the Dramatic Arts

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For her first book, A History of Asian American Theatre (2006), she interviewed over 70 people. It makes us see the humanity in each other. It reduces humans to two-dimensional things. Her research became based on their stories. To me, it’s the best way to promote empathy. Stereotypes dehumanize people,” she continued. “It

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Young, Brilliant, and Ready: Preparing Black Males for Postsecondary Opportunities and Transitions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ford is a Distinguished Professor of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University Dr. Edward C. is a Distinguished Professor of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University Dr. Renae D. Hines is a Professor in the Division of Child, Family, and Community Engagement at George Mason University Dr. Donna Y.

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After Settlement with Howard University, Students Call for Sweeping Changes

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Office of Human Rights, which found Howard failed to provide Ross “reasonable accommodation based on his disability.” A 2006 National College Health Assessment found that just under 50% of the over 94,000 students surveyed reported feeling “so depressed it was difficult to function,” and 9.3% had contemplated suicide.

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Advancing Academic Advising: A Collaborative Approach to Transform Advising & the Student Experience

The Advisor That Cares

However, quality academic advising plays a positive role in enhancing students’ sense of belonging and persistence (Drake, 2011; Kuhn, 2006) as Drake (2011) describes the power of advising by stating, “it is the very human art of building relationships with students and helping them connect their personal strengths and interests with their academic (..)

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Nutrition is Bey: Beyoncé songs as nutrition basics

John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

But simply put, I am crazy in love with the mechanisms and biochemistry of nutrition and how it interacts with all human and body processes to ensure optimal functioning. It plays a vital role in all human processing systems. Another fun fact: the body can produce two vitamins: D (in the skin) and K (in the gut).