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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2009, he returned to his undergraduate alma mater, Xavier University in New Orleans, an HBCU and the only Black Catholic institution in the world. Williams took a pay cut leaving the corporate world, but he knew it was worth it. From there, Williams’s career took off. If you’re not ready to disrupt it, you’re not ready to do it.”

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Why Inclusive Education Is So Difficult to Defend and Deliver

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But by the following week, she was on administrative leave. 2003 ; Bloom, 2009 ). She was inspired by recent workshops and publications advocating for culturally responsive pedagogies, approaches that seek to make learning concrete, evoke emotion, and connect historical content to students’ lived realities.

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Biden Administration Cancels $4.5 Billion in Student Debt for Former Ashford University Students

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The discharge covers loans taken out between March 1, 2009, and April 30, 2020. This action is part of the Biden administration's broader effort to address student loan issues, which has now provided approximately $34 billion in relief to 1.9 million borrowers whose schools engaged in misconduct or closed.

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Business and Health Professions Lead Faculty Growth as Humanities Decline, CUPA-HR Report Finds

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Following the COVID-19 pandemic, most disciplines showed reduced faculty numbers from 2020 to 2022, with few exceptions including Area/Group Studies, Computer Science, Security/Protective Services, Public Administration/Social Service, and Health Professions.

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Civil Rights Group Details Opposition to McMahon Education Nomination

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McCain executive and Small Business Administration chief lacks the necessary experience and holds views that could threaten civil rights protections in education. Her primary experience comes from co-founding and running WWE, with no substantial background in education policy prior to 2009. The LDF, which won the landmark Brown v.

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Office for Civil Rights Commences Title VI Investigations Against 45 Universities

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418, 426 (2009). He noted: By using federal investigations as a weapon to intimidate institutions committed to racial equity, the Trump administration is not only undermining the fundamental mission of higher education but is also jeopardizing student success. Holder , 556 U.S.

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Franklin & Marshall College Names Dr. Andrew Rich as 17th President

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The initiative's success earned the 2023 Exemplary Model Award from the American Association of University Administrators. Rich also served as president and CEO of the Roosevelt Institute, a national think tank and leadership development organization, from 2009 to 2011.

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