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Fuentes Earns the AAHHE Mildred GarcĂ­a Founders' Award

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David Fuentes Fuentes is associate dean in the College of Education at William Paterson University, where he began his career in higher education as an assistant professor of teacher education in 2012. in curriculum and instruction from the Pennsylvania State University. He serves as co-director of the Center for Teaching Excellence.

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

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Recommendations for Nurturing the Brilliance of Black Males Ensure that Black male voices are centered in conversations on academic and college support (Harper, 2012). Teach Black males and their families about the hidden curriculum (e.g., What questions unique and specific to their lived experiences do they have?

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Georgian Court University Boasts Women-Led Majority Leadership

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The school went co-educational in 2012, but its concern for women remains. It was in our curriculum. So women in leadership is not new to our institution by any stretch of the imagination. And because it's already built into the culture, students are expecting that dynamic. They expect women to be leaders."

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Lifting As They Climb

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Ducommun Endowed Professor (Emerita) in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University, was president in 2011-2012. Gloria Ladson-Billings Dr. Arnetha F. Ball, the Charles E. Dr. Joyce E. King, the Benjamin E. Mays Endowed Chair and Professor of Educational Policy Studies, led the association from 2014-2015.

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Representation Matters

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Over the past decade, some historically Black institutions have developed women’s and gender studies programs and embedded courses within general education curriculum. Courses were developed by various faculty members as far back as 2012, but the process stalled for several years until White stepped up and took the reins. “We

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Out With the Old, In With the New: Decolonizing the School Counseling Profession to Support Black Students

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CURRICULUM - The content and focus of counseling sessions must be anti-racist and culturally responsive to be useful for minoritized students. When students view the environment as welcoming, non-judgmental, and culturally responsive, school counselors will have productive sessions, as well as productivity in every stage of counseling; 3.

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Dr. Dara N. Byrne: Leveraging Public Higher Education for the Common Good

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She was integral in launching Macaulay at John Jay in 2012, serving three years as the program director. What they’re not looking for is the kind of curriculum and teaching approaches where they’re left on the outside or they’re meant to just absorb without being full participants.”.