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University of Vermont Launches Open-Access Academic Press

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Under the University of Vermont’s (UVM) new open-access academic press, authors and readers will not have to pay fees to publish or access published materials. Entwined in UVM Press’s diamond open-access model is a sentiment of shared responsibilities and a commitment not to profit, according to its website.

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Tennessee State University President Dr. Glenda Glover Announces Retirement

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Glover – who was hired to lead Tennessee’s only land-grant, historically Black university in 2013 – said her voice was needed on a "more national platform," though she had no specific plans for the future. My skillset, leadership, voice is needed now much more than ever as we fight to protect access and equity," she said.

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Salovey to Step Down as President of Yale

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The percentage of freshmen who are Black, Latinx, or Native nearly doubled between 2013 and 2021, and the share of first-generation students climbed nine points to 21 percent. Yale also became more financially accessible: the number of incoming freshmen who qualify for Pell grants doubled from his first year to 22% at present.

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A Dynamic Thinker

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Allen was vice provost for faculty at Penn from 2013 to 2020. Today’s world still has its own health and privacy-related issues, says Allen, citing issues around women’s access to healthcare, and disproportionately high mortality rates of Black mothers and Black babies. “I

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Black and Hispanic Students Far Less Likely to Receive Race-Matched Instruction

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From a sample of over 560,000 first year, first time community college students and over 32,000 instructors in Texas between 2013 and 2020, researchers found that 77% of white students experienced a racial match. However, a recent working paper has shown that students of color are far less likely to experience these advantages.

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Breaking the Silence: Mental Health and Trauma on Campus

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Between 2013 and 2021, college students’ rates of depression and anxiety have increased by 135% and 110% respectively, according to research conducted by Boston University in 2021. “The core mission of higher education is to educate our young people and put them into leadership roles for our society in the future,” said Williamson. “If

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

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gifted and talented); conversely, they are significantly overrepresented in special education, and in-school discipline and suspension rates (Ford & Moore, 2013; Hines et al., In the P-12 education system, Black males have lower graduation rates in high school, are underrepresented in accelerated programs (e.g.,