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A Hope Built on Things Eternal: A Scholar’s Vision for Black Education - Dr. Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title: Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Tenured: Yes Age: 36 Education: B.A., This intellectual awakening led him to pursue a career in education rather than law, though he maintains that he accidentally fell into the academy.

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Film Director Joins Spelman Faculty as Director of Documentary Filmmaking

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2016, she became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Prior to joining Spelman, Lynch served as the Curator of the Moving Image & Recorded Sound Division of the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture for over 10 years.

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Reimagining Black Male Success in Education: Moving from Marginalization to Empowerment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The journey of Black males through the American educational system is often marked by unique obstacles: racial stereotyping, lowered expectations, and systemic inequities that hinder their potential and alienate them from environments meant to foster growth (Howard, 2014). 2015; Harper & Davis, III, 2012).

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Using Black Students to Criticize DEI is a Cynical and Disingenuous Tactic

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The primary argument made in the article is that despite having spent approximately a quarter of a billion dollars since 2016, faculty and students are not enthusiastic about Michigan’s DEI initiatives.

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Coppin State University: A Renaissance of Purpose and Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Named after the institutions namesake, a pioneering African American educator, the program provides comprehensive support and resources to high-achieving students. We are attracting talent who see Coppin as a place where they can reach their educational goals is very humbling for me and my faculty and staff.

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Black Students to Criticize DEI is a Cynical and Disingenuous Tactic

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The primary argument made in the article is that despite having spent approximately a quarter of a billion dollars since 2016, faculty and students are not enthusiastic about Michigan’s DEI initiatives.

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Dr. Tyson Brown Named Director of the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“I look forward to building on the extraordinary leadership of Sandy Darity, and to working with a broad and expanding community of faculty and students across Duke’s schools and disciplines. Together, we will deepen our understanding of the root causes of social disparities and advance evidence-based approaches to achieving equity.”

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