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What Dr. Ibram Kendi’s Appointment to Howard Means for HBCUs—and Black Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Kendi, a historian and antiracist activist, has made waves since publishing Stamped from the Beginning , which won the 2016 National Book Award for Nonfiction. Many hope their return signals a deeper commitment to prioritizing Black scholarship in ways that long-suffering, lesser-known Black scholars have not always experiencedeven at HBCUs.

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UNCF's Career Pathways Initiative and HBCUv Platform are Driving Transformational Change Through Innovation and Alliances

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Pamela Richardson Wilks, former provost and executive vice president at Paine College and newly named president of Clinton College, began engaging with CPI in 2016 while serving at various UNCF member institutions.

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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

Brown joined the Duke faculty in 2016 and has served as director of the Center on Health & Society and faculty leader of the Bass Connections Race and Society theme, both of which are part of Duke University’s Social Science Research Institute. “I Gallimore, provost of Duke University.

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Marisela Chávez

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2016, she was awarded the CSUDH Lyle E. As director of the CSUDH FDC, Chávez helped foster excellence in teaching, scholarship, creative activities, leadership, and service for all faculty at Dominguez Hills from an equity-minded framework. Gibson Distinguished Teacher Award.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Outreach efforts include education on financial aid options, including grants, scholarships and aid for undocumented students. California State University, Fullerton California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) enrolls more than 39,000 students, of which 54% are Latino—an increase of 40% since 2016. In academic year 2021-22, 45.1%

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Dr. Terry O'Banion, Transformative Community College Leader and "Learning College" Pioneer, Dies at 88

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2016, Diverse honored O’Banion with its Diverse Champions award. O'Banion authored 18 books and more than 250 monographs, chapters, and articles on community college education.

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Former Library of Congress Chief Carla Hayden Joins Mellon Foundation as Senior Fellow

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Hayden's year-long fellowship will focus on scholarship, writing, and research projects while advising Foundation leadership on supporting libraries, archives, and other public knowledge organizations. As the 14th Librarian of Congress from 2016 to 2025, she became the first woman and first African American to hold the position.