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Supreme Court's Hollow Ruling One Year Later: Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Students Left Behind in the Pursuit of a 'Race-Blind' Agenda’

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In the fall of 2018, I was a student organizer for affirmative action and one of eight alumni who took the federal witness stand in the lawsuit Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), Inc. In 2018, Chen was a student organizer and expert witness for the defense in Students for Fair Admissions vs. President and Fellows of Harvard College

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Cultivating Tomorrow’s HBCU Leaders: The H.E.L.F. Foundation Effect

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This is an HBCU-centric program, and we are unapologetic about it,” says Dr. Elfred Anthony Pinkard, who served as president of Wilberforce University from 2018 until his retirement in 2023. Felton While H.E.L.F. But we look at them as absolute crisis-related departures and I think we really need to move away from that.” Innovation.

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How Incarceration Impacts the Basic Needs of Loved Ones & Families

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Their 2018 report, Because Shes Powerful , outlines the many ways women are harmed by a loved ones incarceration, from financial instability to increased state surveillance. There are exceptions. Organizations like Essie Justice Group have built powerful networks of women with incarcerated loved ones, offering healing, support, and advocacy.

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Leading with Purpose: AABHE’s President Charts Path for Black Excellence

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2018, she became involved with AABHEs Leadership and Mentoring Institute, an experience that she describes as the best professional development that Ive ever experienced in 20 plus years of higher education. Last year, Howard-Baptiste was appointed as the President of the American Association of Blacks in Higher Education (AABHE).

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CCP Board Ousts Generals Without Explanation After Decade of Growth

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

On April 10, the CCP Board of Trustees voted to relieve Generals of his duties, placing him on paid administrative leave until his contract expires in June. million agreement with the Navy pipeline project," Generals noted, defending his administration's performance. We just landed a $2.7

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Can Colleges Control Administrative Bloat?

College Planners of America

Administrative bloat is a term used to refer to steep growth in administrative staff relative to college faculty and students. For several decades, colleges have experienced a substantial upswing in non-instructional spending on administrative services. The ratio between faculty and administrators has shrunk.

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Liz Wuorinen

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She has served as NMU's associate dean of the CHSPS and the director of the School of Health and Human Performance since 2016, and the program coordinator for the health and physical education secondary education and athletic coaching programs since 2018.