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Compton College Addresses Student Homelessness and Basic Needs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Curry also became one of the founding chairpersons of the Chief Executive Officers of the California Community Colleges Affordability, Food & Housing Access Taskforce in spring 2018. I think the most important piece to this was we didnt ask for the planning grant, remembers Curry. We went directly for the project funding grant.

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How Incarceration Impacts the Basic Needs of Loved Ones & Families

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She had been waiting outside the door before the office opened, anxiously checking her phone for updates on whether her son was going to be granted a hearing date to commute his sentence. Colleges should be leading examples of what it means to recognize the humanity and experiences of these students. There are exceptions.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She is also a professor in the Department of Health and Human Performance. 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.

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Building an Academic Space for Black Women Scholars

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Founded in 2018 with the recognition that Black womens perspectives have long been marginalized in academia, BWSA was birthed as a necessary space for scholars dedicated to studying Black womens histories, politics, literature, and lived experiences. You should come to this conference.

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Dismantling Global Injustices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

His work has long focused on the intersections among human rights, political economy, collective dissent, and empirical methodology. in political science from Binghamton University and secured a tenure-track teaching position at the University of Rhode Island (URI) in 2018. He later earned a master’s and Ph.D. Dr. Jeannette E.

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Dismantling Global Injustices - Dr. Brendan Skip Mark

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

His work has long focused on the intersections among human rights, political economy, collective dissent, and empirical methodology. in political science from Binghamton University and secured a tenure-track teaching position at the University of Rhode Island (URI) in 2018. He later earned a master’s and Ph.D. Dr. Jeannette E.

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A Culturally Responsive Counselor

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As an example, she authored a 2018 article on the experiences of a gifted Black male with a traumatic brain injury. Currently, she is leading a three-year project supported by a $1 million grant from the U.S. I felt it was an important place to start, tying the worlds of special education and gifted education together.”