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

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Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Boston University, where he founded the Center for Antiracist Research under a five-year charter in 2020. Kendi, a historian and antiracist activist, has made waves since publishing Stamped from the Beginning , which won the 2016 National Book Award for Nonfiction.

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Business and Health Professions Lead Faculty Growth as Humanities Decline, CUPA-HR Report Finds

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In recent years, higher education institutions have faced increasing pressure to prioritize disciplines with clear career pathways over traditional liberal arts programs, according to a new report from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR). Business also showed robust growth of 20.8%

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They Don’t Really Care About Us? Ensuring a Better Connection Between Research, Policy, and Practice to Ensure Success for Black Men in Higher Education

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In 2020, George Floyd, a Black man, was extrajudicially murdered. For this reason, we believe researchers have to stand steadfast against the tidal wave of misinformation and anti-Blackness. The nation cannot return to de facto policies that impede Black male progress.

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Beyond the Campus Food Pantry

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By 2020 the organization had ballooned to more than 700 members, and in 2021 it became part of Swipe Out Hunger, a national nonprofit. Prior to 2015 it was difficult to find much formal acknowledgement of student food insecurity, let alone services to help.

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Higher Education Non-Exempt Staff Numbers Continue Seven-Year Decline

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colleges and universities has steadily declined over the past seven years, with both full-time and part-time positions showing significant reductions, according to new research from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR). percent drop in part-time positions beginning in 2020.

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A Call to Action: Higher Education Must Implement Culturally Responsive Mental Health Practices

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For example, collaboration with social service agencies can assist with enrolling in federal food assistance programs and offering free nutritional classes that guide budgeting and meal preparation for those residing on and off campus (Becerra & Becerra, 2020). Such inhospitable conditions also increase physiological symptoms (i.e.,

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Black and Immigrant: Navigating America’s Polarized Landscape Through HBCUs

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In 2020, my sister, a teacher in Georgia, was forced to leave the U.S. These experiences underscore how anti-immigrant rhetoric, amplified during election cycles, reduces people like us to caricatures and scapegoats while erasing the nuanced, deeply human stories of our contributions to this country.