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A Pioneer for Change - Dr. Brittany Williams

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title: Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration, University of Vermont Tenured: No Age: 34 Education: B.A. Dr. Brittany Williams, an assistant professor of higher education and student affairs administration at the University of Vermont (UVM), always had a knack for Dr. Brittany Williams learning.

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How Incarceration Impacts the Basic Needs of Loved Ones & Families

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Colleges should be leading examples of what it means to recognize the humanity and experiences of these students. For more information on supporting formerly incarcerated students directly, please see the link to a recently published Diverse article.

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Doing the Work that Makes a Difference - Dr. Jesse Ford

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

in Higher Education and Student Affairs from the University of South Carolina; Ph.D. in higher education and student affairs. For Ford, that sit-down also typifies the kind of concern for underrepresented students that is direly needed at colleges and universities in the U.S. Dont make me go back to (farming).

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A Solicitation for Black Scholars to Shine Amidst the Storms and Sickness

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Similarly, as argued in this article, there is a continued effort to dismantle DEI programs in higher education. Yet, on the evening of April 3, 1968, King was not only confronting a storm; he was also addressing a deeper, more pervasive, and pernicious problem, which he framed as a sickness.

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The Missed Opportunity: Student Affairs and Human Resources Collaboration to [Re]engage College Communities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jonelle Knox When I reviewed the question posed to me about [re]engaging the college community, I started thinking about a missed opportunity that many colleges and university leaders are not taking advantage of; the collaboration of student affairs and human resources to create [re]engagement activities.

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Are Career Paths of Young Black Professionals in Higher Education Being Impeded by Implicit Racism?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Professor Binna Kandola states in his article, How Micro-incivilities Can Impact Wellbeing , “The effort it takes – physical and emotional – to deal with micro-incivilities can lead to burnout, depression and reduced performance. The article was unequivocal about what led to such dismal numbers: “…not enough Black Ph.D. Dr. Adriel A.

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A 40th Anniversary Love Story: About My Favorite Magazine

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The IU Higher Education and Student Affairs Program allowed Ph.D. students to propose and teach special topics courses for undergraduates. Alongside books and articles from peer-reviewed academic journals, numerous pieces from the course’s namesake were required reading. higher education. I earned my Ph.D. in May 2003.