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Formerly Incarcerated Students Are Humans First

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Yet the humanity of formerly incarcerated Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab students is too often marginalized, even overlooked, in campus programs addressing issues like food and housing insecurity. Colleges looking to expand resources for formerly incarcerated students need to know that help is available and collaboration is essential.

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SIUE Lands Major Mellon Grant, Positioning Regional University as Leader in African American Literary Studies

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The grant represents more than just funding—it's a statement about the evolving landscape of humanities scholarship and where innovation can emerge. This recognition challenges conventional wisdom about where cutting-edge digital humanities work happens.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Collaboration: The Future of HBCUs” in Charlotte, N.C. You can’t do innovation without strong human capital,” says Felton, adding that collaboration among HBCUs is the model. But we look at them as absolute crisis-related departures and I think we really need to move away from that.” From May 12-14th, H.E.L.F. Innovation.

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Racialized Agency as a Buffer for K-16 Black Students in STEM

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Outstanding talents are present in children and youth from all cultural groups, across all economic strata, and in all areas of human endeavor. FAMILY-SCHOOL COLLABORATION MATTERS. Formal policies and strategies must be in operation in schools to build home-school collaborations. EXPERIENCES MATTER. It is often intuitive.

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Where is the Love? Compassionate Pedagogy is Needed Now More Than Ever Before

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The goal is for educators and students to collaborate in creating a classroom environment that is conducive to learning for all. Hines is Professor of Counseling in the College of Education and Human Development at George Mason University. Ford is Distinguished Professor of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University.

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Building an Academic Space for Black Women Scholars

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It was difficult for us to collaborate, present together, and align our thought processes at first, but we recognized the value in working together, said Saffold, who is currently an assistant professor of African American literature at the University of Delaware. From the start, BWSA sought collaboration rather than competition.

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From Small-Town Roots to National Honor: SC Native Receives State's Highest Award

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Service to humanity is the hallmark of philosophy, and in many ways, it shaped who I am and what I'm about in my day to day. With a budget of approximately $1.8 billion and nearly 200 employees, he helps to leads the largest federal entity dedicated to funding educational research.