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Legacy of Innovation and Equity, St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Outgoing President Dr. Tuajuanda Jordan Reflects Tenure

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Mary’s College of Maryland’s seventh president and the first Black woman to hold the title, is reflecting on 11 years of service, feeling pride in her commitment to equity and the college’s continued growth. We did not at any point water down our standards and the rigor of the curriculum,” says Jordan. “As Tuajuanda Jordan, St.

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Leading From the Intersection

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If you look up the book definition of intersectionality, you can identify the sociological framework suggested by Kimberl Crenshaw in the 1980s that explains how complex power structures of individuals and groups combine, or intersect, in patterns of discrimination and privilege across multiple factors such as gender, race, and class.

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The Equity Educator - Dr. Angelica Witcher Walker

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in educational leadership, enabling her to deepen her impact by developing innovative strategies to improve access, equity, and success in higher education. I know there are students out there that could definitely succeed, they just need the resources. This work inspired her to pursue a Ph.D.

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Report: Outdated Funding Law Hampers Community College Student Success

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Moreover, the law's current definition fails to recognize valuable faculty contributions outside the classroomlike serving on committees, developing curriculum, and mentoring studentscounting these activities on the "wrong side" of the 50% calculation.

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Colleges Look to Cluster Hires Amid Diversity Hostilities

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Editors of top-tier journals couldn’t comprehend why she chose to focus on Black women instead of Black people generally, and if she wanted to talk about Black women and girls in the courses that she taught, she had to figure out how to slip the material into the pre-designed curriculum. The experience was isolating. They were hiring three.

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A Different, Ongoing ‘AI’ Problem?in Colleges and Universities

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They decry a “woke” curriculum, without defining the term so that it seemingly covers a range of potential subjects they prefer not to have examined, extending all the way from racism, sexism, antisemitism, and homophobia to climate change and environmental justice. Dr. William B. Harvey is a veteran higher education leader.

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Bringing Greater Impact

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The campus movement helped open the space for Black studies, and Black studies as a discipline in return would provide the curriculum that looks at the African American perspective. I taught Quest course (part of UF’s general education curriculum) with 66 students and a TA (teaching assistant); I never had a TA in my life,” Canton says. “I

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