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Finding a Place at an HBCU

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At Homecoming], they aren’t playing hip-hop or rap music that is relevant to our culture, so we would have to have our own events to feel that cultural connection to our campus.” Years later, she says she understands that what she was doing has a name. It’s called Black space-making.

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Massasoit Community College Launches New Black Studies Major

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Massasoit Community College is officially offering a Black Studies curriculum. That’s when student responses to a survey about the need for a culturally diverse curriculum prompted the creation of two courses related to the Black experience in film and music, says Dr. Carine Sauvignon, executive dean for Massasoit’s Canton campus.

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Supporting LGBTQ+ Students as they Work to Achieve Professional and Economic Mobility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Even before recent events, LGBTQ+ students tended to be targets of harassment, and there is strong evidence that members of the LGBTQ+ community are at a higher risk for experiencing mental health issues – especially depression and anxiety disorders. Even online institutions sometimes hold in-person events.

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Webinar: AI Can Bolster DEI Efforts in the Workplace and Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The event took place as part of University of Phoenix's Educational Equity Webinar Series. With AI, educational curriculums can adapt to better fit the individual and specific needs that a certain student may have for their learning.

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Colleges Look to Cluster Hires Amid Diversity Hostilities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. Steele remembers being at an event for new faculty.

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Brown at 70: Celebrating the Past, Shaping the Future

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She shares her perspective on the challenges and triumphs of desegregation, as well as the ongoing fight for educational equity. And on this journey, join the NAACP on May 17, 2024, for a special event to honor the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education case. Dr. Ashley L. Board of Education. Dr. Ashley L.

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Report: Pandemic Dealt a Blow to Internationalization

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This includes partnerships with overseas institutions, faculty with international background and expertise, and curriculum. 56% of undergraduate institutions reported using technology to recruit international students through events like virtual college fairs and online information sessions.