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Instructional Violence Must End: Keeping the Legacy of A. Wade Boykin Alive

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ford and hearts as they seek to provide Black students with rigorous and relevant instructional styles and strategies. Banks is the father of multicultural curriculum culturally relevant and affirming content and materials. Combined and individually, curriculum and/or instruction can traumatize students, in this case Black students.

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Empowering Community Colleges Through AI: A New Era of Access and Economic Mobility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Community Colleges Are Well Positioned Historically, equity and inclusion in higher education have been shaped by various legislation and milestones that improved learner access in America. These historical progressions made the relationship between college access and inclusiveness symbiotic.

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Leading From the Intersection

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I identify as a gay Black man, a practicing Catholic, and a multilingual leader with a doctorate in education and an emphasis in curriculum and teaching. I am a parent as well as a poet, writer, and storyteller, and Ive served as an artist in the schools where Ive taught.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The needs of freshmen are also carefully considered, with INSPIRE (Incoming Student Program for Inclusion, Retention and Excellence) as well as student support programs like EOP (Educational Opportunity Program) and EXCEL, which create strong networks of support. At present, 67% of the student body identifies as Latinx.

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Reflections on Juneteenth, Immigration Protests, and Liberatory Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

to learn about instructional methods and administrative strategies to support Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and other diverse student groups. Following instructions from the community’s elders, Umoja’s director of curriculum and instruction, dressed in a white dress with matching heels, stood behind the podium and addressed the room.

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The New McCarthyism is Here. Will Higher Ed Say No?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It instructed the University to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs under whatever name, and to cease any admissions or hiring practices that consider race, gender, or even proxies for race. Divisiveness was branded onto curriculum that taught the history of race, gender, and empire.

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Women in Leadership: Empowering Change across Generations and Cultures

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Academic women leaders have increasingly assumed leadership roles that shape policies, curriculum development, and institutional culture. By prioritizing inclusivity and representation, these women are transforming cultural spaces into platforms for dialogue and understanding.