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Student Success…. A Definition for the Very Few

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Since institutions use different definitions regarding the term “student success,” it raises a critical question: Who are we leaving behind? When this happens, we leave behind students who do not fit perfectly into the traditional definitions of student success. Dr. Merrill L.

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New handy guide of key terms (with definitions) for the FAFSA Simplification and FUTURE Acts

College Aid Services

On Monday, Federal Student Aid released electronic announcement GENERAL-23-63 titled Key Terms, Definitions, and Systems Related to FAFSA Simplification and FUTURE Acts.

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University of Delaware Investigate Swastika Drawn on Office Door of Jewish Professor

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It's certainly a possibility that we're exploring, but until we can identify who is responsible and what their motives are, I'm a little hesitant to say definitively that that's why this happened." "You want to consider everything as a possibility, but you also don't want to assume anything," Ogden said.

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Guilford College Apologizes to Virginia State University After Fans Aimed Racial Slurs at Student-Athletes During Soccer Match

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It was in very poor taste and was very poor sportsmanship by anyone’s definition." “Loud outbursts from a group of spectators included profanity and derogatory remarks toward the Virginia State team,” Farmbry said. “It

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Identities, the Focus of Black Men’s Research Institute Symposium

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Our definitions of manhood are largely driven by messaging — from parents and peers to the media,” said Young. Lance Shipman Young, an associate professor of chemistry at Morehouse, delivered the keynote address about the interconnectedness of Black men’s manhood, masculinity, and health.

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Colleges Look to Cluster Hires Amid Diversity Hostilities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

After she told him, he said, “Hmmm… the school has definitely changed.” It’s definitely helpful to hop on the group chat and process or go eat lunch together,” says Hall. It definitely helped me stay in the role.” Building community Clusters can also support researchers of color when the academy doesn’t.

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Howard University Taps Antiracist Scholar Ibram X. Kendi to Head New Advanced Studies Institute

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

His earlier work, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America , won the National Book Award for Nonfiction and was recently adapted into an Emmy-nominated Netflix documentary. A trained historian, Kendi has also worked as a journalist and served for many years as a contributor to Diverse.