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Educational Equity Key to Progress and Democracy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Tina Tchen, left, and SLN CEO Yolonda Marshall sit in conversation at the Whole Girl Education National Conference. Secondary and postsecondary education must play key roles in the future of the American democracy. Tchen told listeners that, at this moment in time, education and democracy are walking “on the knife’s edge.” “I

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Zamani-Gallaher Appointed Dean of School of Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Zamani-Gallaher has been named the Renée and Richard Goldman Endowed Dean of the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh. “I in educational organization and leadership from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. in educational organization and leadership from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

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Diversity, Equity and Student Success Conference Plots Agenda for the Future

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

PHILADELPHIA— Despite the ongoing attacks to diversity, equity and inclusion within higher education, more than a thousand educators gathered in-person and virtually late last week to share strategies and brainstorm ways to center equitable outcomes for the students who attend their institutions.

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Transforming Community Colleges for Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Carnevale from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce makes a compelling case that U.S. higher education, by virtue of its prominence in economic life, is now “the capstone in an education system that is a primary cause of the reproduction of race and class privilege across generations.”

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An Equity and Access Champion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title: Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Tenured: No (tenure track) Age: 32 Education: B.A., Dueñas says she uses both qualitative and quantitative methods to examine students in their higher educational spaces. Dr. Cristobal Salinas Jr., Cristobal Salinas Jr.,

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Benedict Staffer Named Outstanding Educator of the Year by ESSENCE

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Lyn, director of specialized programming at Benedict College, an HBCU in South Carolina, will be awarded Outstanding Educator of the Year during ESSENCE’s Nov. Pictures for her community activism and commitment to educating HBCU students. She has been an advocate for educational equity and for our scholars for many years.

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Workgroup Releases Recommendations for Black Student Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Another recommendation was that each school develop retention and persistence strategies for Black students using a personalized student support model, along with enhanced advising. The report drew praise from higher ed equity experts. “It It is monumental,” said Dr. Shaun R.

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