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ASHE Conference Urges Humanization of Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Joy Gaston Gayles opened the 47th annual conference for the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) in Las Vegas with a call to disrupt the systemic oppression keeping marginalized populations from accessing higher education and burning out academics working toward greater diversity, equity, and inclusion. “If

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Women's Educational Equity Takes On Technology

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“While American women have advanced in the last 175 years, we haven’t come close to achieving equity,” said Laura Rebell-Gross, senior managing director of Girls’ Education with the Student Leadership Network, a nonprofit organization working for educational equity. We’re living inside someone else’s imagination.”

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Accessibility and Belonging: Cornerstones of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These twin pillars are indispensable in the pursuit of true diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Leon Burns III To underscore the importance of accessibility, consider this: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities recognizes accessibility as a human right. Dr. Antonio L.

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UPitt Dean Works to Advance Equity in Policy, Practice

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“To advance equitable policies that are grounded in education is to understand the full humanity of people,” she said. “It Dr. Valerie Kinloch Kinloch does the work in her leadership role as the Renée and Richard Goldman Endowed Dean of University of Pittsburgh’s (UPitt) School of Education, a position she has held since July 2017.

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Dr. Joy Gaston Gayles Appointed Head of NC State College of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Joy Gaston Gayles will become head of the NC State College of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development (ELPHD), effective Jul. She was the 2022 President of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE).

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Jia Osiel Appointed Chief Talent and Equity Officer at Achieving the Dream

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jia Osiel will become Achieving the Dream’s (ATD) chief talent and equity officer. Osiel was a DEI Champion Awardee by National Diversity Council at its 2021 National Diversity & Leadership Conference. Stout, president and CEO of ATD. “Her Osiel says. “I

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Zamani-Gallaher Appointed Dean of School of Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“The school’s mission-vision aligns with my work as a scholar and leader, and I believe the school is poised to reach new heights in the areas of K-12 and higher education, human development, exercise, health, and wellness.” in educational organization and leadership from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

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