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DECEMBER 8, 2022

Chaka Cummings has been appointed the inaugural executive director of The Association for Teaching Black History in Kentucky. It will work to help make sure that the contributions of Black Kentuckians are embedded into the teaching of state and national history. Woodson Center for Interracial Education at Berea College.

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AUGUST 29, 2023

At a time when anti-Black sentiment permeates every level of our educational system, the need for educators who are anti-racist, equity-minded, and culturally sustaining is critical , and the stakes, particularly for Black students, are arguably greater in higher education than in K-12. Dr. Donna Y.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2023

A Palm Beach Atlantic University (PBA) English professor is alleging that his job is under review for teaching a racial justice unit, CNN reported. Joeckel said he had been teaching a racial justice unit for years without a hitch. Dr. Samuel Joeckel “[They] told me they had concerns that I was indoctrinating students.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

She is involved in myriad school matters including campus life, international students services, disability services, the Clery Act, and financial aid as well as diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Teaching Learning and Development Track. Her research interests include academic achievement, equity-mindedness, student success, and implementing teaching strategies that produce equitable learning outcomes for all students. She is the academic program director for the Ph.D.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2024

This new center epitomizes the University’s commitment to equity and to serving our state, particularly our urban communities,” said Kean President Dr. Lamont O. Repollet Kean University opened Black History Month announcing the creation of a new Center for Africana Studies. All young people deserve to know their past.

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JANUARY 18, 2024

This year’s recipients truly embody the commitment to excellence in teaching, scholarship, leadership, and civic engagement that Pat Cross championed throughout her distinguished career,” said AAC&U President Dr. Lynn Pasquerella. “We Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award.

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APRIL 11, 2024

ATD's commitment to equity is the foundation for the significant, transformative shifts that our Network colleges undergo, ultimately benefiting the broader populations they serve.”

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JANUARY 17, 2024

Using an interdisciplinary approach, Leyva’s research explores how interlocking systems of power, including racism and cisheteropatriarchy, impact classroom teaching and student support in undergraduate mathematics and STEM higher education. Leyva teaches and mentors undergraduate and graduate students. Congrats, colleagues!”

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MARCH 29, 2024

As the call for equity for all students grows louder, community college educators (and other sector leaders) seek to implement equity initiatives to decrease outcome disparities. This author argues that cultural responsiveness and institutional policies and practices must be deeply integrated into the equity conversation.

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MAY 1, 2024

democracy; and · All stakeholders who care about an inclusive and rights-respecting US democracy should unite in protest of legislation at the local, state and federal level to ban books and to ban anti-racist teachings like Black feminism, CRT, Black Queer Studies and Intersectionality.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

He serves as co-director of the Center for Teaching Excellence. His current research focuses on high-needs school communities and understanding issues of equity as they relate to the function, purpose, and outcomes of public education.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

Danielle Lopez has been appointed the inaugural director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) for Accessibility Services at Hudson County Community College (HCCC). I am very happy to be a part of Hudson County Community College, where diversity, equity, and inclusion is valued and lived,” said Lopez. “I

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APRIL 24, 2024

Department of Education (ED) and the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) held the Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit: Holistic Advising and Wraparound Services in Washington, D.C. Creating data management systems in real time so that staff are trained to use that data and to think about it as an equity tool.

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MARCH 3, 2024

The National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE) condemned the University of Florida's elimination of its diversity, equity, and inclusion staff. The University of Florida is an elite institution because of our incredible faculty who are committed to teaching, discovering, and serving," the memo added.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

California community college professors are suing state officials, alleging that new diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) rules put in place violated their First Amendment rights, The Hill reported. These regulations are a totalitarian triple-whammy,” FIRE attorney Daniel Ortner said.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

To study the elements causing success—or failure—in gateway math courses, a team of researchers at Education Equity Solutions (EES), an organization focused on higher ed policy reform, examined records for over 22,000 students at four California community colleges. He tries to avoid this in his own teaching. “I That doesn’t work.”

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OCTOBER 11, 2023

UNCF (United Negro College Fund) is launching a center to train fundraising professionals with culturally informed expertise, racial justice, and social equity. The Institute is set to become a leading education and training organization in the unique BIPOC fundraising space.”

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MARCH 31, 2024

Back in February, more than 1,000 practitioners from hundreds of colleges across the nation gathered in Orlando, Florida, to exchange evidence-based approaches to accelerating student success and equity. Lumina Foundation CEO Jamie Merisotis delivers a keynote address at the DREAM 2024 conference.

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MARCH 26, 2024

And my equity journey continues. But my longtime concerns for him as a parent have grown more severe in today’s anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion climate. Disparate voices, opinions, and teachings blended in one campus environment designed to help students learn, think independently, and grow. Dr. Susan D.

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

The award recognizes graduate students demonstrating exemplary promise as future higher education leaders and committed to academic innovation in equity, community engagement, and teaching and learning. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award. Graduate students in fields where the master’s degree is the terminal degree are also eligible.

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APRIL 10, 2023

Since 2021, legislatures and governors in 19 states have enacted educational gag orders that restrict teaching and learning about allegedly divisive concepts such as race, racism, and American history. So, when the teaching about race, inequality, and DE&I efforts come under attack, how should higher education leaders respond?

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JANUARY 17, 2024

in political science from Binghamton University and secured a tenure-track teaching position at the University of Rhode Island (URI) in 2018. At URI, he teaches a wide range of classes on human rights, international relations theory, political violence, Black protests, and research methods. He later earned a master’s and Ph.D.

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MARCH 20, 2024

Evans’s demonstrated commitment to and experience with advancing diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging for students, faculty, and staff,” said Dr. Jean Wincek, chair of the St. Catherine University Board of Trustees.

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MARCH 6, 2023

The first Black woman in the position, she revamped the admissions process to make it more holistic, decreasing the emphasis on GPAs and GREs and adding opportunities for applicants to show their compassion, commitment to health equity, and how their life experiences had shaped them. What are we teaching? How are we teaching it?

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JULY 18, 2023

Dipayan Banerjee, a fifth-year doctoral student at Georgia Institute of Technology with a passion for teaching, is pursuing research that can have a societal impact regarding logistics and supply chain management as well as equity and fairness in the context of transportation. His goal after completing his Ph.D.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Jones Jones is currently chief diversity officer at William Paterson University and teaches diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) modules to senior leaders through The Equity Institute, a remote program at the University of Southern California Race and Equity Center.

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

Jay Pearson will become the inaugural associate dean of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University, effective Jan. Our Sanford community has invested itself greatly in diversity, equity and inclusion, but the work is ongoing. 1, 2023, The Chronicle at Duke reported.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Embedded in its work is a concentrated focus on equity and inclusion. And honesty is evident in not only what we do when we’re doing career counseling and career services work but also in how we teach our collective stories as well as our histories.” The founders of ATD met the moment. This is now our moment,” said Stout. “Our

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OCTOBER 25, 2022

Ko Th e lack of diversity is mirrored in the computer science teaching force. In addition to the teaching the principles of computer science pedagogy, STEP CS seeks to offer a justice perspective, to explore how computer science relates to bias, discrimination, and oppression. According to Dr. Amy J.

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JANUARY 25, 2024

in political science from Binghamton University and secured a tenure-track teaching position at the University of Rhode Island (URI) in 2018. At URI, he teaches a wide range of classes on human rights, international relations theory, political violence, Black protests, and research methods. He later earned a master’s and Ph.D.

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JULY 5, 2023

Jill Wilson, Northwestern University Dipayan Banerjee, a fifth-year doctoral student at Georgia Institute of Technology with a passion for teaching, is pursuing research that can have a societal impact regarding logistics and supply chain management as well as equity and fairness in the context of transportation.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Through turbulent decades marked by civil rights battles and social justice movements, the Black Church has consistently championed the cause of justice, equality, and equity. Its teachings emphasize love, compassion, and the imperative of standing up against injustice.

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MARCH 20, 2024

Evans’s demonstrated commitment to and experience with advancing diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging for students, faculty, and staff,” said Dr. Jean Wincek, chair of the St. Catherine University Board of Trustees.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Health equity is something MSM leaders, faculty members, and students work toward every day. That’s why Montgomery Rice and other experts are excited about the $2 million donation they received in September from the Croel Family Foundation for the development of the David Satcher Global Health Equity Institute at MSM.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Such an interdisciplinary approach to learning is needed, experts say, to advancing equity in higher education and transform the educational landscape. It is more than I expected,” said Soares, who also teaches at Louisiana State University and Southern University in Baton Rouge. “I

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MAY 2, 2024

A Penn State representative said the administration did respond to the reports when they were first published, and the reports became part of their Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging inventory from last spring. Whitehurst, vice provost for Educational Equity at Penn State. Dr. Marcus A. Dr. Marcus A.

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