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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. I consider Dr. Boykin the father of multicultural instruction culturally responsive teaching styles and strategies. Boykin the father of multicultural instruction culturally responsive teaching styles and strategies.

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Over 100 Organizations Urge Congress to Reverse Federal Education Grant Cancellations

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The affected programs specifically addressed critical shortage areas including science, mathematics, career and technical education, early childhood education, special education, and instruction for English language learners. Michigan lost TQP grants focused on addressing teacher shortages and improving literacy instruction.

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A Hope Built on Things Eternal: A Scholar’s Vision for Black Education - Dr. Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title: Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Tenured: Yes Age: 36 Education: B.A., Political Science, Tulane University; Ph.D., Remember why you got into this. Dr. Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr., Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr.,

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Number of HBCU Registered Apprenticeships Surging

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The number of Historically Black Colleges and Universities offering Registered Apprenticeship programs has surged from three to 22 institutions in just four years, according to a new toolkit released by the Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions. For HBCUs, these programs are more than just practical.

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From Corporate Boardrooms to HBCU Classrooms

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At Monday's UNITE: Together We Lead conference in Atlanta, two visionary leaders sat down to discuss a revolutionary approach to building wealth at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs)—one that starts in the classroom and ends with transformational giving. It's not just our STEM students."

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Rolita Flores Ezeonu

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ezeonu previously served as where Vice President of Instruction at Green River College from July 2018 through February 2025. During her time there, she led full-time and adjunct faculty recruitment, development, retention and evaluation, curriculum and instruction.

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Don’t Just Witness History; Seize the Opportunity to Shape It

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

And the stakes couldn’t be higher for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), which for generations have punched above their weight. It’s instructive to understand how our collective efforts brought us to this point. They serve more economically disenfranchised students than most U.S.