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Dr. Willie L. Todd Jr. Named 22nd President of Talladega College

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His accomplishments at DTC include an 870% increase in fundraising with over $32 million raised in five years, a 400% increase in scholarship offerings, over 98% placement rate, and a 54% increase in enrollment with improved retention and graduation rates. A Georgia native, Todd holds a Ph.D. A Georgia native, Todd holds a Ph.D.

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Law School's Enrollment Crisis? Looking Past the Headlines

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The topline takeaway was the decline in the enrollment of Black students at Harvard , though other publication focused on the drop in Black and Hispanic students across the T14 or elite law schools , and a brief mention was made of declines at University of North Carolina Law School, another defendant in the Supreme Court case.

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Federal Funding Cuts Devastate Academic Public Health Programs

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Major universities hit hardest include Johns Hopkins University, which announced 2,200 layoffs directly attributed to declining federal research funding, and Harvard University, which faces a $2.2 The economic impact extends far beyond university campuses. Massachusetts, with over $3.4

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We are Not an ‘Issue’: We are Your Students of Color!!

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This is necessary but must include intentional and proactive scholarship and resources on racial identity development. When cultural ways of being and cultural differences are framed as assets rather than problems, unnecessary special education referrals, labeling, and placements will decrease. c. Disciplinary overrepresentation.

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New Partnership Aims to Diversify Medical Device Sales

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Students in the New York tri-state area will have a new opportunity this summer to explore a lucrative career in healthcare, thanks to a partnership between Mercy University and Medical Sales College (MSC). Dr. Brian Amkraut, vice president for Workforce Credentialing and Community Impact at Mercy University.

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"We Know More Than What Those Damn Tests Claim to Measure”: How Tests are Inequitable for Black and Other Minoritized Students

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Since then, I have focused my scholarship on college and career readiness, and STEM for Black males. Hines is associate professor and program coordinator of counselor education at Florida State University. Ford is Distinguished Professor of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University Dr. Tanya J. Dr. Donna Y.

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Alabama A&M Launches Effort to Combat Racial STEM Teacher Gap

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On Wednesday, Alabama A&M University, the largest HBCU in the state, launched an effort to tackle the problem: AAMUTeach, a program allowing STEM majors to get a secondary school teaching certification while earning a bachelor’s, without any additional time or cost.

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