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Former Governor Joins Alma Mater's Law School Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

David Beasley will join the faculty of its Joseph F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award in 2003. The University of South Carolina has announced that former South Carolina Gov. Rice School of Law. Former South Carolina Gov. While serving as governor, Beasley advocated for the removal of the Confederate flag from the State House dome.

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Dr. Dara N. Byrne: Leveraging Public Higher Education for the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Byrne to bring her commitment to access and equity to a new area of public higher education. Photo Credit: Macaulay Honors College Finding a lack of diversity Access to higher education has been an important theme in Byrne’s life in academia. She concluded the fellowship and joined the faculty of John Jay.

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Community College: The Right Path and the Right Foot

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Currently, students are more immediately aware of the return on interest (ROI), and they want to know —up front — the lasting impact of their choices of when and how they engage in higher education. The pressure to publish is not part of the air that faculty breathe, and as a result, many are able to be more available.

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Dr. Francine G. McNairy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

McNairy served from 2003 until her recent retirement on January 26. The university has been nationally ranked as one of the top regional public institutions of higher education by U.S. Francine G. News and World Report and among Kiplinger Magazine’s 100 Best Values in Public Colleges.

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DREAM Conference Marks Milestone

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

ATD’s existence is a result of the Lumina Foundation’s invitation to select organizations to form a partnership focused on community colleges back in 2003. At this year’s conference, Lumina’s CEO, Jamie Merisotis, delivered a keynote address, affirming the success of ATD over these past 20 years.

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Why we need better data on faculty diversity (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

An excellent and diverse faculty is vital to individual colleges and universities and to our communities, states, nation and globe. A diverse faculty brings diverse perspectives, and these diverse perspectives enhance teaching and advising, research and scholarship, clinical practice, and engagement with the community and world.

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Young, Brilliant, and Ready: Preparing Black Males for Postsecondary Opportunities and Transitions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Middleton Social media is neither honest about nor friendly toward Black males in P-12 and higher education. Hines, Donna Y. Ford, Edward C. Fletcher Jr, Renae D. Mayes & Tanya J. The hostility is blatant and polemic. Our work challenges these deficit-oriented narratives.