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Burwell Announces She’ll Step Down from American University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Burwell, the institution’s 15 th president and its first female leader, has been in the post since 2017. In 2017, 17% of an administrative group called the president’s council were people of color. American also launched an Antiracist Research and Policy Center in Burwell’s first year. That number is now over 60%.

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Burwell Announces She’ll Step Down from American

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Burwell, the institution’s 15 th president and its first female leader, has been in the post since 2017. In 2017, 17% of an administrative group called the president’s council were people of color. American also launched an Antiracist Research and Policy Center in Burwell’s first year. That number is now over 60%.

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Walden University Settles in False Advertising and 'Reverse Red-Lining' Lawsuit

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Specifically, the school was alleged to have prolonged how long it would take for students to complete the second phase of the program, a final “capstone” research and writing project. She started the program in September 2017 and finished in October 2020. "It

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5 Hip-Hop Quotes to Inspire College Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2017, hip-hop became the most streamed genre in the United States of America. 3. Big Sean (“Sacrifices”, 2017) “The human race is all about pacing. Faculty, administration, peer mentors, and campus resources are tools for their ultimate ascension from student to graduate, and from graduate to thriving professional.

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My 2024 Higher Education Finance Reading List

Robert Kelchen

Public Administration Review, 78 (4), 626-639. National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 27885. Educational Researcher. National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 31291. The distribution of indirect cost recovery in academic research. Friedman, J. Turner, N., & Yagan, D. Working paper.

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Black Students Less Likely Identified for Special Ed When They Have Black Teachers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Black students in elementary school, particularly Black boys, are less likely to be identified for special education when their teachers are also Black, according to a new report published by the American Educational Research Association (AERA). The results of this research add to the case for the U.S. Most teachers are not Black.”

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Creating Safe Spaces: Future Teachers of Color Summit

The Scholarly Teacher

Research shows that having BIPOC teachers benefits BIPOC students, providing numerous positive protective factors (Burciaga & Kohli, 2018; Easton-Brooks, 2019; Morales et al., Although nationwide efforts are necessary, we must establish local initiatives directly supporting our BIPOC teacher candidates (Kohli, 2018; Valenzuela, 2017).