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Former K-12 Teacher Voted AERA President-Elect

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Winn has been elected to a leadership post at the American Educational Research Association (AERA). She has served on the Social Justice Action, Review of Research Award, and Minority Fellowship Selection Committees, and is a member of AERA Divisions K and G. She has been an active member of AERA since 2000.

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Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig Awarded 2022 Linda C. Tillman Social and Racial Justice Award

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

His ability to make academic research useful and relevant to racial and social justice in schools and communities is integral to UCEA and the University of Kentucky’s mission.” Tillman, distinguished visiting professor at Loyola Marymount University. Vasquez Heilig – ranked among the U.S.’s s education system.

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New Report Offers Insight into HBCU ‘Secret Sauce’

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Suddenly, HBCUs have cultural cachet, thanks to celebrities like Beyoncé, who honored the schools in her 2019 concert documentary Homecoming , and Deion Sanders, who brought Jackson State University’s football team to national prominence before departing last December. The advantages appear to extend past graduation.

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Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The literature is replete with research on the negative outcomes Black males experience from employment to education as well as from health and interactions with law enforcement. As such, there needs to be an investment in asset-based research designed to understand the factors that can help Black boys cope with these perceptions.

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Morgan State Acquires the Papers of Late Congressman Cummings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Davis Research Room, where the university maintains its archives, manuscripts, and rare books. Davis Research Room of Morgan State University's Earl R. 17, 2019, became the first Black member of Congress to lay in state in the Capitol’s National Statuary Hall. Richardson Library’s Beulah M. Richardson Library.

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Mathematicians resume in-person meetings in trying times

Confessions of a Community College Dean

On this note, the American Mathematical Society, which is largely focused on mathematical research, fared less favorably than its former partner, which is largely focused on mathematical teaching. “There would be outstanding researchers who are totally focused on their research.

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For the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As researchers, practitioners, and healthcare workers reflect on the events of the last two and a half years, programs related to public health have become a priority at many colleges and universities. Health inequity is the social justice issue of our time.” Elimelda Ongeri, dean of the John R. and Kathy R.