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Dr. Joy Gaston Gayles Appointed Head of NC State College of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development.

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Dr. Joy Gaston Gayles Gayles is currently an Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor of Higher Education and senior adviser for advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the College of Education. She also received NC State’s University Faculty Scholar in 2018 and is the winner of the Zenobia L. Gayles holds a Ph.D.

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It’s Time To Fight Back

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And that harmful and tangible racism continues today, as the Biden administration has calculated that historically Black land-grant universities in Tennessee and 15 other states have been cheated out of $12.6 Lee to appoint TSU alumni to the university’s board, which was a good call. billion in funding over the last three decades.

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Conway-Turner: From First-Gen Student to 43-Year Career Retirement

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Conway-Turner, who will retire at the end of this academic year after nine years as president of Buffalo State, has had a stellar 43-year career as a faculty member and administrator. In addition, her administration has advanced civic engagement across campus with co-curricular activities and service learning.

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The human toll of rampant college closures

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More than 50 public and private nonprofit colleges have closed, merged or announced closures since March 2020, and over half of the students whose schools shut down did not re-enroll elsewhere, Best Colleges reports. Faculty were told they would not receive severance pay, WGN 9 reports.

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CSU Hires New President, But Questions Linger About the Treatment of Former President

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It’s unfortunate, said some alumni and political leaders, who credit Thomas with boosting student enrollment, establishing an honors college, securing millions of dollars in grant funding, and overseeing the construction of three new facilities. Progress completely stopped, and chaos reigned,” he said. That’s why I left.

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College Sports: A Work in Progress

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Action taken While there has been steady advancement over the past 40 years, the murder of George Floyd in 2020 has proven to be a seminal moment that has propelled student-athletes, coaches, and administrators to face issues of race and racism in college sports. was key,” says Carter-Francique.

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At Princeton, a Contained Debate About a Contested Statue

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For nearly 300 graduate students, undergrads, faculty, and staff, Witherspoon’s statue had to come down. But some students and alumni defend Witherspoon and the statue. In the 2015-2020 period, it was largely based in protest,” Carry said. a study of campus monument disputes. “In