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College Sports: A Work in Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She rebranded Cal’s annual tournament to reflect a focus on social justice and equity. We also highlight things they’re doing in their own communities and on their campuses to promote social justice.” Part of the demands that intensified in 2020 was the call to make athletic departments more diverse.

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Strong Networks Help Turn Black Faculty into University Presidents

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For example, in 2020, the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) found that Black/African American employees comprise less than 10% of higher education professionals. The same report found that Black/African American administrators in higher education were just 8% of all senior leaders.

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Out With the Old, In With the New: Decolonizing the School Counseling Profession to Support Black Students

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Hines According to Singh, Appling, & Trepal (2020): “The Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies (MSJCC; Ratts, Singh, Nassar-McMillan, Butler, & McCullough, 2015) ask counselors to “apply knowledge of multicultural and social justice theories” (p. Dr. Erik M.

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Standing Up to Attacks on Black History and DE&I

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After a national and international racial reckoning spurred by the killing of George Floyd in 2020, politicians have hit back hard. Dr. Thomas Stewart As a lifelong academic, a DE&I administrator, and a Black man, I watch all of this unfold with a growing sense of foreboding.

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Century-Old Institutions Paving the Way for DEI in Sports with Strategic Plan

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Most athletic DEI plans arose in the wake of the 2020 murder of George Floyd and killings of others like Breonna Taylor, which brought a wave of activism and unity to the sports world. The National Football League painted “Black Lives Matter” across endzones and appliqued the motto to jerseys. Dr. Kathleen E.

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At Princeton, a Contained Debate About a Contested Statue

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If you’re not going to honor anybody who ever did anything that doesn’t pass today’s standards of social justice, then you’re not going to be honoring many people anywhere, ever,” he said. In the 2015-2020 period, it was largely based in protest,” Carry said. Bisno, however, is unpersuaded. a study of campus monument disputes.

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The Black Woman’s Burden: Battling Inertia in Higher Ed

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The book was pulled together in 2020, when the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic and the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor were fresh on their minds. Fries-Britt, her mentor, was at first reluctant to step into the role as she was just beginning her transition from administration to faculty.

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