Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 6, 2023

In the summer of 2020 during the time of painted sidewalks, murals, along with street and building renamings, some of the easily convinced proclaimed the period of what seemed to be a racial reckoning as a start. Institutions and organizations began making promises that walked hand-in-hand with the black boxes posted on social media by celebrities. Everyone seemed to be in a place of introspection, unlearning/relearning, and beginning their anti-racist journeys toward co-conspiratorship.

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Ray Schroeder

AUGUST 6, 2023

The email also included a “formal censure” of Alonzo, although it did not specify what she said that was offensive. Neither UTMB nor Texas A&M would confirm what Alonzo said that prompted such a reaction, and UTMB students interviewed by the Tribune recalled a vague reference to Patrick’s office but nothing specific. UTMB declined to comment for this story, and Alonzo declined to be interviewed.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 6, 2023

He was arguably one of this generation’s most astute legal minds. But Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., was more than that. Like Thurgood Marshall, Charles Hamilton Houston, and Oliver W. Hill Sr., Ogletree used his legal prowess to significantly advance the cause of Black Americans. Ogletree—who was affectionately known as “Tree”—died on Friday, after an eight-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease.

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Ray Schroeder

AUGUST 6, 2023

Almost 72% of undergraduates received some form of financial aid in the 2019-20 academic year — essentially the same share as those who attended college four years prior, according to new federal data released Wednesday. On average, undergraduates received $14,100 in aid, which can include grants, federal student loans or other types of assistance. This is according to the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study, which is conducted every three or four years by a wing of the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 6, 2023

Julia Carboni Julia Carboni has been named director of the William D. Ruckelshaus Center, a public policy-minded collaboration between Washington State University and the University of Washington. Carboni holds a bachelor’s degree in social work from Northern Arizona University as well as an MPA and a Ph.D. in management from the University of Arizona.

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