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The Resilient Voice of Justice: The Role of the Black Church in Response to the Affirmative Action Ruling

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Through turbulent decades marked by civil rights battles and social justice movements, the Black Church has consistently championed the cause of justice, equality, and equity. He is also the director of the Institute on Education Equity and Justice. Dr. Antonio L.

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Succession Planning in HBCUs Ensures Long-Term Sustainability

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

With a strong succession plan, HBCUs can ensure a smooth transition of leadership, cultivate a pipeline of diverse and visionary leaders, and continue to fulfill their vital mission of empowering generations of students and advancing social justice.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

More specifically, the authors explain several problems/issues confronting Black male students in P-12 gifted and talented, advanced placement, and special education programs, along with the school-to-prison pipeline – inequitable discipline in the form of suspensions and expulsions.

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HBCU Medical Schools Growing in Number

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The California Legislature awarded the university $50 million to support the new medical education program. To launch a new medical school years in the making took mobilizing a village of support that included faculty and staff.

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2022: Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She is currently a professor of higher education and community college leadership and director of the Office for Community College Research and Leadership at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as well as executive director of the Council for the Study of Community Colleges.

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2023 Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“[From] January 2022 to June 2023, we showed that there has been a vast acceleration of unionization by student workers [and], in particular, graduate assistants but also undergraduate student workers,” said William Herbert, executive director of Hunter’s National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions.