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Research Halted at Columbia-Linked NY Psychiatric Institute

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The federal government halted human research at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, the Columbia University psychiatry department’s flagship site, following a study participant’s suicide, The New York Times revealed Thursday.

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Researchers Present Recommendations for Reversing Minority Male Enrollment Declines at Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The data, the researchers note, could also be used to let the public know how school districts and higher ed institutions are doing in terms of equity for minoritized students. Some of the researchers’ ideas for state policymakers were student centric. Other ideas focused on teachers.

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Chief Diversity Officer Steps Down Amid Backlash Over ‘Privilege’ Email

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She is expected to continue to work as professor of endocrinology and metabolism and diabetes researcher. The act comes two months after backlash for an email newsletter in which Golden explained the concept of privilege, according to reporting from The Baltimore Sun.

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Dr. Elfred A. Pinkard Appointed Brown University’s First HBCU Presidential Fellow

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He was appointed as fellow to help bolster Brown’s efforts and relationships with HBCUs, according to Brown officials, who added that he will create a consortium of partner schools for research, faculty development, student opportunities, and bolstering the number of HBCU undergraduates attending graduate school.

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Burwell Announces She’ll Step Down from American University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

However, she had worked at high levels of the federal government, as a former director of the White House Office of Management and Budget and the former U.S. American also launched an Antiracist Research and Policy Center in Burwell’s first year. secretary of health and human services under President Barack Obama.

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Burwell Announces She’ll Step Down from American

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

However, she had worked at high levels of the federal government, as a former director of the White House Office of Management and Budget and the former U.S. American also launched an Antiracist Research and Policy Center in Burwell’s first year. secretary of health and human services under President Barack Obama.

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IHEP and Results for America Release HEA Fund Allocation Recommendations for Education Department

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Other recommendations include prioritizing evaluation of HEA-funded interventions to develop widely applicable lessons; incorporating equity into policymaking by engaging with researchers, evaluators, and practitioners; and making publicly available data and key findings.