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Lifting As They Climb

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Linda Darling- Hammond The leadership of the national research society that strives to advance knowledge about education and currently boasts a membership of about 25,000 scholars — remained exclusively white until the 1990s. Two years later, after that historic election, the AERA membership elected Dr. James A.

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Tenacity Propels African Immigrant Along Engineering Path

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As president, she focused on rebuilding the membership after COVID-19 and learned a lot about leadership. “I She credits the group with helping her find belonging when she was struggling with people who looked at her weirdly or refused to pronounce her name correctly. I think it’s absolutely insane to get that opportunity.”

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Should conferences stay put or relocate? It's complicated.

Confessions of a Community College Dean

million reported in revenue from membership dues. Another group whose membership includes many academics, the Association for Education Finance and Policy, last August cited a 2022 survey of members in relocating its upcoming March conference from Fort Worth, Tex., million in conference revenue, more than twice the $2.1

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Association Blends Science and Culture for Hispanics, Native Americans

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Last year, when the society’s yearly meeting was in Puerto Rico, about 9,000 people were on hand, including many of the 6,000 who actually are on SACNAS’ membership roster. Richard Tapia said 15 people, in 1971, began brainstorming about the organization they eventually launched. of the population and non-Hispanic whites 59.7%

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Librarians' "new normal" includes pain points

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: DENVER—As snow fell from gray skies on Tuesday, higher education professionals, publishers, librarians, information technologists, government researchers and others met this week for the Coalition for Networked Information spring membership meeting. Newsletter Order: 0 Disable left side advertisement?:

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California Community Colleges await a new chancellor

Confessions of a Community College Dean

But he’s concerned about Christian’s membership on the Board of Directors of the Campaign for College Opportunity, a California higher ed advocacy group that has been involved in the drafting of several pieces of legislation the association has opposed. Is this diversity newsletter?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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Mathematicians resume in-person meetings in trying times

Confessions of a Community College Dean

This professor advocated for her math department to cancel its American Mathematical Society membership, and it agreed to do so. Magazine treatment: Trending: Display Promo Box: Live Updates: liveupdates0 Most Popular: 3 In-Article Advertisement High: 7 In-Article related stories: 9 In-Article Advertisement Low: 17