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Achieving the Dream Convening Highlights Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This is especially critical in Chicago, a highly diverse community that is an economic powerhouse in our country but where structural inequities in access to and completion of a post-secondary credential of value put countless lives at risk.” This is now our moment,” said Stout. The founders of ATD met the moment.

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Kean University Launches Visionary New Center for Africana Studies

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Repollet Kean University opened Black History Month announcing the creation of a new Center for Africana Studies. This new center epitomizes the University’s commitment to equity and to serving our state, particularly our urban communities,” said Kean President Dr. Lamont O. All young people deserve to know their past.

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Teacher-Run Organization Seeks to Educate Students on Historical Resistance Efforts

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Two major New York state universities are collaborating with a teacher-run organization seeking to teach communities and students about civil resistance in local history, creating an online platform to display the organization’s curricula and local resistance efforts. This work has received criticism from parents, James said.

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CUNY Receives $5M to Expand Black, Race and Ethnic Studies Initiative

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Mellon Foundation’s continued support for our efforts to reimagine Black, Race, and Ethnic Studies,” said Chancellor Dr. Félix V. Matos Rodríguez The latest grant will allow CUNY to launch New York’s first dedicated graduate degree program in Black, Race, and Ethnic Studies. CUNY is grateful to the Andrew W. Matos Rodríguez.

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University of Maryland Reckons with the Past

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The University of Maryland (UMD) has released its first report covering the history of their institution and its intersection with slavery, The 1856 Project – Reconstructing the Truth. It’s our own small way to ensure that all voices are heard, and all people are respected.” University of Maryland campus, Memorial Chapel.

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Dr. Claudine Gay’s Resignation from the Harvard Presidency Possibly Saved Her Life

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It is also a highly gendered one because history repeatedly illustrates a strong societal lack of care and concern for Black women, resulting in untimely death, insurmountable stress, strategic interference and undermining, and other forces that ensure our time in leadership ends far too soon. It is a loss.

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Looking Back to See Forward - Dr. Nic John Ramos

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Title: Assistant Professor, Department of History, Drexel University, Jointly Appointed, History and Africana Studies, Drexel University Tenured: No Age: 42 Education: B.A., Ramos, jointly appointed in History and Africana Studies, serves as an assistant professor in the Department of History at Drexel University in Philadelphia.