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Survey: Women and People of Color Aren’t Advancing to Higher Faculty Ranks at the Same Rate as White Men

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Combined with the fact that these groups are less likely to be promoted to higher ranks in tenure-track positions, the result is that a substantial segment of faculty, primarily women and people of color, are employed in positions that pay lower salaries throughout their careers

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A People Person

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She later adds, “So many people are leaving the profession because of their misguided use in terms of how they are being utilized as registered nurses.” That way, they cannot possibly, without assistance, be of use to the patient.” Because ultimately, the goal of a nurse is to effectively care for and be of use to others, she says.

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Georgetown University and Jesuit Community Pledge $27 Million to Descendants of Enslaved People

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Georgetown University and the Jesuit community are pledging $27 million to descendants of enslaved people sold to fund the school, CNN reported. In 1838, the Jesuits who ran Georgetown sold 272 enslaved people from plantations in Maryland to pay off the school’s debts.

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A Heart for People

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As assistant professor of public health at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon, Monteblanco studies the impact of extreme climate on the health and wellbeing of vulnerable populations, particularly pregnant people. For this reason, Monteblanco says that pregnant people have been left out of emergency planning conversations and plans.

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The Black Futures Lab Announces the Largest Survey of Black People

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Black Futures Lab has announced the largest survey of Black people conducted in the United States. Nearly 130,000 responses from across all 50 states partook in this survey, this is four times the size of the 2018 Black Census. Alicia Garza is the founder of the Black Futures Lab.

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Indigenous Peoples in Higher Education: Inherited Histories and Pernicious Status Quos

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Alex Red Corn Recently at our Indigenous Peoples Day gathering at Kansas State University, Chief Ben Barnes of the Shawnee spoke from the heart about matters related to Shawnee histories and their ongoing presence as a Native nation. Indigenous peoples of the U.S.,

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Film About the Abuse of People of Color Becomes a Teaching Tool

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She began work on a passion project, creating a film that would illustrate the violence and oppression experienced by people of color in the U.S. For teacher and producer Brandi Webb, those names were the last straw. Her idea was to place the country on trial using its own system of justice and laws. I've always fought for the underdog.