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Scholar Examines the Intersection of Black and Latino Identity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Clealand's commitment to the topic has made her a sought-after interdisciplinary scholar, and she has been lauded for her insights about Black politics, group consciousness, Black public opinion, and racial inequality, focusing on the Spanish-speaking Caribbean and the U.S. using a mixed-method, interdisciplinary approach.

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Working Paper: Asian Americans Face Lower Admissions Odds to Selective Schools than White Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

candidate in computational social science at Stanford University and one of the authors of the paper. The researchers looked at 685,709 first-year college applications from 292,795 Asian American and white students to selective U.S. The analyzed applications were submitted through a national postsecondary application platform, said Josh D.

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Transfer Enrollments Increased Fall 2023

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Eighty-two percent of liberal arts and sciences, humanities and general studies majors changed their majors upon transfer. No matter what field they came to study originally, students who switch their majors continue to overwhelmingly select health professions or computer and information sciences.

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Leaders Call for Active Resistance Against Anti-DEI Measures

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Alvin Tillery, a professor of political science and director of the Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy at Northwestern University, said anti-DEI legislation, the U.S. We want a real democracy where our votes really count. We cannot save our democracy and leave anti-racism on the side of the road.

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High Impact Cultural Competence (HICC) Training: A Feasible Solution to Micro-incivilities Directed Toward Young Faculty and Staff of Color in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jean, Interim Dean, College of Arts and Sciences & Professor of Sociology at North Park University, and I are suggesting training in High Impact Cultural Competency (HICC) (Vaughn, 2007) as a potential solution. “We My cowriter, Peter St. The intra dimensions consists of one’s own awareness and attitudes. Dr. Peter K.

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First-Time Graduate Enrollment Rises, But Declines Domestically

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Domestic enrollment declined in eight of 11 fields of study with the largest decreases in business (-13.9%), education (-5.9%), biological and agricultural sciences (-5.1%), and public administration and services (-5.1%),” the report noted.

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Study Finds that Promise Program Still Leaves Racial Gaps

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

According to Dr. Natasha Warikoo, the Lenore Stern professor in the humanities and social sciences at Tufts University, the findings are important, but not surprising. “It It shows the way that race plays a role in educational opportunity apart from class,” she said.