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Making Equity a Priority

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Keith Curry likes to walk the campus of Compton College, the two-year school that he has led for the last 13 years — two as interim president and chief executive officer (CEO) and 11 as its permanent leader. Construction crews are sprawled out across the 83-acre campus just 15 miles south of Los Angeles. There is much to celebrate.

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Dr. Donovan Livingston Returns Home, Merging His Hip Hop Self with His College Advisor Self

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“A lot of my work is grounded in how Hip Hop informs student experiences in college,” Livingston said. After attending a campus visit, Livingston saw a performance from the UNC spoken word and poetry troop and knew he wanted to be a Tar Heel. I was always writing. Livingston set out to continue merging his interests in this way.

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Dismantling Global Injustices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

While work is important, there are far more important things in life and making those a priority will make you a better scholar, activist, and person. Pass this on to your students and prioritize their mental and emotional wellbeing rather than trying to instill a strict work ethic. That experience proved to be life-altering.

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Dismantling Global Injustices - Dr. Brendan Skip Mark

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

While work is important, there are far more important things in life and making those a priority will make you a better scholar, activist, and person. Pass this on to your students and prioritize their mental and emotional wellbeing rather than trying to instill a strict work ethic. That experience proved to be life-altering.

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College Sports: A Work in Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Each fall, Charmin Smith, head women’s basketball coach at University of California, Berkeley, welcomes three other Black female Division I head coaches and their teams to campus for the Raising the B.A.R. Basketball Activism and Representation) Invitational. They were making demands and holding administration’s feet to the fire.”

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Bringing Greater Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At the height of the pandemic in 2020, without ever visiting the campus, Dr. David A. there were protests on campus. Students organized Black student unions demanding more African American studies courses, Black faculty and staff,” says Canton. Photo courtesy of David Canton. Martin Luther King, Jr., Dr. David A.

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Working Student

Hope College Network

Often balancing school and a social life is enough. So how do you manage this with a job? Do you need a job? Busy Schedule When life is buzzing around you it can be hard to find time. So, when someone brings up the idea of working a job in your current state you can’t help but laugh. Any time at all, that is.