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The Journey: What Discipline Teaches Us Well

Proctor Academy

The loud sounds of “tanking, clanking and rattling” of the old steam pipes hissing down in the basement of Maxwell Savage punctures the serenity between the “tick, tap, ticking” of our collective keyboards. Four boys and I are serving early morning mandatory Sunday study hall on a blustery mid-February day.

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Ring The Alarm: A Call to Action for Black Women to Address Wellness in the Academy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Antoinette “Bonnie” Candia-Bailey rings the alarm that our wellness must come first. As we navigate the treacherous waters of 2024, let us honor those we have lost by being mindful of the debilitating structures we are up against. We each have only so much time to do the good work, but work cannot be the totality of our lives.

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Identities, the Focus of Black Men’s Research Institute Symposium

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Further, Black male identities inform how Black men are positioned within and across society and the (mis)perceptions held about them as well as their interpersonal relationships and their relationships with various social institutions.”

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Coleman Named Next President at Adler University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We will work to alleviate disparities and lead the charge in transforming global health equity leadership and advancing health justice by fostering communities where wellness flourishes and all individuals can realize their full potential,” she said.

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Strategies for Speaking Out

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I suspect they apply whether you are faculty, staff, or student, and perhaps well beyond the academy as well. Let us help each other flourish as we follow Dr. Angela Davis’s lead: “I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. Sara Goldrick-Rab Here are ten things I’ve learned can be helpful when you decide to speak up.

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Are We There Yet? Revising and Questioning Affirmative Action

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I believe that we, well, most of us, that 50 years later, we might be further along. Well, I say with all clarity, we, These United States, are not there yet. If the applicants all happen to be white, well, that is the most qualified pool. So what is taking us so long? My counterargument hasn’t changed.

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Student-Athlete Health and Wellness Study Findings Revealed at NCAA Convention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Additionally, binge drinking has dropped to a historic low and tobacco use among student-athletes is also on the decline. Those are among the many findings included in the NCAA Student-Athlete Health and Wellness Study that was revealed this week at the NCAA Convention that has converged in Phoenix.