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Educational Equity Key to Progress and Democracy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NEW YORK On the last day of the Student Leadership Network’s (SLN) Whole Girl Education National Conference: Closing the Gap, CEO Yolonda Marshall reminded attendees why they must continue to elevate and educate young women and gender expansive students: because the political and societal climate is dire.

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What it Means to Sit at the Intersection of Blackness, Queerness

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Yolanda Vivian Williams-Goliday’s first priority is to make sure that the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) is a supportive and inclusive space for its LGBTQ+, gender nonconforming, and nonbinary community. They have a different way of looking at the world,” she explains. They were in this world that was totally different.

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Representation Matters

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Over the past decade, some historically Black institutions have developed women’s and gender studies programs and embedded courses within general education curriculum. At Delaware State, students pursuing women's and gender studies are examining the intersection of race, class, gender, ethnicity, and sexuality.

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Dr. Joy Buolamwini, Algorithmic Justice League

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Poet of Code” Dr. Joy Buolamwini founded the Algorithmic Justice League, where she is artist-in-chief and president, to create a world with more equitable and accountable technology. In her research, she uncovered racial and gender bias in AI services from high profile companies such as Microsoft, IBM and Amazon.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

That is, to be a Black woman serving as the leader of a college or university will always be met with challenges that sit comfortably at the intersection of race and gender. It is too easy to solely treat what happened to Gay as a racist attack.

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Mount Holyoke Taps Howard University Law Dean to Lead College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Mount Holyoke is a gender-inclusive women’s college in Massachusetts, one of the historic Seven Sisters, a group of highly selective women’s liberal arts institutions in the Northeast. and around the world, talking about the core values at Mount Holyoke that should be found in every institution of higher education around the country.”

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Anthropologist to Lead the University of La Verne

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

An author, public speaker, and anthropologist, Mahdavi’s scholarly work focuses on gendered labor, human trafficking, migration, human rights, and public health in the context of changing global and political structures. Mahdavi holds a bachelor’s degree in diplomacy and world affairs from Occidental College. She earned a Ph.