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Black and Hispanic Students Far Less Likely to Receive Race-Matched Instruction

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

From a sample of over 560,000 first year, first time community college students and over 32,000 instructors in Texas between 2013 and 2020, researchers found that 77% of white students experienced a racial match. These obstacles include everything from discriminatory funding of public schools to personal biases.

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A sectorwide approach to higher ed's future (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Here at American University, we doubled our externally funded research over the last five years, and we opened a new Hall of Science that stands alongside our historic strengths in public affairs and international service. Before that, she served in two cabinet-level positions in the U.S. government, serving as secretary of the U.S.

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Repairing the College-to-Career Pipeline

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

In January 2013, she began overseeing the Public Affairs and Communications teams. In 2011, she assumed the role of Executive Vice President of People, Community, and Diversity, leading TFA’s work to uphold its commitment to diversity and build an organizational model of fairness and equality. Before joining TFA, Ms.

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HEI Resources 2025

Higher Education Inquirer

Public Affairs. University of Chicago Press. Baldwin, Davarian (2021). In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: How Universities Are Plundering Our Cities. Bold Type Books. Bennett, W. and Wilezol, D. Is College Worth It?: A Former United States Secretary of Education and a Liberal Arts Graduate Expose the Broken Promise of Higher Education.

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