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Panel: Erasing Black History Threatens to Harm Black Community, Students, and Nation's Future

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The exclusion and omission of Black history threatens to harm not just the Black community at large but also students and the very future of the nation, experts said during a Nov. In the face of curriculum and book bans and the devaluing of Black history, it is imperative to amplify and uphold African American history.”

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Bank holiday reading: Flying the Nest in the wrong direction – How we can attract our ‘lost boys’ back into HE

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Archie Rankin is a History & Politics Student at Queen Mary University of London. Within this context, right-wing political groups, such as Reform UK, advocate for a no-nonsense approach to education, emphasizing a patriotic curriculum that they argue better addresses concerns about social equality. What Can We Do?

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Movement to Ban Legacy Admissions Gains Momentum

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Supreme Court struck down the consideration of race-conscious admissions, a growing number of lawmakers, advocates, and higher education leaders have called for banning legacy status as a potential factor in the admission process. In the year since the U.S. Opponents of legacy admissions.—

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What the Supreme Court’s Admissions Decision Says About Democracy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Not that long ago, higher education advocates regularly complained about the lack of national attention on colleges and universities. But they sharply diverge on what parts of history are relevant and what remedies are needed to create a healthy democracy with opportunity for all. This trend has sharply increased in recent years.

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Higher Ed Stakeholders Look to Socioeconomic Status as Alternative to Race in Admissions

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Richard Kahlenberg, a senior fellow at the Progressive Policy Institute and a nonresident scholar at Georgetown University, is an advocate for class-based affirmative action in higher education admissions. to help identify the economic factors for which Kahlenberg has advocated.

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Outrage Continues Over University of Florida's Removal of DEI Roles

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There is no data or evidence that proves that DEI initiatives promote indoctrination or that diversity leads to white people falling behind, said Dr. David Canton, director of African American Studies and associate professor of history at UF. He is also the former interim dean of institutional equity and inclusion at Connecticut College.

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Report Suggests Reforms if Supreme Court Strikes Down Affirmative Action

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Supreme Court is expected to deliver a devastating verdict to advocates of affirmative action. Dr. Anthony Carnevale, director of the CEW “We decided to disconnect affirmative action from America’s vulgar and violent racial history,” said Dr. Anthony P. In as little as two days, the U.S. Carnevale, director of the CEW. “It

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