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Black and Indian: Reconciling Dual Identities in Higher Education Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Our history, our culture and our sense of being is very much ingrained in the land. We all thrive in educational spaces when the conditions to enable success are meticulously crafted. My lack of understanding was deeper than that, however. The connection between Indian identity and sense of place/space is a very real thing.

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Indigenous Peoples in Higher Education: Inherited Histories and Pernicious Status Quos

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Alex Red Corn Recently at our Indigenous Peoples Day gathering at Kansas State University, Chief Ben Barnes of the Shawnee spoke from the heart about matters related to Shawnee histories and their ongoing presence as a Native nation. and worldwide, have a complicated relationship with institutions of education.

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Landmark Education Summit Held for AANHPI

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On Tuesday, April 2, the White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (WHIAANHPI) hosted the nation’s first ever Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Higher Education Leadership Development Summit at University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley).

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ASHE Conference Urges Humanization of Higher Education

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LAS VEGAS-- Dr. Joy Gaston Gayles opened the 47th annual conference for the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) in Las Vegas with a call to disrupt the systemic oppression keeping marginalized populations from accessing higher education and burning out academics working toward greater diversity, equity, and inclusion. “If

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Centering Black Children in Education: A Fugitive Space for Resistance, Counter-Narratives, and Radical Love

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Centering Black Children in Education (CBCE) is mounting a movement. Created in 2021, CBCE consistently provides a powerful counter-narrative to challenge systemic racism and educational inequities through groundbreaking programming and initiatives. Our collective ultimate aim is liberatory education for Black children.

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GARY L. BROWN

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Brown holds a bachelor’s degree in history from North Carolina Central University, a master’s in higher education administration from North Carolina State University, a Master of Divinity degree from Shaw University in Raleigh, and a Ph.D. in higher education leadership from North Carolina A&T State University.

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E. CHERYL PONDER

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She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and history from Dillard University in New Orleans, an MBA from Clark Atlanta University, and a Ph.D. in educational leadership and policy studies from the University of Oklahoma.