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A Pioneer for Change - Dr. Brittany Williams

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As a child, she would wake up before her parents alarms in her excitement to get to school. She delighted in academic challenge, but she was also aware that many students from minoritized backgrounds did not feel that same joy and elation in school. Its an ethos built into her bones to transcend those boundaries.

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University of Toronto’s environment school cuts financial ties to fossil fuels

The Guardian - Higher Education

Princeton University, the only other North American school to do so, rolled back its commitment recently The University of Toronto ’s environment school has announced it will financially dissociate from fossil fuel companies, in a landmark win for climate activists. Continue reading.

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HBCU Leaders Unite to Address Threats to Black Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

You have to be equally outraged by the racism that poisons campus culture and the racism that shows up in how we exclude Black stories, scholarship, and success from the academy." Students come in carrying years of systemic inequalityand we are creating intentional, data-driven environments to meet them with care and excellence, she said.

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Enhancing Access, Engagement, and Inclusion in Online Education

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In response, universities and educators strive to create and nurture virtual relationships and communities that foster positive relational school cultures, understanding student behavior within a social context (Manassah, Roderick, and Gregory 2018, 39). Allowing students to pay in installments or defer payments can ease financial pressures.

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Studying Racial Equity in Higher Education - Dr. Román Liera

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Romn Liera is a rising star in higher education, with a dedication to equity, innovative scholarship and student-centered learni Dr. Romn Liera ning. After graduating, he studied at Pierce College (a community college), majoring in psychology because he wanted to become a high school counselor.

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College Fund Offers American Indian Law School Scholarship to Attend Harvard Law

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The American Indian College Fund has announced its third American Indian Law School Scholarship for a student entering Harvard Law School in the fall of 2024. Samantha Maltais Photo by Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer The goal is to eliminate financial hurdles to earning a juris doctor degree at Harvard Law School.

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Paul Quinn College to Create an Innovative Housing Model and a Mixed-Use Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“This is so much more than a traditional real estate project or campus housing development—it’s a statement about what higher education can be for all of us – those who attend our schools and those who do not,” said Dr. Michael J. The college has also partnered with the Jakes Divinity School since 2023 to offer a T.D. Jakes Foundation.

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