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They Don’t Really Care About Us? Ensuring a Better Connection Between Research, Policy, and Practice to Ensure Success for Black Men in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

With the demise of affirmative action, threats to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives (DEI), and policies in higher education there might not be an immediate increase in the number of Black men seeking to enroll in higher education. This stifles Black student success and contributes to low graduation rates from high schools.

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Cultivating Tomorrow’s HBCU Leaders: The H.E.L.F. Foundation Effect

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

From the inception, there was more interest in the leadership program than the organizers could handle. “We We don’t have enough time to manage the demand,” says Felton, who adds that the organization has now blossomed into 17 cohorts of fellows. “We “We knew we needed to take a step, and we were open to where the universe led us.”

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Protecting Trans Rights? Disability Inclusion? International Students? Why It’s All the Same Battle

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association, and dozens of other professional health organizations have condemned these bills as medically unsound and deeply harmful. The policies harming these communities are not just oversights. A Deaf student in Ohio described it this way: "Im not disabled by my body.

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How Incarceration Impacts the Basic Needs of Loved Ones & Families

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Organizations like Essie Justice Group have built powerful networks of women with incarcerated loved ones, offering healing, support, and advocacy. Community organizations like Essie Justice Group , the Osborne Associations FamilyWorks program , and We Got Us Now are examples of allies to consider partnering with. There are exceptions.

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Bringing us Humans Back to EdTech: Highlights from WCET’s 2025 Virtual Summit

WCET Frontiers

If you joined us at this years WCET virtual summit, The Elements of Humanizing EdTech in Higher Education thank you. It wasnt just another Zoom marathon; dynamic panelists shared their thoughts about the critical components of humanizing teaching and learning with technology. And the best part? Its about the people behind it.

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Leading with Purpose: AABHE’s President Charts Path for Black Excellence

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She is also a professor in the Department of Health and Human Performance. Through that experience she became passionate about the work of the organization, serving on several committees and on the board before being elected president. Im just so blessed to be able to give to higher education in such a dynamic way, she says.

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Impacting Policy and Creating Greater Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

in educational policy and planning, Reid hopes to make an impact on federal and state policies related to education. Going forward, he anticipates leveraging data and research to inform policy-making about schools and support families from marginalized backgrounds. After completing his Ph.D.

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