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HBCU Leaders Unite to Address Threats to Black Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Smothers In a powerful response to growing challenges facing Black students and institutions, Virginia Union University (VUU) recently convened over 250 educational leaders for an urgent national summit addressing the state of Black education in America. The virtual B.L.A.C. Attorney Raymond C.

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Working to Keep Minoritized Students Safe - Dr. Kaleb Briscoe

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I was always advocating for students rights and issues, working with administration, leaders, and university presidents advocating for university students, says Briscoe of her time at ASU. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), a predominately white institution (PWI) in a region with a very low Black population.

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Montana State's Dr. Waded Cruzado Makes History as APLU's First Latina President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Montana State University President Waded Cruzado has been named the next president of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), marking a Dr. Waded Cruzado historic appointment as she becomes the first Latina to lead the organization.

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Echoing Oz, Moody’s Downgrade Highlights a Tempest in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In response to the investigation, the University of Iowa, for example, has severed ties with the Ph.D. Project, despite the organization's removal of specific racial criteria from its program participation requirements. Many organizations have confused fairness with DEI, while others, like JPMorgan Chase, view fairness as essential.

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Hardrick Steps Down as Florida Memorial President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Florida Memorial University President Dr. Jaffus Hardrick has resigned from his post at the small, private historically Black university. University officials said that Hardrick stepped down because of a health issue. Dr. Jaffus Hardrick William C.

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SOULS: The Academy’s Recipe for Transformation, Retention, and Creating a Better World

Insight Into Diversity

Interestingly, the veil that Du Bois wrote about still exists today, especially in the American Academy — the network of colleges, universities, associations, and organizations that provide and support higher education — despite the fact that some of America’s most illustrious educational institutions are headed by Black provosts and presidents.

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Enrollment Marketing Strategy: How to Attract Students and Align Programs: Changing Higher Ed podcast 251 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Max DesMarais

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We’ve been doing this for a long time, and we do so through great marketing research, great marketing execution and discipline strategies to drive more traffic, more leads, and more enrollment for our organizations. What scholarship opportunities can we supply our students? Drumm McNaughton: Oh, wait a minute. [00:02:07]