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NSF-Funded Initiative Promotes Diversity Within STEM Faculty Ranks

Even before the acronym “STEM” was introduced by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 2001, academics were grappling with the overall lack of diversity in science, technology, engineering and mathematics and the specific need to accelerate the process of diversifying STEM faculty.

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Will Free Community College Hurt HBCU Enrollment?

Some conservatives have been quick to point to the price tag of Biden’s American Families Plan, arguing that making the first two years of higher education free ultimately limits student choice and could be potentially damaging for HBCU enrollment.

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Dr. Pamela Payne-Foster Leads the Way in Community Connection

Dr. Pamela Payne-Foster Foster is a public health physician and professor of community medicine and population health at UA’s College of Community Health. She’s also an expert on HIV/AIDs in rural areas, and calls herself an “activist researcher, trying to research in ways that affect policies and attitudes.”

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UNC Grants Tenure To Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones

Amid intense pressure, protests and a threat of a federal lawsuit, trustees for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill voted 9-4 on Wednesday to grant tenure to Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones.

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College World Series Spotlights Three African American Athletic Directors

Three of the institutions represented in the College World Series have African American athletic directors.

Webinar Invites Academic Pipeline Program Directors to Discuss Best Practices

To further discuss best practices of pipeline programs and encourage more underrepresented students to pursue the academic pipeline, a three-part webinar was held on Wednesday.

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Quantifying Equity and Improving Campus Self-Advocacy Took Center Stage at American University Summit

How to quantify equity and better advocate for oneself, were but two of the topics discussed during the second day of American University’s (AU) annual School of Education Summer Institute on Education Equity and Justice (SIEEJ).

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Former President Barack Obama, Dr. Lonnie G. Bunch III Engage in Dialogue About Social Justice at ALA Conference

The American Library Association concluded its week-long Annual Conference and Exhibition June 29 with a virtual conversation between former President of the United States Barack Obama and Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Dr. Lonnie G. Bunch III.

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Brookings Institution Finds Ending Student Debt Could Lessen Racial Wealth Gap

Debt relief should be assessed by wealth instead of income, and there is a direct relationship between student debt cancellation and minimizing the racial wealth gap. That was the sentiments expressed during a panel discussion held on Monday by The Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program.

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Modern States Education Alliance, Morgan State University Partner to Address College Affordability Challenges

With student debt loan rising—which currently exceeds $30,000 on average for recent graduates—non-profit Modern States Education Alliance sought to address the college affordability problem. The solution? Offering the ability for prospective students to earn college credit at no cost.

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Nikole Hannah-Jones Talks About Slavery at American Library Association Conference

Slavery is one of the oldest institutions in America and is foundational to the nation, said Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author Nikole Hannah-Jones during the Thursday opening session of the American Library Association’s (ALA) annual conference.

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Online Instruction Did Not Make Things Easier for Disabled Students

Online education has the guise of accessibility. When COVID-19 pushed the world of higher education online, some students, including those who work, may have found online access an easier way to put educational goals first, especially when the economy was cliff-diving and taking jobs with it. One commonly held belief is that fully online instruction increased accessibility for disabled students. But Krista Soria, the assistant director for research institutes in partnership with the Student Experience in the Research University (SERU), said that the numbers show the opposite is true.

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