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AVAILABLE NOW |
@OleMissTrack
's Olivia Womack and
@MizzouFootball
's
@Darius6Robinson
are the cover stars for our 2024 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars edition!
Link to Access:
Subscribe to our Newsletters and Magazine:
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"Without a struggle, there can be no progress." -- Frederick Douglass
Happy Black History Month.
#GoogleDoodle
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#HigherEd
Scholars: Kendrick Lamar’s Pulitzer is a Sign of
#Hip
-Hop’s Impact:
@TiffanyPennamon
#HipHopEd
@AfricanaCarr
@NewBlackMan
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"Education is the silver bullet. Education is everything." -- Mahershala Ali, Best Supporting Actor, thanked his teachers first.
#Oscars
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On this day in 1960, Ruby Bridges became the first African-American to attend a white elementary school in the South.
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Congratulations to Nikole Hannah-Jones (
@nhannahjones
), author of our 10th most popular story in 2023, for winning the Emmy for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series for ‘The 1619 Project’ last night! 🏆
#10
- Howard University (
@HowardU
) Takes Affirmative Step, All HBCUs Need More Support (by
@nhannahjones
)
#DiverseYearInReview2023
| (Originally Posted 08/16/23)
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Darius Robinson (
@Darius6Robinson
) of
@MizzouFootball
is the 2024 Arthur Ashe Jr. Male Sports Scholar of the Year.
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BREAKING NEWS: Dr. Marybeth Gasman
@marybethgasman
to join the faculty
@RutgersGSE
as the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Endowed Chair in Education and Distinguished Professor. By
@jamalericwatson
#DiversityandInclusion
#equity
#HBCUS
#MSI
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We are pleased to announce the 2022 Arthur Ashe Jr. Male and Female Sports Scholar of the Year.
2022 Male Winner: Nakobe Dean, University of Georgia, Football
2022 Female Winner: Sophie Jaques, Ohio State University, Ice Hockey
@NakobeDean
@_sophiejaques
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Racial exclusion from this nation's
#highered
institutions has been the norm throughout the vast history of the U.S., and few institutions better represent that legacy of exclusion than the two institutions at the center of the ruling. (by
@nhannahjones
)
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Dr. Tiffany Jones Leaves The Education Trust For the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
In her new position, Jones is most excited to go back into “student mode.”
@TiffanyJonesPhD
@EdTrust
@GatesUS
@gatesfoundation
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Dr. Charles H. F. Davis III is quickly becoming one of the nation’s most prominent scholars. With a bold research agenda that looks at the intersectional politics of identity and systemic oppression.
#equity
#DiverseEmergingScholar
@USCRaceEquity
@hfdavis
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Dr. Michael Eric Dyson Heads to Vanderbilt
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On this day in 1957, Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas became integrated.
#education
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A Revived “North Star” Emerges next month, with content to agitate for justice in the spirit of
#FrederickDouglass
:
#blackhistory
@TheNorthStar
@shaunking
@keishablain
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VIEWS | The academy remains white and steeped in whiteness because efforts to diversify the academy are performative rather than transformational.
@JoyGayles
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Eight years ago today,
@BarackObama
was elected as the first black president of the United States.
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AVAILABLE NOW | Emerging Scholars
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EMERGING SCHOLARS | Dr. Darris Means' scholarship 'examines racial and class inequities in rural contexts, challenging monolithic perspectives that equate rurality to whiteness.'
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.
@OhioState
Names Scholar
@DrJLMooreIII
Vice Provost for
#Diversity
, Inclusion …
#nadohe
@osubellcenter
#highered
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#10
- Howard University (
@HowardU
) Takes Affirmative Step, All HBCUs Need More Support (by
@nhannahjones
)
#DiverseYearInReview2023
| (Originally Posted 08/16/23)
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Chase Griffin (
@ChaseQB11
) of
@UCLAFootball
is a 2023 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars Finalist for Male Athlete of the Year. Congrats, Chase!
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Dr. Eboni M. Zamani-Gallaher is this year’s recipient of the Diverse Champions Award. 🏆
This award recognizes
#highered
leaders who have shown unwavering commitment to equal opportunity and access for all, particularly at the
#communitycollege
level.
@emzgallaher
Learn more:
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Dr. Gilda Barabino Appointed to The National Academy of Engineering - making her one of only six African-American women members in the esteemed academy:
#stemdiversity
#woc
#highered
#ccny
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Darius Robinson (
@Darius6Robinson
) of
@MizzouFootball
is one of the Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars Finalists for Male Athlete of the Year!
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ON THE MOVE | Dr. Christopher J. Nellum was recently appointed executive director of The Education Trust-West.
@chrisnellum
@edtrustwest
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Make sure you get your January 24th copy of Diverse, kicking off our 35th anniversary and featuring our 2019 Emerging Scholars including
@Brian_A_Burt
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An expert on intercollegiate sports, Dr.
@JoyGayles
took the helm of
@ASHEoffice
this week—becoming only the second Black woman and the fifth Black person—to lead the 46-year-old organization that focuses on the study of higher education.
@AshePresident
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VIEWS | When President Trump says he saved Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) he is 100% correct because he did.
by
@PARISDENNARD
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Despite the myths, Black men are enrolling in college. Check out the Early Arrival Program at
@OhioState
. Great work
@DrJLMooreIII
@jamalericwatson
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Coach Lance Taylor of the MOWA Choctaws is taking over the Western Michigan University Broncos Football Team (
@WMU_Football
).
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AVAILABLE NOW | Our 2024 Emerging Scholars edition is now live!
Link to Access:
Subscribe to our Newsletters and Magazine:
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"A Black teacher pipeline – one that is effective, sustainable, easy enough to understand, and protected – is needed" - Sharif El-Mekki (
@selmekki
)
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“You Don’t Look Like a Professor”--
@PennGSE
professor uses micro affirmations to counter micro aggressions in
#highered
:
@DrNicholeGarcia
#CenterforMSIs
#genderequity
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Let's give JoVoni Johnson-McCray (
@jovonij
) of
@RiceFootball
a round of applause! JoVoni was recently named an Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars semifinalist for Male Athlete of the Year!
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Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, award-winning author, professor and founding director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center
@AmericanU
delivers keynote:
#racism
#equity
@DrIbram
@AKBrunini
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Meet Dr. Yona Harvey, Univ. of Pitt professor and one of the first African-American female writers to have written for Marvel, contributing to
#BlackPanther
comic spinoffs:
#Wakanda
@AfricanaCarr
@darnell_hunt
@PittTweet
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#OTD
in 1964, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs into law the historic
#CivilRightsAct
.
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Reis Thomas (
@rdthomas_24
) of Wabash College Track and Field (
@mownbu
) is a 2023 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars Finalist for Male Athlete of the Year. Way to go!
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Scholars nationwide have responded to Candia-Bailey’s death with sadness and heartbreak, but also said that this tragedy allows for a broader conversation about the plight of Black women in the academy.
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.
@AshtonGillotte
of
@LouisvilleFB
is one of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars semifinalists for Male Athlete of the Year. Congrats!
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On this day in 1967, Thurgood Marshall becomes first African American to be confirmed as Supreme Court justice.
#law
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Black Lives Matter Leader Joins Faculty at Prescott College
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Doctoral candidates Dion T. Harry (
@dionharry_
) and Joshua D. Wallace (
@scholarjoshw
) have been chosen to receive the annual Dr. Melvin C. Terrell Educational Foundation Scholarship.
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Diverse congratulates our blogger
@Drewtle
on his successful dissertation defense today. Congrats, Dr. Martinez!
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Social media being a way to amplify one’s own reach as an academic was one of many topics discussed during a University of Michigan webinar on how diversity scholars navigate social media.
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CONGRATS to Tyler Moore, Nick Gumbs and all of the 2019
#DiverseArthurAshe
scholars from
@UMBCAthletics
for a job well done in academics as well as athletics.
#diverse35
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.
@MorganStateU
produces more technical-degree students than Maryland's state average. Nearly 17% of alumni are employed in
#STEM
fields, comparable to Maryland’s average of 11%.
#hbcus
#centerformsis
#highered
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“In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.”
― Anne Frank
#HolocaustMemorialDay
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2019 Emerging Scholar Dr. Brian A. Burt has distinguished himself as an exceptional researcher, teacher and thinker:
#highered
#diverseemergingscholar
#iowastateu
@Brian_A_Burt
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VSU Rolls Out its first Inclusive Gender-Identity Diversity Program:
@RhneeSierra
@VSUTrojans
#lgbt
#lgbtq
#hbcu
#highered
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Sergio Gonzalez (
@SerxioGonzalez
) draws upon scholarship in critical race theory and Jotería studies in education and invites his research participants to become co-creators and to be in conversations, or pláticas, with him.
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ICYMI
Congratulations to Marymount University for its designation as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and the first one in Virginia. It is one of 308 HSIs with at least 25% Hispanic students.
@HACUNews
@marymountu
@DiverseIssues
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VIEWS | The existence of white privilege and systemic racism is not a matter of opinion or perspective. It is a clear and undeniable fact that has been demonstrated by research and lived experience.
@toldson
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New: USC Race and Equity Center Unveils tech tool, PRISM:
#USCRaceEquity
#prismnetwork
#equity
#highered
@higheredprism
@TiffanyPennamon
@DrShaunHarper
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There is information that shows how Black men and boys have thrived to achieve educational attainment, as well as indicators that have contributed to their academic success. (by
@EHinesPhD
)
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"I have learned that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear." -- Rosa Parks
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We are pleased to announce that Eloy Ortiz Oakley will be the recipient of the 2021 Diverse Champions Award.
Read more here:
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Let's go! Darius Robinson (
@Darius6Robinson
) of
@MizzouFootball
is one of the Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars semifinalists for Male Athlete of the Year!
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The annual Dr. Melvin C. Terrell Educational Foundation Scholarship is meant for matriculating students in master’s or doctoral programs in student affairs or
#highered
administration-related fields.
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Grammy Award-winning artist
@ledisi
will be the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice’s first artist in residence this fall.
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For
@ClemsonWildlife
ecology professor Dr. J. Drew Lanham, his relationship with the natural world isn’t just scientific and objective, but deeply personal — it runs “bone marrow deep.”
@1blackbirder
@clemson_IncEq
#blackinnature
#diversityinstem
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Actress Regina Hall to Deliver Commencement Address at Dillard...
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96 yrs ago today, the US adopted 19th Amendment to Constitution, giving women the right to vote.
#WomensEqualityDay
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Beyoncé’s newly released Homecoming is a testament to the vivacity of Black culture that is celebrated at HBCUs:
#highered
#hbcus
@NewBlackMan
@ by
@TiffanyPennamon
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The North Carolina A&T (
@ncatsuaggies
) community will gather Feb. 1, to celebrate the legacy of four A&T freshmen who were keystones in the civil rights movement with their historic sit-in at the downtown Greensboro Woolworth’s lunch counter.
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Warning: Educators need to do a better job at eliminating racial trauma for Black children who attend urban schools:
#ICUE18
#urbaneducation
#highered
@DrChanceWLewis
@TyroneCHoward
@JamalEricWatson
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Brookings Institution Finds Ending Student Debt Could Lessen Racial Wealth Gap
@andreperryedu
@BrookingsInst
@StrikeDebt
@Econ_Marshall
@DrBethAkers
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Dr. Nicole Pride Named President of West Virginia State University
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Dr. Paul Harris Set to Receive Tenure, Promotion After UVA...
#BlackintheIvory
#TenureforPaul
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Executive Editor
@jamalericwatson
moderates panel today
@NationalAction
with
@MichaelEDyson
@mayawiley
@Dr_CMGreer
and Dr. Eric Foner.
#diverse35
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BLOG: If colleges & universities really want to diversify the professoriate, one immediate step they can take is to support and invest in the Ronald McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program
@UCFTrioCntr
@UCFMcNair
@usedgov
#diversity
@jamalericwatson
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Arthur Ashe Jr. Scholar-of -the-Year:
@AStateFB
's Blaise Taylor, Committed to Serving Others:
#diversearthurashe
#ncaa
#ArkansasState
@BlaiseTaylor1
@LoisElfman
#highered
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MORE HEADLINES | Dr. Adriel A. Hilton Named Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management at Southern University at New Orleans
Read more:
@SUNOKnights
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North Carolina's Wake Forest University launched its new African American Studies program last week, with Dr. Corey D.B. Walker serving as its inaugural director.
@WakeForest
@WFUProfWalker
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AVAILABLE NOW | Chancellor
@EloyOakley
is the recipient of the 2021 Diverse Champions Award 🏆
Access the latest edition here:
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AVAILABLE NOW | Diverse Champions Tribute
Dr. Eboni M. Zamani-Gallaher is this year’s recipient of the Diverse Champions Award.
@emzgallaher
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AVAILABLE NOW | Women's History Month + Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs
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The University of Maryland Welcomes Its First African American President
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SPORTS WINNERS | Congratulations to Lena Greene ✨
@lena_greena
@OregonState
@BeaverAthletics
@BeaverGym
#countdowntoashe2021
#ashe2021
#sportsscholars
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Views | Not only do HBCUs enroll twice as many first-generation, low-income students, but they also outperform peer institutions in improving the economic standing of their students. (via
@DrHLWilliams
)
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Dr. Melissa L. Gilliam Named Ohio State University’s First Woman of Color Provost
@OhioState
#highered
#higheredleadership
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Meet the only American Rhodes Scholar winner in 2018 to have attended a community college:
@CCPedu
#comm_coll
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Tens of thousands of activists are expected to converge across the U.S. to combat the latest sweep of voter suppression laws.
@TylikMcMillan
@ncatsuaggies
@NationalAction
@OfficialMLK3
@TheRevAl
@DMorganPhD
@LoyolaChicago
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