Students who never went to college heard early in their lives that they didn’t have the money to go. No one told them that they could thrive academically.
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What it really takes to build a diverse faculty
To do it well, experts say, be in a constant state of hiring. Focus on belonging. And change promotion processes to reward extra labor.
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A network for closing degree gaps
A national advocacy group is putting a new focus on improving college completion by supporting two types of minority-serving institutions: historically Black colleges and predominantly Black community colleges.
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When language is the barrier
When talking about diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education, one group that often gets left out of the conversation is English language learners.
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Mississippi bill that seeks to ban CRT signed into law
The bill’s language is vague so it may not prevent the University of Mississippi School of Law from offering its course on the academic framework.
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‘Don’t be intimidated by the jargon’
Von Gordon — a nonprofit executive who helped organize the first Statewide Student Summit on Race when he was a college student — discusses critical race theory.
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What student parents need
Student parents of color, a new report finds, face higher housing, food, and other basic needs’ insecurities.
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Barriers beyond cost
Removing financial burdens, or even making college free, doesn’t always remove other key obstacles to getting to college or staying there.
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‘We are undeterred’: How Mississippi’s oldest HBCU responded to the bomb threats
Since January, more than two dozen HBCUs, including all but one in Mississippi, have received bomb threats, leading to cancelled classes and campus lockdowns.
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Inside Mississippi’s only class on critical race theory
As Republican lawmakers push to ban critical race theory, here’s how the class changed the mind of one conservative Mississippian.