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Can the Army’s New Fitness Test Survive Critics and Become Official in April?
Nearly 10 years in the making, the Army plans to implement its controversial new fitness test later this spring. But a new batch of critiques about gender discrimination and the sheer logistical challenge of administering and training for the new test could imperil that deadline. Creating the new Army Combat Fitness Test, or ACFT, has…
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Dr. Roland Mitchell and LSU CHSE are Winning | Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
Before Dr. Roland Mitchell, dean for LSU’s College of Human Sciences & Education (LSU CHSE), became an administrator, he worked on campus as an instructor while he finished his dissertation. He picked an inauspicious time to arrive. “I moved the week of Katrina,” he recalled. “There were all of these narratives about Black folks from…
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Education Bill Would Require Posting Of Curriculum
CNHI Statehouse Reporter INDIANAPOLIS — A controversial bill that opponents say would limit educators’ ability to teach about racism passed out of a House committee Wednesday. Tony Cook Author Rep. Tony Cook, a former history teacher, said he understood the need to teach about historical racism — voting rights in Selma, the Tulsa Massacre, Jim…
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2022 BAFTA Awards Longlist Predictions: ‘Belfast’ and ‘No Time to Die’ – Variety
264 films were submitted for the BAFTA Awards, with five available slots for best film. Expected to be strong contenders among the robust membership is the final outing for Daniel Craig as James Bond with “No Time to Die” and Kenneth Branagh’s drama “Belfast.” For outstanding British film, the group expanded to 10 nominees last…
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8 Trends Kanarys CEO Mandy Price Sees For Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in 2022 » Dallas Innovates
As the CEO and co-founder of Kanarys, Mandy Price is leading the charge in creating long-term systemic change around diversity, equity, and inclusion. In 2019, the Harvard Law School grad left her career as an attorney to launch a DEI tech platform with co-founders, Star Carter and Bennie King. They all attended college together at…
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White House touts diversity of Biden judicial appointees as number surpasses Trump’s first year | Fox News
Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The White House on Wednesday touted the diversity of President Biden’s judicial nominees as it announced nine new federal court nominations. The nominees are Biden’s eleventh round of federal judicial nominees, which brings the…
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NASCAR Partners With LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce for Diversity Training
NASCAR and a North Carolina-based LGBTQ+ organization announced on Wednesday a new partnership to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion training. The Carolinas LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce, one of the largest LGBTQ+ chambers within the region advocating for equitable change within the workplace and economy, said that NASCAR will become the group’s DE&I partner for 2022,…
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Orthodox rabbis call on US universities to suspend diversity programs | Fox News
Heritage Foundation educational policy fellow Jay Greene blasts school boards as debate over CRT rages A coalition that represents more than 2,000 Orthodox rabbis on American public policy issues is demanding that American universities abandon their “diversity, equity and inclusion” (DEI) efforts in the wake of a report showing that DEI leaders often promote antisemitism.…
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Cornell One of Seven Institutions Awarded NIH Grant to Strengthen Faculty Diversity
After a competitive application process, Cornell is one of seven institutions awarded $16 million as part of the inaugural Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation Grant by the National Institutes of Health. Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Prof. Avery August, microbiology and immunology, received the grant to hire and support faculty who diversify biomedical…
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Simple Changes – Try these Resume Tips
4 Modifications That Will Make Your Resume a Breath of Fresh Air As a job candidate, it’s easy to see recruiting supervisors as big, bad challenges that you have to conquer. They’re the gatekeepers, after all. But, this type of thinking causes weaker employment applications. Consider it by doing this: Employing supervisors read a lot…