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July 12, 2020 Trending In Education COVID-19, digital inclusion, Franklin D. Gilliam, George Floyd, income-based, retention

Closing Gaps and Navigating Uncertainty with UNC Greensboro Chancellor, Dr. Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr.

UNC Greensboro Chancellor, Dr. Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr., joins Trending in Education to share his experiences leading a university with a long history of opening up access to higher education. Beginning as a women-only university in the late 19th Century, UNC Greensboro has since opened up to non-white students soon after to men.

We discuss the importance of digital inclusion, Dr. Gilliam’s transformative experiences leading the university through the COVID-19 response thus far, and responding to the George Floyd murder and related unrest.

Diversity

July 10, 2020 Trending In Education Black Lives Matter, corporate world, George Floyd, higher education, Liz Leiba, race, racial divide

Becoming Active as a Black Professional after George Floyd with Liz Leiba

Liz Leiba, an education professional, teacher, and podcast host, joins Melissa and Mike to discuss her personal response to George Floyd’s death. In response to this travesty, Liz has become much more active on LinkedIn and on her podcast, The Ed Up Experience, telling her personal story as a black woman in higher ed and the corporate world.

COVID-19 Higher Education

June 24, 2020 Trending In Education adult learners, COVID-19, DeVry, digital inclusion, Elise Awwad, George Floyd, higher education, Proactive Care

Proactive Care for Adult Learners with Elise Awwad

Elise Awwad, Vice President of Strategic Enrollment at DeVry University, joins Mike this week to explore how DeVry has been delivering proactive care as part of its educational philosophy for adult learners. We examine how they were able to respond to the twin challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and the civil unrest in response to the death of George Floyd.

Diversity

June 18, 2020 Trending In Education Adunola Adeshola, awkward conversations, Black, Black Lives Matter, Chalkbeat, Dan Strafford, education, Forbes, George Floyd, Melissa Griffith, race, UPenn

Black Lives Matter Protests and Awkward Conversations About Race

Melissa and Mike begin with a frank conversation about how we’ve been responding to the Black Lives Matter protests and related civic and personal upheaval in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis.

Running It Back

June 8, 2020 Trending In Education Adam Silver, Ahmaud Arbery, Black Lives Matter, Blackballed, Breonna Taylor, Chris Paul, civil unrest, Doc Rivers, Donald Sterling, George Floyd, Los Angeles Clippers, Matt Barnes, Quibi, race, social justice, Tarlin Ray

Running It Back – Blackballed – The 2014 Clippers and Donald Sterling

For today’s show, we’re releasing an upcoming episode of Running It Back with Tarlin Ray and Mike Palmer where we break down Blackballed, the new Quibi short-form docuseries about the 2014 Los Angeles Clippers and the Donald Sterling scandal.