N.J. Akbar, assistant dean of Academic Diversity Success in Kent State’s University College, tells the Akron Beacon Journal that he “understands what is means to be counted out.â€
As an African-American from a low-income neighborhood, Akbar is the first in his family to go to college.
Akbar talks with the Akron Beacon Journal about working with Â鶹¾«Ñ¡students to get their degrees and realize their dreams. .