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Providing Wraparound Services for UCONN’s Asian American Studies

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The mentorship program is meant to provide incoming students the settings and opportunities to prepare themselves for academic careers, all the while facilitating connection among one another. The Hartford campus itself holds a large percentage of first-generation students, according to Rola. Patterns of racialization in the U.S.

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Guiding Community Colleges Toward Mission Fulfillment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Utilizing a data-driven approach, ATD provides coaching that facilitates institutional transformation so that these colleges can have maximum impact on the lives of their students and on the communities within which they are located.

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Providing Wraparound Services for UCONN’s Asian American Studies

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The mentorship program is meant to provide incoming students the settings and opportunities to prepare themselves for academic careers, all the while facilitating connection among one another. The Hartford campus itself holds a large percentage of first-generation students, according to Rola. Patterns of racialization in the U.S.

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Michael Vick Hired as Head Coach at Norfolk State

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2001, he became the first Black quarterback to be drafted to the NFL first overall, when he was selected by the Atlanta Falcons. Vicks spent nearly two years in jail for his role in facilitating dogfighting. Vick, who played for the Atlanta Falcons and the Philadelphia Eagles, was a college football star at Virginia Tech.

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2022: Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Edgar, a DEI and EEO consultant, trainer, and facilitator. “As Simmons, the first Black president of an Ivy League institution, Brown University, which she led from 2001-12, retired as president of Prairie View A&M University after five years. On June 24, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. History-maker Dr. Ruth J.