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UCLA Alumni Couple Pledges $10 Million to Ethnic Studies Centers

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“It was like planting a seed, not to say that we were the sole seed planters, because there were many people – many students, some faculty, and others – planting seeds, fertilizing them, helping them grow.” For faculty members, holding an endowed chair is often considered the highest honor that you can have as a professor,” Yoo said.

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Educational Equity Key to Progress and Democracy

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In 2001, SLN launched the CollegeBound Initiative (CBI), placing 33 college counselors in schools in New York City, Rochester, and Buffalo. They set up opportunities for our students to get on campus, meet other students, connect to faculty members. You as educators are critical to breaking that cycle.” said Robinson.

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Dr. Condoleezza Rice

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Bush’s national security adviser from January 2001-2005, the first woman to hold the position. billion annual budget and the academic program involving 1,400 faculty members and 14,000 students. billion annual budget and the academic program involving 1,400 faculty members and 14,000 students.

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Leveraging Grants for STEM Equity

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Nonetheless, the percentage of women STEM faculty remains disproportionately small. Since 2001, the foundation has given over $270 million in advance grants to institutions and nonprofit groups in 41 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. York lauds the program as “really smart.”

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Providing Wraparound Services for UCONN’s Asian American Studies

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With a new federal grant that Chang and his fellow UConn faculty and staff members have secured from the U.S. Curriculum Alongside wraparound services and culturally competent faculty and staff, what’s taught in the classroom is also vital to bolstering student success, Chang says. Patterns of racialization in the U.S.

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DREAM Conference Marks Milestone

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I think that is injecting new energy and new thinking into the movement,” says Stout, who previously led Montgomery County Community College in Pennsylvania from 2001 to 2015. “We We have a whole new generation of young leaders that need supports like ATD,” she says.

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Diverse: Issues In Higher Education Magazine Profiles Top “40 and Under” Scholars

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These outstanding scholars represent the future of academia and serve as an inspiration to students and faculty members. 19, 2023 edition will profile 15 “40 and Under” scholars throughout the country who are making their mark in the academy through teaching, research, and service.