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Renowned UC Berkeley Sociology Professor Killed in Oakland Hit-and-Run

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Throughout his career, Burawoy held several prestigious positions, including serving as president of the American Sociological Association from 2003 to 2004 and leading the International Sociological Association from 2010 to 2014. It was in the people whose lives he changed. I learned to love Berkeley through his eyes," she reflected. "I

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Seven Best Practices in 40 years of Reporting on Diversity in Higher Education

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14, 2003) While there is no shortage of higher education news outlets, none has covered two-year and four-year colleges and universities and their efforts to promote equity and inclusivity quite like this one. 16, 2003) 5. From Opening Doors to Opening Minds,” Aug. White House Honoree, Jan. Mississippi’s Crusading Gadfly,” Jan.

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Report: Latinos Essential to Growing STEM Workforce

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in 2003 – and 7.5% One issue highlighted in the report was the shortage of Latino mentors to encourage students to pursue STEM fields. During the same time frame, Hispanic students have increasingly comprised more and more of the recipients of undergraduate engineering degrees, with a 94.3% rise from 7% to 13.6%.

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First African American Dean Blazes Trail for Northwestern Music

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Montgomery, who joined Northwestern in 2003, said she was also the first African American dean at the University of Kansas, serving in its School of Fine Arts. Based on her extensive years in university leadership, Montgomery suggested that younger people look for mentors in many places, of many kinds.

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Scholar-Practitioner Helps to Promote Inclusivity at Alma Mater

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“I remember riding the bus home from work one day and I saw someone with the Central Michigan University bumper sticker, and so I applied because I recognized the bumper sticker,” says Patterson-Stephens, who graduated in 2003 from CMU with a degree in sociology. Patterson-Stephens serves on the MCT board of directors.

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A 40th Anniversary Love Story: About My Favorite Magazine

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As I read the compelling, incredibly alarming article, I didn’t see myself, my fraternity brothers, and several of the Black men I was mentoring at IU at the time represented. in May 2003. It had a profound impact on my research trajectory. People now call me an expert on higher education broadly and on Black issues specifically.

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Dr. Dara N. Byrne: Leveraging Public Higher Education for the Common Good

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“Macaulay can provide an elite education — or a model that exemplifies the best of what higher ed has to offer — but without elitist recruitment or admissions processes,” says Byrne, who has been a faculty member at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (part of CUNY) since 2003. The racial gap in graduation rates is minimal.