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Calls for Change at Penn State

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We as a faculty, Black faculty and others, have been fighting the administration to address matters of racial justice, and in a very forceful and progressive manner, for the last 20 years or so in different iterations,” said King in an interview with Diverse. Proportionately, the percentage of Black faculty fell from 4% to 3%.

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5 Hip-Hop Quotes to Inspire College Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

First generation college students are tasked with the tumultuous role of paving their own road. 5. Ye ("Last Call”, 2004) “I ain't play the hand I was dealt, I changed my cards. Many of your peers will not have this mindset, but that can’t deter you from the goal at hand. This road is often one without guidance or support.

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Integrating Community Engagement into her Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For seven years, she helped serve the needs of senior faculty and intrepid students. I'm a first-generation student. Moses, who served as her faculty adviser and co-chair of her dissertation committee. But even before she began teaching at the collegiate level in 2016, López taught and mentored youth.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The mission of Excelencia in Education, founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A. The CSUEB Pathfinders Institute is dedicated to enhancing culturally relevant professional development through an intensive two-week program for faculty teaching critical first-year courses. Santiago and Sarita E.

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School Closures Close the Door to Student Dreams

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Between June 2004 and June 2020, almost 12,000 institutions of higher education closed their doors. Some of those institutions closed in an orderly fashion—students, faculty and staff were given ample warning, and arrangements for continuing a student’s education at another institution, teach-out plans, are made.

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Pride in the Halls

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Evolution Liam Dacey, a 2004 graduate of University of Notre Dame (UND), one of the nation’s preeminent Catholic institutions, took steps to transfer after coming out his sophomore year, but changed his mind and instead became an advocate for LGBTQ visibility and acceptance on campus. This academic year, 575 students are being supported.