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The Slow but Steady Rise of Women in Higher Education Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This increase, while notable, also highlights the persistent challenges that remain in achieving true gender equity at the highest levels of academia. I dont really have fears, Whitaker told The Catalyst, an independent student newspaper at Colorado College. I think things through, I get information, I prepare myself for all outcomes.

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Making Equity a Priority

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Additionally, Curry has secured millions of dollars for student success initiatives. The school ultimately became a satellite campus of the El Camino Community College District in 2006 but has since regained its accreditation and its independence. He says he also wants to build a 24-hour urgent care facility on campus.

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A Tribute to Dr. James A. Banks — The Father of Multicultural Education: In These Troubling Anti-EDI Times

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A few days ago, I went to my office to get one of my students a book of great interest. 1. Multicultural education is a reform movement designed to make some major changes in the education of students. Students should not have to reject themselves and others as cultural beings to achieve in schools and society.

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Community College Student Support Program Effectiveness and Expansion Discussed at Symposium

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A Chicago-based student support program for community college students is set to drastically expand its reach and the number of students it serves. Matters surrounding this expansion and scalability were discussed in sessions at a a one-day symposium, Building Towards Equity in Higher Education.

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The Impact of Affirmative Action on the Mental Health of College Students of Color

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During the developmental period between adolescence to adulthood, students of color, similar to all students, confront social, academic, and psychological stresses. Between 2006 and 2021, Black student enrollment dropped from 7% to 4% and Indigenous student enrollment dropped from 1% to 0.1%. Dr. Annelle B.

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

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Matthews in starting what was initially a monthly newsletter on Black Issues In Higher Education , we now know the power of pathways in helping Black boys like me go from being a nerdy high school student in Richmond, Virginia, to a tenured professor at a flagship state university where the governor once stood in the Schoolhouse Door.

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Have you seen these 10 Terrible Tenure Decision Making Patterns?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Universities are making vocal commitments to recruit faculty who represent the diversity of the student population. 2006) referred to this as the ‘revolving door’ problem, finding that one in every two minority hires was a replacement for a previous minority who had left the institution. Moreno at al. Traditional standards (e.g.,