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Supporting LGBTQ+ Students as they Work to Achieve Professional and Economic Mobility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2007, it became the first school in Kentucky to add gender identity to its non-discrimination policy. Train Faculty and Staff. Training can help faculty identify pre-existing assumptions and help them modify class discussions and course materials accordingly. Equally important is to set a tone that it's okay to need support.

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Boldly Future Forward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The number of master’s degree and doctoral degree programs continues to grow and the faculty is achieving national and international recognition for its research. Smith-Jackson Over the course of more than 30 years as a faculty person and researcher, Dr. Godfrey A. Dr. Tonya L. Also, we’re getting people out of the silos. He says N.C.

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At University of Hawai’i at M?noa, Native Hawaiian Representation is Growing

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

noa’s Native Hawaiian population has grown tremendously since the 1990s, and doubled between 2007 and 2020, thanks to deliberate efforts to recruit and retain these students, said Dr. Willy Kauai, director of Native Hawaiian student services at UH M?noa. The more we grow our Native Hawaiian faculty, the other numbers will follow.”

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. By example, initially funded in 2007 by a grant from the U.S. This program paired faculty members with developmental education freshmen.

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Lessons for Higher Ed Leaders of Color

The University Innovation Alliance

Dr. Willis began her educational career in 2007 teaching at Florida A&M University before transitioning to Tallahassee Community College. Starting in 2010, Dr. Willis served as an Assistant Professor of History, department chair, faculty senate president, and Executive Dean of Centers at Lone Star College (Houston, Texas).

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Black Youth Mental Health: Understanding and Being Culturally Responsive to Promote Homeplace and Black Joy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Further, rates of death by suicide for Black youth have risen since 2007 at a rate that is faster than any other racial/ethnic group. Recommendations for Training Programs Integrate Black joy and homeplace as a part of the training curriculum. Hire Black faculty with expertise in Black youth mental health. Collaborate.