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Report: Latinos Essential to Growing STEM Workforce

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And as business owners, Latinos made up 50% of net new small businesses from 2007–2017. Undergraduates are most concerned with scholarship opportunities, financial literacy, and paying for their education,” survey conductors reported about the financial needs of Latino students. Encourage research and scholarship on U.S.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

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By example, initially funded in 2007 by a grant from the U.S. Outreach efforts include education on financial aid options, including grants, scholarships and aid for undocumented students. Spanish-language presentations and family engagement help demystify the college process and foster a college-going culture.

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

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One of the most anticipated annual issues each January is the Emerging Scholars edition that features outstanding scholars of color breaking new ground in research, applying scholarship to public policy and grooming the next generation of leaders and professionals. White House Honoree, Jan. Acknowledging Top 100 Degree Producers.

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Student Affairs Professionals Gather to Discuss Future of the Profession

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With the goal of infusing scholarship into practice, thousands of student affairs practitioners from colleges and universities across the nation gathered in Boston to strategize about the future of the profession. Fortunately, I have an ability to foster a culture of care and concern.

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Jacqie McWilliams

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McWilliams spent nine years at the NCAA, managing NCAA championships, to include serving as director of the Division I women’s basketball tournament from 2006-2009 and the Division I men’s basketball tournament from 2007-2012. McLendon Scholarship Foundation Board. She was appointed to the John B.

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Y’all Not Tired of Hating on Black Women? When Misogynoir Meets Double-Standards

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There is an abundance of empirical scholarship that supports the presence of misogynoir in college athletics settings, but even still, fans and consumers will insist sports are an aracial space. It is a reminder that Black women are not allowed to exist as their whole selves. This is all coded, racist language.

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Pride in the Halls

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A 2022 report from the UCLA School of Law Williams Institute and the Point Foundation, an LGBTQ scholarship fund, noted that 32.6% Prior to that, GALA raised over $250,000 to endow UND LGBTQ student scholarships; two are given every year. of LGBTQ people experienced bullying, harassment, or assault at college, compared to 18.9%