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Access Agreement Will Allow Independent Testing at Poe Hall

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

After months of delay, an independent access agreement between North Carolina State University and law firms representing sick clients will allow independent testing to be conducted within Poe Hall to determine the levels and kinds of PCBs present in building materials that may have caused former workers and students to become ill.

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Showing the Human Face of Higher Ed Leadership

The University Innovation Alliance

We love his warmth, candor, and willingness to put a human face on the challenges of higher education leadership. Leaders Are Human, Too President Sorrell believes that a leader's willingness to show vulnerability can become a strength. It's really important that we just be human." They provide professional development."

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Remembering Professor Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. (1952-2023)

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

was wrongfully arrested at his own house in 2009, the first thing that he said was “Get Tree!” Charles was a tireless advocate for civil rights, equality, human dignity, and social justice. In the early 2000s, Ogletree was actively seeking reparations on behalf of the survivors of the 1921 Tulsa, Oka., race riots. Ogletree, Jr.

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Related to student success, CEED has a robust center that includes tutoring, mentoring, and advocacy for students to ensure they are on the path to achievement and graduation,” adds Dr. Karen Eley Sanders, associate vice provost for College Access. Sanders has worked with CEED in various capacities throughout her 22 years at Virginia Tech.

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Native Son Propels Opportunities for Kentucky Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Building pipelines After attending undergraduate and graduate school, Thompson built a career as a professor, administrator, and researcher/writer before joining the CPE in 2009 as senior vice president for academic affairs. He became executive vice president in 2013 and assumed the presidency in 2018. Offutt has been with CPE since 2018.

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College Sports: A Work in Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Akilah Carter-Francique, the dean of Education, Health and Human Services at Benedict College and former executive director of the Institute for the Study of Sport, Society and Social Change at San Jose State University, says student-athletes have a huge voice in challenging the status quo. Filed in 2009 and decided in 2015, O’Bannon v.

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Honoring the Promise of Higher Ed

The University Innovation Alliance

So, I have loved having opportunities to do the good work, to have more impact over time, and to now lead an institution that is fundamentally about access, equity, inclusion, for people who are left behind in higher education.” access and inclusion for all, regardless of background. .