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The Slow but Steady Rise of Women in Higher Education Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Accolades for the Moving the Needle campaign are not hard to find among women whove ascended to the highest echelon of the academy since the ACE-led initiative began in 2009. The importance of practical experience and opportunities, Jackson emphasizes, cannot be overstated.

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Dismantling Global Injustices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

political science, Binghamton University Career mentors: Dr. David L. Fueled by his interest in economic justice, Mark applied and was awarded an opportunity to study in Venezuela in 2009 as part of a global exchange program that connects students directly with activists and policymakers working on critical issues.

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5 Hip-Hop Quotes to Inspire College Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

4. Jay Z (“So Ambitious”, 2009) “I'm different, I can't base what I'm gonna be off of what everybody isn't.” Faculty, administration, peer mentors, and campus resources are tools for their ultimate ascension from student to graduate, and from graduate to thriving professional. I prayed to the skies and I changed my stars.”

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A State of Affairs, the Underrepresentation of Minority Community College Trustees

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However, research has demonstrated a clear underrepresentation of minority community college trustees (Moltz, 2009) with no progress being made in hiring African American administrators (Levin, Walker et al., Smalls In a perfect world, governing boards and leadership demographics would mirror the student population (Higgs, 2014).

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Dismantling Global Injustices - Dr. Brendan Skip Mark

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

political science, Binghamton University Career mentors: Dr. David L. Fueled by his interest in economic justice, Mark applied and was awarded an opportunity to study in Venezuela in 2009 as part of a global exchange program that connects students directly with activists and policymakers working on critical issues.

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

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Early in her time as an administrator at Virginia Tech, she implemented the Black Engineering Support Team (BEST), having Black upperclassmen be peer mentors to freshmen. Those freshmen remained bonded and, in time, became mentors. by mentoring girls and young women to keep going in engineering. Watford says.

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Athletics and Academics

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The academy has partnered with the Stuyvesant High School Honors Society — Stuyvesant is a highly selective public high school — and other outlets to provide academic support and mentoring. John’s University, was the assistant director and then director of ACP from 2009 to 2014.