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Georgian Court University Boasts Women-Led Majority Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The school went co-educational in 2012, but its concern for women remains. It's just that we've been blessed with very capable and competent female administrators who have applied for these positions, and they've bene the obvious choice. It was in our curriculum. They expect women to be leaders."

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. I stepped out of a tenure-track role and into an administrative position, where I could create programs to help students be successful.” Watford says.

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Out With the Old, In With the New: Decolonizing the School Counseling Profession to Support Black Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Sample preventions, interventions to decolonize school counseling Professionally, we have been troubled by the disproportionate focus on intervention rather than prevention among educators — teachers, counselors, and administrators. In this spirit, we ask school counselors and other educators to devote more time to prevention.

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Dr. Dara N. Byrne: Leveraging Public Higher Education for the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

After earning tenure, Byrne began taking on administrative roles, one which notably put her in direct contact with Macaulay Honors College. She was integral in launching Macaulay at John Jay in 2012, serving three years as the program director. During her time in administration, John Jay’s graduation rate rose from 24% to 41%.

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Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

To this end, we provide P-12 educators; college/university faculty, administrators, and staff; and other education stakeholders a blueprint to collaboratively work with Black males through a culturally responsive lens. We acknowledge that more work needs to be done to right the many wrongs imposed on Black males. Chapter 9: Harris, P.C.

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How Fly-Ins Impact Diversity in the Michigan Ross BBA Program

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I oversee our efforts, and I've been with Greenlight since we launched in 2012. What advice would you give to other students or school administrators to help students find their place or feel they belong when they arrive on campus for the first time in the fall? I'm Jonathan April, Managing Director of College Greenlight.

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Developing a Strengths-Based Campus: Successes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned

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In 2012, I signed up for a professional development workshop and discovered my Top 5 CliftonStrengths are Communication , Woo , Consistency , Discipline , and Includer. For further incentive, each workshop could be added to their Co-Curricular Record (CCR) ; a formal record recognizing skill development beyond the curriculum.

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