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Dr. Sylvester James Gates, Jr.: Pioneering Theoretical Physicist Bridges Mathematical Worlds

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Gates was one of a dozen scientists who received the honor in 2013 for the year 2011 in a ceremony that had been postponed due to the 2012 election.

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Fuentes Earns the AAHHE Mildred García Founders' Award

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David Fuentes Fuentes is associate dean in the College of Education at William Paterson University, where he began his career in higher education as an assistant professor of teacher education in 2012. in curriculum and instruction from the Pennsylvania State University. He serves as co-director of the Center for Teaching Excellence.

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Representation Matters

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Over the past decade, some historically Black institutions have developed women’s and gender studies programs and embedded courses within general education curriculum. Newson-Horst is a Spelman graduate who was impacted by Guy-Sheftall and other Spelman faculty who inspired her to take on similar challenges. and globally.

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Examples of Excelencia

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Associate Level English for Academic Purposes Reading Area Community College (Reading, PA) The English for Academic Purposes (EAP) at Reading Area Community College (RACC) began in 2012 to strategically reduce credit requirements and accelerate student progression with the goal of boosting enrollment and success rates. are Hispanic.

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Georgian Court University Boasts Women-Led Majority Leadership

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The school went co-educational in 2012, but its concern for women remains. It was in our curriculum. And in 2022, women make up 67% of faculty. So women in leadership is not new to our institution by any stretch of the imagination. And because it's already built into the culture, students are expecting that dynamic.

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

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“Macaulay can provide an elite education — or a model that exemplifies the best of what higher ed has to offer — but without elitist recruitment or admissions processes,” says Byrne, who has been a faculty member at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (part of CUNY) since 2003. She concluded the fellowship and joined the faculty of John Jay.

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

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Connecting Black students with each other made them feel stronger and more determined to support each other through the curriculum. “It The four-year graduation rate for students who entered in 2012 was 52.8%. Faculty from the College of Engineering and College of Sciences play an essential role. Watford says.

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